Bretagne Sailing Valley prepare to host the 11th Yacht Racing Forum

Bretagne Sailing Valley preparing to host the 11th Yacht Racing Forum © Bretagne Sailing Valley

Brittany is preparing to host the next Yacht Racing Forum, a world congress for the business and industry of sailing and yacht racing. Competitive sailing professionals will meet on 22nd and 23rd October in Lorient.

For the regions and companies in the Bretagne Sailing Valley, hosting this event is an opportunity to promote the leading-edge know-how and technologies developed in Brittany to the world at large. For further discovery of the Bretagne Sailing Valley, a third day of guided tours and visits is being offered participants and the press to meet the companies present in the region.

Bringing together more than 300 international decision-makers (organisers of world event, professional sailors, sponsors, technical suppliers, sailing clubs, boat builders, technology companies), the Yacht Racing Forum is the major, international professional event for developing the business of yacht racing.

This year, in the heart of the Bretagne Sailing Valley, at the Palais des Congrès and the Eric Tabarly sailing museum in Lorient, the event will take place on 22nd and 23rd October 2018.

Business Opportunities and a Voice for Breton Companies

This forum will be an opportunity for companies in the Bretagne Sailing Valley to promote their excellence and know-how, increase their visibility in some international markets and develop business. More than 30 companies from or installed in Brittany will be making the most of this international tribune.

In this context, a round table will be organised on 22nd October on "Morbihan a Model of Success in Competitive Sailing". Attending will be Thierry Verneuil, President of BIC World, Christophe Baudry, director of Lorient Grand large, Carole Bourlon, head of the Eurolarge Innovation programme, Tim Mourniac, talented young Morbihan skipper (world champion Nacra 15 Youth Sailing World Championship, Auckland 2016 and Alain Gautier, the talented Morbihan skipper who has stayed faithful to his department.

Bretagne Sailing Valley Tour, on Wednesday 24 October

Following the Yacht Racing Forum, a guided tour of companies in the Sailing Valley will be organised on Wednesday 24 October by the event's Breton partners: Quimper-Cornouaille Développement, Golfe du Morbihan Vannes Agglomération and Lorient Agglomération.

With three tours on offer, participants at the Yacht Racing Forum from all over the world and the press will be able to discover a wide range of local companies specialising in competitive yacht racing.

Participants and journalists can already register for one of the three circuits in the Bretagne Sailing Valley Tour.

More information and registration for the Bretagne Sailing Valley Tour