New year, new line-up for the Toulon Provence Regatta!
As we did last year, we organised a competition to design our poster with students in the "Design training" course at the Grande Tourrache secondary school.
Once again, they rose to the challenge and came up with some beautiful and original posters to illustrate and announce the second edition of the Toulon Provence Regatta!
The prizes will be awarded at our first 2025 volunteers meeting at the end of February.
Toulon Provence Regatta 2025: new sponsorship with the DGA!
For this second edition, new partners are supporting the event and the range of classes of metric sailboats is growing, particularly among the smaller ones. Under the sponsorship of the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the 1 mJIA (one metre Artificial Intelligence gauge) and 2.7 Open IA scale model yachts will take part in regattas in the dock of Toulon's Vieux Port as well as on the beaches of the Mourillon near Fort St Louis. The aim is clear: to demonstrate the ability to design an autonomous model sailboat. Particular attention will be paid to the degree of autonomy of the sailboats to optimise the driving strategy (multiplication of sensors, AI algorithms, etc.). Once the starting line has been crossed, these small sailboats will compete fully autonomously in speed races or Match Racing. Training schools, whether or not associated with a company (or even a works council), and model ship clubs, come and take on the other competitors to try and win this innovation challenge sponsored by the DGA. At the final prize-giving ceremony for the Toulon Provence Regatta 2025, a special "Innovation" prize will be awarded to the team proposing an autonomous navigation technology judged to be the most innovative by a jury from the Direction Générale de l'Armement.
Registration now open for the Toulon Provence Regatta 2025!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... Clear start! Registration for the second edition of the Toulon Provence Regatta is now open! All owners and skippers of metric yachts in the 12 mJI, 8 mJI, 6 mJI, 5.5 mJI and 2.4 mJI classes are invited to register their boat and crew to be on the starting line on 22 May 2025. This year, registration will take place on the NVI software. If you're interested, click on "2025 REGATTA REGISTRATION ONLINE" on the home page of our website! The entire Toulon Provence Regatta 2025 volunteer team welcomes you and looks forward to seeing you on the pontoons of the Port of Toulon and its nautical stadium in May for some great racing in Europe's most beautiful harbour!
TPR 2025 at Toulon's Forum des Associations | Twelve Med Events
We were present at the Forum des Associations, which took place all day on Saturday 7 September at the Palais Neptune. The event was a great opportunity for old and potential new volunteers to meet us. We informed the public about the dates of the next edition of the Toulon Provence Regatta, from 22 to 25 May 2025 in Toulon. Stay tuned to our website and social networks to become a partner of the regatta or sign up as a volunteer and take part in the second edition of this great sailing event in Toulon!
TPR 2025 will be at the Forum des Associations in Toulon! | Twelve Med Events
Toulon Town Council is organising its Associations Forum on Saturday 7 September from 9am to 6pm at the Palais Neptune. The Toulon Provence Regatta will be represented by the 12 MED EVENT association. The volunteers will be delighted to welcome you to their stand and show you the magnificent images of the Toulon Provence Regatta 2024! They will also be able to give you information about volunteering for the second edition from 22 to 25 May 2025. Come and meet us and share your ideas for the next edition of this great regatta in Toulon!
Toulon Provence Regatta 2024 - Olympic flame
Visual communication about the Toulon Provence Regatta 2024 is now taking place on the giant screen at the Palais des Sports at the entrance to our beautiful city of Toulon! In mid-April, it will be displayed at all the bus stops in Toulon city centre and on the buses of the Toulon Provence Méditerranée metropolitan area, accompanied by the beautiful posters created by the students of the Lycée de la Grande Tourrache, winners of our poster and logo competition launched for the occasion. In just over a month's time, you can join us for this great nautical event!
The Olympic flame aboard the Regatta ! | Twelve Med Events
After another day's racing, it's the yacht "KIWI MAGIC" that takes the lead in the overall rankings. The weather conditions remained the same as yesterday. You can watch a replay of all the day's races at https://www.toulonprovenceregatta.fr/page/2708975-le-replay-des-regates. The Toulon Provence regatta's social networks have posted images of the day's racing, including a video summary of the second day's racing on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@ToulonProvenceRegatta/videos The yachts returned earlier to prepare for the Olympic flame to pass through the square in the port of Toulon. At around 7.15pm, the flame arrived on the Préfet Maritime de la Méditerranée launch, to the cheers of the crowds on the quayside! The torchbearer took time out to visit the sailboats in the Toulon Provence Regatta 2024, including THEA and EILEEN. Finally, this Olympic evening on Friday 10 May, after a dance and musical show on a floating pontoon, ended in grand style with a show by a thousand drones illuminating the night sky over Toulon with the colours of the PARIS 2024 Olympic Games! Tomorrow, the regattas continue in the Grande rade. They will be accompanied by demonstrations, events and free water baptisms in front of and inside Anse des Pins, on the beaches of Mourillon. You can find out more about the activities on offer at https://www.toulonprovenceregatta.fr/page/2696971-animations. And keep an eye on the open sea, as the nautical show will be on the water! Follow the regattas live on https://www.metasail.fr/#events. Choose "REGATES" then "LIVE", then Toulon Provence Regatta 2024 and finally the race in progress with the "LIVE" symbol.
A competition between FRENCH KISS and KIWI MAGIC | Twelve Med Events
For its first edition, the Toulon Provence Regatta was limited to boats in the 12mJI Class. In 2025, the regatta will be open not only to the 12mJI but also to Classes 2.4, 5.5, 6, 8 and the 1mJI remote-controlled by Artificial Intelligence! The latter involves teams (higher education institutions, companies, works councils, private individuals, etc.) competing against each other in races involving one-metre-long model sailing boats. Once you cross the start line, you don't touch the remote controls and the Artificial Intelligence takes over until the finish. Find out how to take part in this innovative regatta in the attached document. Become a sponsor of a 1 mJI sailboat remotely controlled by AI! You can also find out more about becoming a partner of the Toulon Provence Regatta 2025 at the following link: Here ... The aim of the Regatta is to get teams (higher education institutions, companies, works councils, private individuals, etc.) to compete against each other in races involving one-metre-long model sailing boats. Once you cross the start line, you don't touch the remote controls and the Artificial Intelligence takes over until the finish. Find out how to take part in this rather innovative regatta in the attached document.
Training regattas off to a flying start! | Twelve Med Events
After a first day berthed at the quayside due to the strength of the wind, the crews were able to take to the sea today! After breakfast and a briefing for the skippers and crews, the yachts were ready to set sail in glorious sunshine. The aim of the competition is to get teams (colleges, companies, works councils, private individuals, etc.) to compete in races involving one-metre-long model sailboats. Once the starting line has been crossed, the remote controls are no longer touched and the Artificial Intelligence takes over until the finish. An evening of rest for the crews to prepare for the first day of the official regatta, tomorrow!
A Tuesday full of energy for the Regatta! | Twelve Med Events
It was announced that the wind would be "well established in force" this Tuesday, and it had to be to support the events of this first day, planned for the volunteer teams of the Toulon Provence Regatta! The school morning began in the presence of Mrs Josée MASSI, Mayor of Toulon, and her deputies Laurent BONNET and Yann TAINGUY. No fewer than 290 primary school pupils from the TPM metropolitan area were able to practise their seamanship, knots and flags of the international alphabet. The presentation panels for the various sponsored yachts were handed over to the skippers, and you can now discover them all along the Carré du Port. After a visit to the exhibition and discussions in the Mairie d'Honneur with skippers Clément GIRAUD and Mikael MERGUI, the sponsors of the regatta, it was time to visit the different boats... "It was great! It was great!" exclaimed one of the schoolchildren... As the boats were unable to get out for regatta training, the first visits open to the public were able to serenely follow those of the exhibition "The Coupe de France, 130 years of regattas" held in the Mairie d'Honneur. A large screen has now been installed in the Carré du Port, allowing the public to admire these exceptional yachts at sea. The day ended with a presentation on the history of the French challenge and its new prospects in SAIL GP, catamaran on F50 foils or AC40 and AC75, at speeds approaching 100km/h! You had to hold on tight to your seat! The public is now ready to follow the first regatta training sessions scheduled for tomorrow!