Banana's Cup

The Banana's Cup is a cruising-yacht regatta organised by the Yacht Club des Sablettes in the bay of Les Sablettes, La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var, France), usually held in spring (late March or April depending on the edition). This departmental-level race gathered around thirty boats at its 2022 edition, as recorded by the French Sailing Federation (FFVoile). Its name comes from a club tradition: bananas are handed out to participating crews, supplied by Intermarché, a long-standing partner of the club alongside Accastillage Diffusion, Campagne Beausoleil and the town of La Seyne-sur-Mer. Press articles listed on the club's own site already mention the Banana's Cup in the bay of Les Sablettes in 2006, showing a local tradition that goes back some years.

While not an international fixture, the Banana's Cup reflects the vitality of club sailing on the Toulon roadstead and, for FairWinds professionals based in La Seyne-sur-Mer and Les Sablettes, marks a familiar point in the local seasonal calendar, hosted by an active and well-established club on the Var coastline.

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