Cargo Winch

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A great week of sailing and festivities, for crews and visitors alike!

Monday afternoon, 26 May 2025

Opening and welcome of the fleets

On Monday, the fleets will be welcomed at the Opening Ceremony: from the Port-Navalo lighthouse, the starting gun will be fired in the middle of the afternoon. All the boats present will gather with the Tall Ships flotilla off Méaban, then take the Grand Chenal to escort them as they enter the Gulf.

Tuesday 27th May 2025

‘Ile d'Arz Tuesday

The ever-popular ‘Arz Island Day’ will bring together dozens and dozens of boats docking on the island in the late morning. Hundreds of crews, as well as well-informed visitors, will enjoy a large picnic in the wooded field overlooking the slipways and the beach. They will also share a festive moment with the local community to the rhythm of sea chanteys, Breton dances and Dutch musicians.

Wednesday 28 May 2025

First flotilla sailings

Flotilla sailing begins, with a programme adapted to the specific characteristics of each boat. Sculling contests, challenges, a tour of the Île-aux-Moines and the Passage du Gué will set the pace for these moments at sea!

Thursday 29 May 2025

Salute to the Houat & Hoëdic archipelago

On Ascension Thursday, some fleets will be sailing towards the Houat and Hoëdic archipelago. Some boats will be able to stop at Houat for the evening and night.

Friday 30th May 2025

Flotilla sailing

Evenings in the various flotilla ports of call.

Saturday 31 May 2025, afternoon

Grand Parade

In the middle of the day, taking advantage of the ebb tide, the boats converge on the exit from the Gulf and position themselves off Les Méabans. When the current reversal is well established, at around 17:00, they enter the Narrows between Locmariaquer and Port-Navalo. Reserved exclusively for boats entered in the ‘Semaine du Golfe’, the parade fleet is organised into four groups, each flanked by two spectacular sailing boats: one leading the way to guide the smaller boats, the other closing the way.

Sunday 1st June 2025

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- - from 9.45pm to 11.15pm- ARRADON
- - Concert
- - Cargo Winch
- - Cargo winch, literally ‘windlass’ in the language of the perfidious Albion, is this mooring device designed to raise or drop anchor. In a mischievous spirit, the company's sailor-singers tackle French chanson standards on the theme of the sea, Brittany and boats...
    
    In front of the privateer's teak, the lament of the jib telescopes the grey dinghy and the wooden dinghy of Admiral Nelson head-on... Shellfish: belons, crepidules, rigadeaux, are cooked in turn like Don Cabillaud... ‘Lighthouses I love you’ or the song ‘Lighthouses I love you’... Phares je vous aime’ (I love you lighthouses) is the story of an aircraft carrier who mourns the loss of his sea, only to end up stranded on the island of Houat (which he prefers) with its maritime counter strikes... of course!
    
    Humour and great songs revisited on this cruise like no other...
    
    All aboard now!