{"id":219516,"date":"2020-02-01T17:08:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camping-utahbeach.com\/non-classifiee\/char-a-voile-normandie\/"},"modified":"2020-02-01T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:08:21","slug":"char-a-voile-normandie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camping-utahbeach.com\/en\/news\/char-a-voile-normandie\/","title":{"rendered":"Try land sailing in Normandy"},"content":{"rendered":"
During your camping holiday in Normandy<\/a>, you\u2019ll surely spot some surprising wind-powered vehicles on the long beaches: land yachts. Not only can you watch them racing across the sand at incredible speeds, you can also easily try this activity at one of the many clubs along the coast. <\/div>\n

Land sailing, a must-do activity in Normandy<\/h2>\n
A simple four-wheeled vehicle fitted with a sail, land sailing dates back to Antiquity. In Egypt, in China, and much later in the Netherlands, it was used to transport people and materials using only the power of the wind. It wasn\u2019t until the early 20th century that land sailing arrived on French beaches as a fun, sporty activity. It was an instant hit. In the 1950s, the first clubs were created, and the French Land Sailing Federation was founded in 1964. <\/div>\n
Made up of a chassis you sit in and a rig, land sailing is best enjoyed on long, flat sandy beaches where particularly high speeds can be reached when weather conditions allow. That\u2019s why it\u2019s a must-do in Normandy. Normandy\u2019s beaches are long, wide, and flat; winds from the English Channel blow strongly there all year round. Today there are more than twenty clubs in Normandy, and several land-sailing competitions are regularly held in Collevile-sur-Mer, Deauville, Villers-sur-Mer, and Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer. <\/div>\n