Sport and Activities
Watersports
With nearly 400 miles of coastline, Normandy offers you every kind of sea-related activity. In ports all along the coast, the professional instructors of the 80 schools approved by the French Sailing federation advise and train both the young and the not so young.
Whether you prefer a sport catamaran, a dinghy, an optimist or a cruising yacht, sailing is how-you-like-it on the coasts of Normandy, who deserve a blue flag for friendliness.
You can also practice windsurfing, surfboarding, kitesurf, sand-yachting and skimboard, etc.on the beaches, where numerous events are organised each summer for water sports. The July Festival de la Glisse at Agon-Coutainville (Manche) (French) has become the ultimate event for boardsport fans. Surfing on the same wave, Le Havre organised its own boardsport Festival for the first time in June 2007.
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Useful links
Water Sports in Seine Maritime (French)
Towns with the Water Sport Centre label
Dieppe Coast
Côte d'Albâtre
Fécamp
Le Havre
Dives estuary
Ouistreham-Riva Bella
Courseulles-sur-Mer
Cherbourg-Hague
Granville-Chausey bay
Zoom in : Le Marité
Launched on 24th June 1923 in Fécamp, Normandy, the last French Newfoundland barquentine is the figurehead of the French TV programme "Thalassa".
Read the story of this famous old cod fisher, with its three-masted schooner rig, on the Marité web site Web site (French).
... and the Armada
The 2008 Armada, which is taking place in Rouen, is already in every sea-dog's thoughts...
find previews of the event on the Armada Web site.
