Onboard Express
Moored on the pontoons of the Quai de la Fosse in Nantes since last Monday, the Figaro Beneteau 3 said goodbye to the Loire Atlantique prefecture on this sunny Saturday.
In front of a large audience scattered along the quays or even on the Anne de Bretagne bridge, their skippers began one by one to applause the descent of the Loire to reach the Bassin du Commerce de Saint-Nazaire at the end of the afternoon. .
A journey of around thirty miles along the wild banks of the longest river in France.
Saint-Nazaire where the 34 entrants will spend their last night on earth before the big start of the first stage of the 53rd edition of the Solitaire du Figaro.
A departure scheduled for Sunday at 3:40 p.m. off Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef which will open the arms of the 644 miles towards Port-la-Forêt, via the raz de Sein, Stockholm Island in Wales and the chaussée de Breast.