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Gitana Team launches the construction of a maxi-multihull

This new craft, which will measure between 31 and 35 metres, boasts ambitious specifications. The maxi-multihull will initially be geared up for a round the world via the three capes and she will have to be able to be helmed in crewed as well as solo configuration. However, the singularity of this new Gitana will actually lie in her versatile (...)

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Route du Rhum : Sir Robin Knox-Johnston ‘ecstatic’ with third place in solo Transatlantic race

British adventurer and Clipper Race Founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, 75, has finished solo Transatlantic race the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in third place in the Rhum class. Sir Robin crossed the finish line on his Open 60 Grey Power at Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, at 4.52pm local time/8.52pm GMT Saturday after 20 days, 7 (...)

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Route du Rhum : Giancarlo Pedote tenth Class40 in Guadeloupe

At 4:26 42 seconds AM on Friday 21 November, Giancarlo Pedote has crossed the finish line of the 10° Route du Rhum onboard the Class 40 Fantastica by Lanfranco Cirillo. 18 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes and 43 seconds for a tenth position that has passionate for the numerous (...)

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Route du Rhum : finishes sixth in Class40 division

British solo sailor Miranda Merron crossed the finish line of the 3542 miles La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo Transatlantic race off Pointe-a-Pitre this Thursday afternoon at 16:17:25hrs UTC 12:17:25hrs local time in seventh place from a Class 40 field of 43 (...)

Information Route du Rhum 20 November 2014
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Route du Rhum : Barcelona’s Alex Pella first ever Spanish skipper to finish first

Spanish solo skipper Alex Pella wrote himself into the history books of the Route du Rhum solo Transatlantic race and Spanish ocean racing when he crossed the finish line of the 3,542 miles La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe race first in Classe40 at 06:47:08 hrs TU/07:47:08hrs CET/02:47:08 Local (...)

Information Route du Rhum 19 November 2014
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Route du Rhum : Vendée Globe winner François Gabart wins the IMOCA division

When he crossed the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe this Friday afternoon to win the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA 60 Class in La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, François Gabart completed a vey rare back-to-back solo ocean double, adding the Route du Rhum solo Transatlantic to his 2012 victory in the Vendee Globe Vendee Globe (...)

Information Route du Rhum 14 November 2014
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Route du Rhum : Erwan Le Roux wins the Multi 50 Class

When he crossed the finish line at 18:13:55 TU/19:13:55 CET / 14:13:55 hrs local this Thursday 13th November Erwan Le Roux (FenetreA-Cardinal) won the Multi50 class of the 10th edition of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.

Information Route du Rhum 13 November 2014
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Route du Rhum : First Multi50 awaited in Guadeloupe on Thursday

A little over 10% of the fleet has now safely arrived at the finish of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. The Ultime boats have had their moment of glory and are now neatly moored up in the marina in Pointe à Pitre. As for the sailors, they are recuperating in their hotels and running through how the race went with (...)

Information Route du Rhum 12 November 2014
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Route du Rhum : Sébastien Josse takes 3^rd in Guadeloupe

On crossing the finish line of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in third position, on Tuesday 11 November at 03:47:09 GMT, Sébastien Josse has entered the major league in terms of epic multihull sailors. At the helm of the Multi70 Multi70 #multi70 Edmond de Rothschild, a 21-metre trimaran initially designed to be sailed in (...)

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Yann Guichard : "I am so happy now to be in Guadeloupe"

When he crossed the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe at 18:18:46 hrs UTC/19:18:46 CET/14:18:46 hrs local time this Monday 10th November, Yann Guichard, solo skipper of the world’s biggest racing trimaran Spindrift 2, finished in second place in the 10th edition of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. He took 8d 5h 18mn (...)

Information Route du Rhum 10 November 2014

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