Lionel Lemanchois enters the upcoming Armen Race on his new 80' maxi trimaran Prince de Bretagne

The upcoming Armen Race (9th to 12th May) has seen a large number of multihull entries and will be great to watch.  More information and race documents for the Race can be found on the website

Lionel Lemonchois and his 80' Maxi Prince de Bretagne announced that they would take the start of the 3rd edition of the ArMen Race.

Upcoming Armen Race accepted as qualification for RORC Fastnet Race

It seems that the Royal Ocean Racing Club have noted that particapation in the upcoming Armen Race is acceptable as qualification for the Fastnet Race if my schoolboy French language reading skills are up to scratch.  The original document is at the following link.

http://ymlp.com/zIWw0f

So far there are 100 boats entered with 1 Ultime G class multihull entered, 4 MOD 70 trimarans, 7 Multi 50's and 5 Multi 30's.  Looking forward to following the racing!

The Armen Race event page is here

http://www.snt-voile.org/evenements/ingerop-armen-race/