The event
La TraverSeine is a unique opportunity to cross Paris through the Seine with Canoe, Kayak, Stand Up Paddle, Pirogue or Dragon Boat. For discovery (15km) or competition (26km), alone or with a team, come visit Paris and the Hauts de Seine differently.
This event is co-organized by the Comité Départemental de Canoë-Kayak of the Hauts-de-Seine (CDCK92) and the Comité Départemental de Canoë-Kayak of Paris (CDCK75), with the support of the Comité Régional de Canoë-Kayak d’Ile-de-France (CRIFCK).
La TraverSeine is the heiress of the « Coupe Jean Olry » and of the « Traversée de Paris », organized the first time in 1947.
La TraverSeine is a weekend dedicated to canoe-kayak and all paddling sports, whose biggest moment is the Paris crossing through the Seine, this course is accessible only during this event.
The 2025 program
Saturday, 20th September, 2025
10.30am
Bib retrieval and Boats drop off at the two sites (Sèvres and Bercy)
Test boat rental only in Sèvres
- SEVRES: Bibs pick-up for 26km Competition Course and 15KM Leisure Course with kayak or SUP rental
- PARIS Bercy: Bibs pick-up for 15km Leisure Course, SUP and SUP Competition 15km without rental
10.30am Opening of the refreshment bar with beer from the Bières Rive Droite Rive Gauche microbrewery and camping on the Sèvres site
2pm to 6pm
Animations on the Sèvres site
6,30pm to 10pm
For campers, a barbecue is provided. Finnish keels and petanque games, fresbee…
Sunday, 21st September, 2025
In Sèvres:
6.30am Breakfast for participants in the 26km course
7am – Bus departure from Cristallerie de Sèvres
7am – Boat launching
7.45am – End of boarding
8am – START of the 26KM course
10 am – 12:30 pm– Arrival
Refreshment bar non-stop from 10am.
11am – start of the distribution of the meal
12.30pm – Podium
2.30pm – End of the event
PARIS Bercy site
7.15am – 8.45am– Breakfast on the water
7.15am – 7.45am – launch of SAS 1 participants
7.45am – 8.15am – launch of SAS 2 participants
8.15am- 8.45am – launch of SAS 3 participants
8.45am End of boarding
9 am – START of the 15KM courses
The courses
15 km (Paris to Sèvres) to discover Paris differently, with your own equipment or with a rented boat (canoe, kayak, pirogue, monoplace or biplace, and SUP). Open for everyone from 12 years old (Accompanied children aged 12 to 16).
The starting point and the arrival of the Competition course is at Parc Nautique de l’Ile de Monsieur at Sèvres. This 26km loop will allow you to cross Paris twice. Open for canoe, kayak, pirogue one and two people, for non beginners paddlers. Obligation for big boats (V6, OC6, C9 and Dragon Boat)
Youth & SUP Competition course is open for young people (from 12 to 18 years old, Accompanied children aged 12 to 16) with canoe kayak 1 or 2 people and SUP. It is 15km from the site of Paris to Parc Nautique de l’Ile de Monsieur at Sèvres.
