The Route du Jasmin is a Mediterranean regatta founded in 1990 by Jo Minniti. It links the two shores of the Mediterranean, starting in France (La Seyne-sur-Mer) and traditionally finishing in Tunisia, with stopovers such as Carloforte, Bizerte, Yasmine Hammamet and Mahdia.
It is held in summer in an amateur, friendly spirit. About sixty boats started in 2007 and forty-three in 2016. In 2010 a crew of disabled sailors took part.
Except for 2013 it has run every year (28th edition in 2018). From 2015 to 2018, insecurity in Tunisia (the Bardo and Sousse attacks) led the organisers to end the race in Sicily, before a planned return to the usual course in 2018.
