French Sailors in Grundafjörður

The harbour in Grundarfjörður, a small town in Snæfellsnes, is now filled with French sailboats. The reason is the Skippers d Islande boat race and the sailors arrived in Grundafjörður yesterday. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The race set off last June 24th in Paimpol in France, which is a sister town to Grundafjörður. Because the sailors arrived in Grundafjörður just before the French played the Champion game against Italy in the World Cup, the game was broadcasted on a big screen at the town hall.