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After a year of remarkable performances in 2024 (3 races, 3 podiums), the 2025 season promises to be just as exciting. LEGALLAIS extends its commitment to Norman skipper Fabien Delahaye for the next two seasons, with the goal of competing in the Route du Rhum 2026. This partnership is part of a continuing “100% Normandy and performance” project.
The 2025 season will be one of competition and adventure, with an ambitious program of major events. Class40 LEGALLAIS will take part in four races, 3 of which will be double-handed, with the CIC Normandy Channel Race as the first major event in May, where the team will defend its title.
In June, the team will make a round trip to the Azores with the Les Sables-Horta-Les Sables race, before heading off to the English Channel and Celtic Sea for the Rolex Fastnet Race at the end of July. The season culminates in October with a legendary transatlantic race: the Transat Café L’Or (formerly Transat Jacques Vabre), starting from Le Havre.
A promising sporting program that will give Legallais Team Voile the opportunity to consolidate its place among the top teams on the Class40 circuit.
Double-handed sailing
Official partner
May 25, 2025
Departure from Caen
Distance : 1 000 nm
Double-handed sailing
June 28, 2025
Departure from Les Sables d’Olonne
Distance : 2 540 nm
Four-way sailing
July 26, 2025
Departure from Cowes
Distance : 695 nm
Double-handed sailing
October 29, 2025
Départure from Le Havre
Distance : 3 750 nm
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LECHARTIER Henri
Technical preparer
Originally from the Orne region, Henri has always been drawn to the sea. His first maritime experience came at the age of 14, when he spent a year on a boat. At the age of 18, he left Normandy for Brittany. With his baccalaureate diploma in hand, he enrolled in a 2-year higher education certificate (BTS) in Management, followed by a professional degree in tropical agriculture, which he completed in La Réunion. But the call of the open sea proved too strong for Henri, who decided to take a state diploma (Brevet d’État) in sailing and spent a few years in the West Indies as a leisure boat skipper.
When his first child was born, Henri decided to return to France. Interested in racing but lacking a network, he joined the 1st class of ocean racing sailboat preparers (“Préparateur de Voiliers au course au large”) organised by AFPA in Lorient. After 6 months of intensive training, he was immediately offered an assignment with Xavier Macaire. Henri made a name for himself and worked with several skippers, mainly on the Figaro circuit.
In 2023, Henri joins the Legallais Team Voile project led by Fabien Delahaye. Used to figarist projects, working on the Class40 circuit was a first for Henri. The gamble paid off, as 2 years later, Legallais Team Voile finished 2nd in the Class40 Championship!
LEBOUCHER Pierre
Co-skipper
Skipper, sailor and engineer, Pierre Leboucher has been sailing competitively since the age of 11. After a career in Olympic sailing marked by two vice-world champion titles and participation in the London Olympic Games in 2012 in 470, he turned to ocean racing in 2016.
With extensive experience in ocean racing, he has sailed on many boats, from the Figaro to the Class40, including the Ocean Fifty and the Ultim. Winner of the Niji 40 in 2024 aboard the Class40 Team SNEF alongside Xavier Macaire and Carlos Manera, he is preparing to embark on a new adventure in 2025.
This season, he formed a unique duo with Fabien Delahaye aboard the Class40 LEGALLAIS.
Architect : Marc Lombard
Place of construction : Caen
Launching date : September 2023
Length : 12.19 m
Width : 4.5 m
Draught : 3 m
Air draft : 19 m
Weight : 4.580 t
Mainsail surface : 63 m2
Upwind sail area : 115 m2
Sail area downwind : 263 m2
Sources of energy production on board : thermal engine and solar energy
Ballast volume : 750 litres (per side)
Owner : Argo Sum – Philippe Casenave-Péré – COGITO II
For the past two seasons, Legallais Team Voile has proudly worn the colors of the Fondation CHU Caen Normandie. This commitment has enabled the Foundation to receive a cheque for €10,000 in 2023 and €10,000 in 2024. This funding has helped to roll out two projects supported by the Foundation: the construction of a Familly House near the Caen University Hospital to welcome parents of hospitalized children, and the fitting of accompanying chair-beds in the rooms of young patients.
In 2025, LEGALLAIS continues its commitment alongside the Fondation CHU Caen Normandie and will donate €1 per nautical mile sailed by the Legallais Team Voile throughout the sporting season.
Created in June 2018 under the impetus of Caen Normandy University and Caen University Hospital, the Fondation CHU Caen Normandie aims to improve the comfort of patients and their families, accelerate research and the fight against disease or disability, and optimize the working conditions of caregivers by funding exceptional projects. The Foundation’s approach is based on the values of solidarity, proximity, medical excellence, innovation and transparency. Values that echo those of LEGALLAIS.
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