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Loïck Peyron : "It is a very nice victory but a team victory"
Thirty two years after the first of his seven attempts, French ocean racing star Loick Peyron won the mythical Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe this Monday morning (TU) when he crossed the finish line of the solo race from Saint-Malo France to Pointe-a-Pitre at 04:08:32 TU/05:08:32 CET/00:08:32 local The lone skipper of the 31.5m (103ft) (...) -
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The images of the start of the 10th Route du Rhum
AT 2 pm local time, 91 solo competitors of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe have crossed the starting line of the solo transatlantic away from St Malo. here are the images of the start done in 15 knots of SW wind. -
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston : "I feel exactly the same as when I last did the Route du Rhum in 1982"
British adventurer Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, 75, has started Transatlantic solo race the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, 32 years after last competing in the French classic race. -
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Yann Guichard : "you get used to the size of the boat"
« Solo sailing a trimaran the size of Spindrift 2 requires complete physical commitment, » says Yann Guichard, who recently sailed from the Azores to La Trinité-sur-Mer, alone at the helm of the world¹s largest racing multihull. With two months to go before the start of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the skipper arrived late Monday (...) -
Ultimes
Francis Joyon : "I’m hopeful that I can win"
It’s now official: in just under three months from now, on 2nd November, Francis Joyon will be setting off on his fifth Route du Rhum between St-Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe). Currently preparing for this race, the skipper of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran is not leaving anything to chance, which is understandable, given that the (...) -
Spindrift Racing
Dona Bertarelli : "After the changes we made, Spindrift 2 is behaving as expected"
Spindrift 2 has had its first sail after the winter optimisation, spending a night at sea criss-crossing the Bay of Biscay. The control was there straight away and the boat ran like clockwork. The 2014 season has begun and it has started well for Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s (...) -
Spindrift 2
Yann Guichard will use a bike to "handle" the maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 alone on the next Route du Rhum
A bike on a boat? It might sound silly but it is a very serious technical innovation to help Yann Guichard to handle the maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 alone on the next Route du Rhum. Prepare to find out more on your web series ’40 metres solo’. -
Gitana Team
Route du Rhum 2014 and Vendée Globe 2016 for Sébastien Josse
The 2014 season promises to be equally thrilling with the major Route du Rhum meeting, whose fleet will set sail from Saint Malo on 2 November. Above all though it marks the start of a five-year campaign packed with surprises, which kicks off with the arrival of a new craft within the Gitana Team and Sébastien Josse’s big comeback to an (...) -
Maxi 80
Video : New 80’ trimaran Prince de Bretagne sailing off Lorient
Lionel Lemonchois, past winner of the Route du Rhum, is preparing in Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. , Brittany, France, his new maxi trimaran. Prince de Bretagne is an old ORMA (60’) trimaran lengthened to 80 feet. His main goal is, again, the Route du Rhum in 2014. But we hope to see her racing (...) -
SeaSailSurfers of the year
Thomas Ruyant is the SeaSailSurfer of 2010
689 votes made the SeaSailsurfers of 2010. The male winner is Thomas Ruyant, winner of the Route du Rhum in Class40 Class40 #Class40 . He did it one year after his win in the solo Transat 650. And he is so popular he wins the title of SeaSailSurfer of the year ahead of the funboarder Antoine Albeau (Sailor of the year for the french (...)
Course en solitaire entre St Malo et Pointe à Pitre en Guadeloupe.
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Créée par Michel Etévenon en 1978
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Palmarès : 2006
Organisée par Pen Duick SA.
Créée par Michel Etévenon en 1978
Classes : Ultime • IMOCA • Multi 50 • Class40
Site
Palmarès : 2006