Britain's Megan Pascoe wins the 2.4mR French Open 2026

by Christophe Etorre 13 Mar 06:38 PDT 6-8 March 2026

2.4mR French Open 2026 © Francois Chauvet

The magnificent Lake Moisson Lavacourt, located west of Paris, hosted the 2.4mR French Open from 6 to 8 March 2026, organised by the French 2.4mR class: France 2.4mR Class Association.

This regatta is the first major international event of the season.

Thirty-six boats came from 11 countries: Germany, Ireland, England, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Hong Kong, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland and France.

Megan Pascoe - 2.4mR French Open 2026 - photo © France 2.4mR Class Association

All the sailors were accommodated on site at the magnificent sailing centre.

A large stable anticyclone settled over France during the week. The mornings were calm and windless, and in the afternoons, when the sun came out, a light breeze picked up. Four races were held: one on Friday in very light winds, then three on Saturday. The lack of wind on Sunday meant that no sailing was possible.

2.4mR French Open 2026 - photo © Francois Chauvet

The most consistent in the very light wind, Megan Pascoe, double world champion, won the event ahead of France's Thibault Vandrot by a narrow margin. Germany's Martin Koller took third place. Switzerland's Urs Infanger, who led after the first race, was unable to hold on to his position on Saturday and finished sixth.

2.4mR French Open 2026 - photo © Francois Chauvet

Thirty-six boats were classified with very efficient semi-direct refereeing on the water.

The 2.4mR French Open is the first regatta on the European '2.4mR Action4Europe' circuit.

Next event: 2.4mR European Easter Egg.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat	Sail No	Helm	Club	Pts
1	Little Miss Esme	GBR173	Megan PASCOE	‑	7 (3 / 4 / 2 / 2)
2	‑	FRA1006	Thibault VANDROT	YCIF	9 (8 / 1 / 7 / 1)
3	‑	GER114	Martin KOLLER	‑	14 (24 / 2 / 4 / 8)
4	‑	GBR73	Martin PASCOE	‑	14 (11 / 8 / 3 / 3)
5	SOGENA	FRA13	Penny AUBERT	SNT	15 (10 / 9 / 1 / 5)
6	After Eight	SUI1055	Urs INFANGER	‑	17 (1 / 10 / 10 / 6)
7	French Inside	FRA131	Guillaume SOUDÉE	CVML	21 (14 / 5 / 6 / 10)
8	Attendu	FRA1009	Loic EONNET	YCIF	22 (29 / 6 / 12 / 4)
9	Ladybug	FRA6	Benoit MELEN	YCIF	24 (4 / 13 / 22 / 7)
10	‑	NOR114	Haavard Haktor HOLSTAD	‑	25 (9 / 7 / 9 / 18)
11	Cochon	FRA1	Robert HUMBERT	CVSQ	31 (2 / 15 / DSQ / 14)
12	Ruimshoots	NED1039	Frank HAVIK	‑	33 (6 / 16 / 14 / 13)
13	Thunderbird	HKG10	Virgile BERTRAND	YCIF	33 (12 / 12 / 25 / 9)
14	Fortyseven Eleven	GER47	Frank BITTNER	‑	41 (7 / 17 / 17 / 19)
15	Zehaira	FRA31	Michel VILLETTE	YCIF	42 (5 / 32 / 8 / 29)
16	‑	FRA100	Vincent LESAGE	SRC SUD‑OISE	44 (DNF / 19 / 13 / 12)
17	Zigzag Junior	FRA972	Christophe GUILBAUD	YCIF	45 (DNC / 11 / 18 / 16)
18	Dudi	DEN137	Knud FALBE	‑	46 (15 / 14 / 21 / 17)
19	Kobune	FRA871	Dominique LEENHARDT	CV VALENCE	47 (18 / 18 / 11 / 31)
20	Futte	DENT14	Niels ULSTRUP	‑	48 (DSQ / 3 / 30 / 15)
21	Puzzle	GBR1063	Brian HARDING	‑	50 (13 / 34 / 5 / 32)
22	Little big boat	FRA9	Christophe ETORRE	YCIF	50 (31 / 23 / 16 / 11)
23	‑	FRA4	Benoit LESCARRET	YCIF	58 (17 / 21 / 20 / 25)
24	Mzuri	BEL13	Jean‑Paul ALEXANDER	‑	59 (23 / 36 / 15 / 21)
25	‑	FRA16	Marc BERTHIER	SN LA CIOTAT	62 (19 / 20 / 23 / 30)
26	Avanger	FRA45	Eric DE GERMOND	YCIF	63 (20 / 24 / 19 / 35)
27	Illusion	FRA264	Nicolas JOURDAN	YCIF	68 (22 / 26 / 24 / 22)
28	‑	FRA20	Alexandre LESAGE	VCNP	73 (16 / 30 / 32 / 27)
29	Cromignon	FRA1064	Eric GUIBOURGE	SN LA CIOTAT	75 (21 / 28 / 28 / 26)
30	‑	FRA208	Benoit DEUTSCH	CVML	75 (27 / 25 / 33 / 23)
31	Kraken	IRL171	Patrick HASSETT	‑	76 (25 / 31 / 34 / 20)
32	Plastic Paddy	GBR161	Simon MEEHAN	‑	79 (26 / 29 / 29 / 24)
33	‑	SWE391	Gunnar ODMAN	‑	80 (30 / 22 / 31 / 28)
34	‑	FRA15	Michel LEOPOLD‑ LEGER	CV PARIS	89 (DNF / 27 / 26 / 36)
35	Sprotje	BEL15	Michel ZADWORNY	‑	89 (28 / 35 / 27 / 34)
36	‑	LUX782	Laurent BONSERGENT	CVML	98 (32 / 33 / 35 / 33)