ULTIM "Giants of the Seas" World Race Features in Sailing "World on Water"

26th December 2023

There is just a solitary skipper on board for the six boat ULTIM World Race

The weekly Global Sailing Highlights show, the World on Water, for the week ending December 22, 2023, features six "Giants of the Seas" to set off from Brest, with a solitary skipper on board, who will attempt to complete a circumnavigation of the world from West to East, via the three capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn).

A human and technological challenge is carried by the sailors of the Ultim 32/23 Class accompanied by their shipowners and partners.

Some of them have already completed the journey in a multihull and single-handed: Francis Joyon, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Thomas Coville, François Gabart, notably as part of solo round-the-world record sailing campaigns, but no one has ever done it in a race!

The show also features the Finals of the WMRT from China, IQFoil and Maiden in New Zealand.

Published in Maritime TV

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