Sports & Recreation Calendar

On a boat, follow the race start nearest sailors. 60€. Booking at the tourist office.

Skippers receive their respective awards.

Force 5 (sailor songs) at 2.30...

The elite of the Offshore Race will set off on a course of 3,500 miles. This will be the first qualifying stage for the Vendée Globe 2024! ...

Solo Yacht Race. 9th...

An old world tour, solo, without stopover, without assistance with the same means as in 1968! The longest sporting event in the world (30,000...

On the boat "P'tit Natien", follow the race start nearest sailors. 50€/adult, 24€/4-12 years old. On Booking.

Les Sables d’Olonne, the starting and finishing point of the legendary round-the-world solo yacht race, non-stop, unaided and unassisted: the Vendée Globe, created in 1989 by Philippe Je...

10 am: Opening. 5:00 pm: IMOCA boats run. 9:30 pm: Skippers presentation.

Paddle your way as strong as you can ! From 9 years old. 5,50€/adult, 4,50€/9-15 years old.

Summer backpacking in the back country of Sables d'Olonne : mountain biking, VTC, Walking, Trail....

Yacht race.

Sea hiking in waist-high water to improve balance and gently strengthen your muscles. 10€. On-lin booking www.helloasso.com/associations/avlc/evenements/la-longe-de-l-espoir

Aerobatics, skydiving, historic aeroplanes, and the famous Patrouille de France (French Air Force). Free access.

Regional competition.

The Rookie 's Cup 24MX is a Europe-wide motocross competition from 6 to 25 years.

Sailboat racing around Ré and Yeu islands.

Estimated date of arrival of the first skipper.

Old windsurfings (before 1995) and windfoil. Free admission.

Half marathon. 21,100 km by the sea. 8:45 am : start 10km. 10:15 am : start half-marathon.