the names of the first sailboats unveiled and the objectives displayed
Objective: 50 boats for Armada 2023. “We already have 13 contracted boats. We are in the timing of invitations“, explains Jean-Paul Rivière, the president of the Armada. One day for the day of the next edition, the organizers display unfailing confidence. Ready to do everything to make this event memorable.
The Armada, festive, ecological and cultural event
Among the names of the boats unveiled, the best known are the Français and the Belem, but also the Atyla, the Atlantis, the Étoile du Roy, the Marité, the Morgenster and the Santa Maria Manuela. “This boat if you want to party, I advise you to go there», smiles the president of the Armada. Other names have been unveiled such as Thalassa, Recouvrance and Tenacious.
The Statsraad Lehmkuhl (three Norwegian masts, 48 meters high)”is an iconic ship. He signed an ocean conservation convention with the United Nations“. A ship with an ecological vocation.
“The Armada is cult, emblematic of all the Rouen conurbation and the Seine valley. It is also naturally an event around the river, the water, the sea, how we are going to manage our waste, how we move around, how we better respect our biodiversity. It is first of all a festive event and it is very good to combine the festive and environmental dimension“, explains Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the mayor of Rouen.
The grand parade of sailboats will take place at the end of the Armada. The department of Seine-Maritime and its president Bertrand Bellanger are mobilized. “We want to bring into play the solidarity between the territories and human solidarity. We are going to provide a BAC to accommodate people with disabilities, that of Dieppedalle», Explains the president of Seine-Maritime.
Still a few unknowns
Four hundred volunteers will ensure the proper functioning of this edition. “Every week, we receive about ten applications. We have identified the volunteers but if your listeners want to be, they can go to the Armada site“, concluded Pierre Bellanger, vice-president in charge of volunteers.
Everything starts one year to the day from Armada 2023. A new update will be made at the end of the year to monitor progress. Regarding the concerts, the program will be unveiled next March. For culture, Michel Bussi the sponsor of this edition unveiled a few lines of the program: a competition for new lines.
The Norman writer will write the first lines, it will be up to you to complete. Michel Bussi also hopes for shows, troops in the streets”around the Armada to make this event even more popular“, he finished.