Foiled: Sodebo Forced To Retire After Damage To Appendage

Leaving Cadiz on Tuesday February 14, Sodebo Ultim 3 was trying to break the crewed Discovery Route record and had a good pace to be on time.



In the early morning, the technical team was notified of a problem with the port foil. This major damage forced Thomas Coville and his five crew to put an end to their attempt. The sailors are doing well and their priority is to secure the trimaran. In conjunction with the Team Sodebo base in Lorient, they are currently diagnosing...

For more than 24 hours now, Thomas Coville and his 5 crewmen have been chasing the Route De La Decouverte record. A committed start to the course with in particular a complicated front passage this night and numerous maneuvers on board to get out of windless areas.






Nicolas Troussel, navigator aboard Sodebo Ultim 3 looks back on this first day of racing:

“The start was a bit complicated because we had a strong headwind...

After a month of summer construction, Sodebo Ultim 3 is back on the water





A site that has been marked by a major modification: a new drift bearing plan allowing for better stability during flight, but also the solo trimaran setup :
The last straight line to the Route_du_Rhum is now launched for Thomas Coville who will resume sailing tomorrow









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For more than 24 hours, the 25 team members of the Finist?re Atlantique Challenge ACTION ENFANCE have been driving their machines at high speed. Evidenced by the average speeds of the Ultims over the last few hours of racing: nearly 34 knots! After a first passage abreast last night requiring numerous maneuvers and changes of sails, the giants of the seas are heading downwind towards Porto.

After a start in light airs, the 4 Ultims carried out trajectories towards...

Top start for Finist?re Atlantique -
CHILDHOOD ACTION Challenge Good weather, beautiful sea, and light airs.


This Friday the conditions are almost perfect on the magnificent lake of Concarneau for the start at 1 p.m. sharp of Finist?re Atlantique - Challenge ACTION ENFANCE. Only a few knots of wind are missing to allow the four Ultims to take off and express all their spectacular potential. But, in the light south-westerly flow which sets the tempo,...