The IMOCA's Are Poised For A Stampede Into The Finish

In IMOCA, the thrilling duel between Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut) and Charlie Dalin (Apivia) continues. Behind the two frontrunners, there is a group of five sailors racing against each other, while further back, the objectives are very different.




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Maxime Sorel (V and B-Monbana-Mayenne): Unfortunately, I have had a problem with...

Successful Southern Ocean rescue, Golden Globe sailor Tapio Lehtinen
Successful rescue operation for Tapio Lehtinen in the Southern Indian Ocean. Kirsten Neusch?fer first to reach his position, and take him to safety aboard Minnehaha before transferring him onto the Bulk Carrier M.V. Darya Gayatri.




GGR entrant Kirsten Neusch?fer (ZAF) was first to reach Tapio’s position this morning at 0510 UTC. The South African sailor whisked GGR Veteran and Finnish...

Successful rescue operation for Tapio Lehtinen in the Southern Indian Ocean. Kirsten Neuschefer first to reach his position, and take him to safety aboard Minnehaha before transferring him onto the Bulk Carrier M.V. Darya Gayatri.




GGR entrant Kirsten Neuschefer (ZAF) was first to reach Tapio’s position this morning at 0510 UTC. The South African sailor whisked GGR Veteran and Finnish sailing legend, Tapio Lehtinen, from his liferaft where he had been since...

A collision with a large partially submerged object figures high on the oceanic racer’s list of fears. Never more so than today when we have grown almost blas? about racing along at more than 30 knots... at night

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“Game changer” is a phrase used far too often. New developments and refinements can indeed change the game in offshore sailing, pushing the limits in performance to new...

Update from Class 40 and OCEAN FIFTY today


With the Class40 leaders past the halfway point, the skippers are now sailing in better conditions and it is time to take out the gennakers and spinnakers. Most of those who carried out pit stops in Ponta Delgada are now back in the race. That is the case for Axel Trehin, (Project Rescue Ocean), who was able to fit the mast offered to him by Matthieu Perraut (Inter Invest), who was forced to retire. South African Donald Alexander is...

2 die in accident at finish of Route du Rhum sailing race


Two people died when a motorboat following the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic sailing race capsized off the coast of Guadeloupe


November 16, 2022, 10:07 AM


PARIS -- Two people died Wednesday when a motorboat following the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic sailing race capsized off the coast of Guadeloupe, just as the winner was reaching the finish line, race organizers said....

Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) wins 12th Route de Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe








In the dark of a Caribbean night to a typically rapturous welcome, French solo skipper Charles Caudrelier on the Ultim 32/32 Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the line off Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe at 05:02:05hrs local time ( 09:02:05 UTC) this morning. He was the first boat to finish the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe,...

Dominant Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe leader Caudrelier remains under threat from underdog Gabart





If there is one thing that the 2018 edition of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe taught us, it is that this solo 3,542 nautical mile Transatlantic race is never over until it is over. In the last edition, long-time race leader Fran?ois Gabart, - French sailing’s golden boy who had previously won the Vend?e Globe, the IMOCA Class in the Route...

Fire aboard IMOCA Nexans - Art & Fenetres: Fabrice Amedeo recovered by a cargo ship





At 1132hrs UTC this morning, while French skipper Fabrice Amedeo was en route to Cascais in Portugal after suffering damage during the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo Transatlantic race there was an explosion aboard his IMOCA, Nexans - Art & Fenetres.
This led to a fire on board which spread requiring Amedeo to abandon his boat which sank soon afte...

Looking forward to better times


The last 24 hours have been tough for the competitors in the twelfth Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, which started last Wednesday from Saint-Malo in France. After a series of incidents yesterday evening involving Louis Burton (Bureau Vallee), Am?lie Grassi (La Boulangere Bio) and Aurelien Ducroz (Crosscall) - who all dismasted - and Thibault Vauchel-Camus (Solidaires en Peloton-ARSEP) who capsized, other skippers have suffered misfortune...