Just within a few encablures from the Anglo-Norman Island and the British coast, the Cherbourg-Ocetville's marina, with its 1350 hoops, welcomes the yachtsmen 24 hours a day.
The artist Yann Kersalé has created a special flood-lighting of the piers: the light effects range from the blue of high tide to the green of low tide, and include a palette of more than 400 nuances.
Gateway to the American continent during the transatlantic epic times, Cherbourg-Octeville has always attracted the hugest liners, and still does: from the Titanic to the Queen Mary 2, not to mention the France and the Queen Elisabeth, they all stopped here once.
Naturally open to the sea, Cherbourg-Octeville has imposed itself as one of the very few ports able to organise large nautical events: the Mondial Assistance Challenge, the Cutty Sark, the Figaro's Solitary, and the Europe's Race…
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