Débord de Loire 2023: the Belem and two other three-masters, seen from Trentemoult

From 30 May to 5 June 2023, Débord de Loire gathered some 200 boats, including the famous Belem. On 3 June the Nantes three-master set out alongside the Oosterschelde, a Dutch schooner from 1918, and Le Français, the ex-Kaskelot built in Denmark in 1948, for a parade on the Loire from Saint-Brevin-les-Pins to Nantes. It was a sight to watch from the Trentemoult quays or the Cale Aubin garden. The village lived to the rhythm of boats and music all weekend: Brazilian dance workshops, a batucada, a hip-hop dance show, a folk ball, a percussion concert and women's singing. A bike parade also followed the boats along the estuary.