Editing Martinique (section)

=== Regattas ===
[[Le Tour de Yoles Rondes de Martinique]] is an annual sailing regatta,<ref>{{cite web|title=Le tour des yoles rondes de la Martinique».|work=Travel Martinique |date=20 April 2013 |url=http://travel-martinique.com/fr/decouvrir/les-fetes-populaires-martiniquaises/le-tour-des-yoles-rondes-de-la-martinique.html|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2021|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509001730/http://travel-martinique.com/fr/decouvrir/les-fetes-populaires-martiniquaises/le-tour-des-yoles-rondes-de-la-martinique.html |author1=Cédric }}</ref> the island's largest sporting event, which takes place in late July and early August and is very popular with spectators.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 October 2014 |title=Accueil – FEDERATION DES YOLES RONDES DE LA MARTINIQUE |url=http://yoles-rondes.net/fyrm2/ |access-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031132752/http://yoles-rondes.net/fyrm2/ |archive-date=31 October 2014 }}</ref>

The event is organized by the ''Fédération des yoles rondes''. Crews circumnavigate Martinique on a 180-kilometer course over eight stages. The race begins with a prologue time trial from the starting town.

The time trial determines the starting order of the first ten boats, and the time between starts is determined by the advantage of each boat over the next during the prologue; all Boats below the top ten start simultaneously. The next seven legs [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the island. The leg around the southern part of the island, starting in the commune of Le Diamant, passing through Sainte-Anne and finishing in Le François, is known as the Défi de l'Espace Sud (Southern Challenge Zone).
[[File:Tour des Yoles aux Anse d'Arlet.jpg|thumb|Tour des Yoles]]