La Route du Rhum Race
Friday night into Saturday’s early hours, The Memorial ACTe, Pointe-à-Pitre’s proud, a giant structure dedicated to the history, heritage and memories of the Caribbean slave trade saw the busiest spell yet of finishers completing the 12th edition of the Route…
Yoann Richomme Wins Route du Rhum Class40 for the Second Time
23rd November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
French skipper Yoann Richomme joined the very elite group of solo ocean racers to have twice won their class on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe today, when he brought the new build Lombard Lift 40 V2 Paprec-Arkea through the finish…
Britain’s Pip Hare 12th as International IMOCA Skippers Finish the Route du Rhum Race
23rd November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
The notorious final miles around Guadeloupe, negotiating a minefield of calms and light winds whilst significantly underpowered because of a hole in her mainsail, proved a cruel sting in the tail for Briton Pip Hare (Medallia), who slipped from tenth…
New Route du Rhum Record Time for Thomas Ruyant's LinkedOut in IMOCA Class
21st November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
Thomas Ruyant won the IMOCA class in the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre at 06:51:25hrs UTC this Monday, November 21. His elapsed time of 11 days 17hours 36minutes 25seconds beats the course…
Two Die in Motorboat Accident at Route du Rhum Finish in Guadeloupe
16th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
Two of the Route du Rhum race organising team have died at the finish in Guadeloupe today following a 'tragic accident' involving a motorboat. The accident happened as the first boat was finishing the 12th edition of the race. The company…
Charles Caudrelier Breaks Course Record to Win Route du Rhum
16th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
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. His…
Croatian Skipper Ivica Kostelic (ACI) Retires from Route du Rhum
15th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
Croatian sailor, Ivica Kostelic (ACI), who was racing in the Class40 division in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe transatlantic race, is heading for Cascais in Portugal, suffering from many technical problems, including the loss of his wind gear. After a…
Route du Rhum Race Gets Ready for a Sprint Finish After All?
14th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
After five days and nights of tough, physical racing which has taken them to the edge of exhaustion, there are just 1100 nautical miles of direct runway left to sail to the Pointe-à-Pitre finish line for the Route du Rhum-Destination…
Fire Aboard IMOCA Nexans - Art & Fenêtres in Route du Rhum Race, Fabrice Amedeo Recovered by a Cargo Ship
14th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
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 &…
Capsized Route du Rhum Skipper Rescued from Upturned Ocean Fifty this Morning
13th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
After capsizing around 2000hrs on Saturday evening whilst leading the OCEAN FIFTY class of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race, French skipper Thibaut Vauchel-Camus was rescued this morning from the upturned Solidaires En Peloton – ARSEP some 240 miles…
French skipper Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) has dismasted on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe while lying in ninth place on the solo race from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe which started on Wednesday at 1415hrs. He reported the accident at 1700hrs…
Route du Rhum Ocean Fifty Class leader Solidarité en Peloton - ARSEP Capsizes; Skipper Safe Inside Hull
12th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe Ocean Fifty Class leader Solidarité en Peloton - ARSEP has capsized, the skipper is safe inside the main hull. Leader of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe in the Ocean Fifty class French skipper Thibaut…
Belgian Class40 Skipper Jonas Gerckens Abandons the Route du Rhum
12th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
Belgian Class40 skipper Jonas Gerckens has been forced to retire from the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe on Friday evening due to a combination of technical problems, which are exacerbated by his poor state of health. The 42-year-old solo racer from…
Dalin Demonstrates IMOCA Superiority in Route du Rhum, Caudrelier Has Fight on his Hands
11th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
While title favourite Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) has been enjoying something of a rich-get-richer scenario at the front of the 36 strong Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe IMOCA fleet, his lead of 60 miles ahead of Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOUt) increasing by the…
Route du Rhum Racer Damien Seguin's IMOCA Groupe APICIL is Dismasted in Cargo Ship Collision
11th November 2022 La Route du Rhum Race
La Route du Rhum race organisers say Damien Seguin’s IMOCA Groupe APICIL was hit by a cargo ship and dismasted around 0330hrs (French time) this morning. The French skipper is racing solo across the Atlantic and was lying in 14th…
With the first 24 hours of racing completed and the record-sized Route du Rhum fleet of solo racers settling into their ocean racing rhythm, the biggest threat to the lead of Charles Caudrelier and the Ultim 32/23 pacemaker Maxi Edmond…
