La Route du Rhum Race
The new Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has completed its first full foiling runs off the Brittany coast, marking a major milestone in the development of Gitana 18 ahead of this year’s Route du Rhum. The 32-metre offshore racing giant achieved…
The 2026 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe is set to deliver one of its most competitive editions yet, with 118 solo sailors confirmed. The race will start from Saint-Malo on 1 November, with skippers racing solo across the Atlantic to Pointe-à-Pitre…
ICRA Conference: Pamela Lee Seeks French Entries for Round Ireland Race
5th February 2026 Round Ireland
Irish International Class 40 sailor Pamela Lee will tell the 2026 Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) Conference how she is working to attract French Class 40 entries to this year’s Round Ireland Race. Lee will outline efforts to encourage French offshore…
Ferry and logistics company DFDS has partnered with Irish offshore sailor Pamela Lee to launch the #EmpowHer racing campaign. The initiative will support Lee as she prepares for the 2026 Route du Rhum, the world’s longest solo transatlantic race, which…
RORC Double-Handed Champion James Harayda on His Vendee Globe 2024 Plans (Video)
25th March 2023 RORC
Royal Ocean Racing Club member, and aspiring Vendee Globe Sailor, James Harayda is just 25 years old and already a two-time British Double Handed National Champion, racing with teammate Dee Caffari on Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo. In 2022, racing in…
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…
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…
