Ultim Challenge
![Finishing the Ultim Challenge Race round the world course is a major triumph for Péron Finishing the Ultim Challenge Race round the world course is a major triumph for Péron](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YcQay.lFmjk/s/767/I0000YcQay.lFmjk.jpg)
Éric Péron Finishes Fifth and Completes the Circle in the Ultim Challenge Race
14th March 2024 Ultim Challenge
Éric Péron sailing ULTIM ADAGIO crossed the finish line of the Ultim Challenge at 14 h 44 27" to finish in fifth position, the final skipper to complete the 22, 460 nautical miles course which started on Sunday 7th January. His…
![Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim 3) Finishes Fourth in Ultim Challenge Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim 3) Finishes Fourth in Ultim Challenge](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000O6CVVv7joYc/s/767/I0000O6CVVv7joYc.jpg)
Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim 3) Finishes Fourth in Ultim Challenge
11th March 2024 Ultim Challenge
French solo skipper Anthony Marchand took fourth place on Ultim Challenge this afternoon when he sailed the ULTIM Actual Ultim 3 across the finish line off Brest at 14:08:21hrs UTC. Marchand, who turned 39 years old during this first ever solo…
![Armel Le Cléac'h battled against the unforgiving ocean and technical difficulties during the Ultim Challenge race on board the ULTIM Banque Populaire XI to finish third Armel Le Cléac'h battled against the unforgiving ocean and technical difficulties during the Ultim Challenge race on board the ULTIM Banque Populaire XI to finish third](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00002cw8OHIvOnw/s/767/I00002cw8OHIvOnw.jpg)
Armel Le Cléac'h Takes Third Place in Ultim Challenge Round-the-World Race
4th March 2024 Ultim Challenge
Armel Le Cléac'h, winner of the 2016-17 Vendée Globe, has finished on the podium in all three of his solo round-the-world races. He recently completed the Ultim Challenge solo multihull race round the world race, taking third place sailing the…
![Thomas Coville was the second-placed finisher in the Ultim Challenge Race Thomas Coville was the second-placed finisher in the Ultim Challenge Race](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001XrGLHRjcBk/s/767/I00001XrGLHRjcBk.jpg)
The day after second placed Thomas Coville’s finished in the Ultim Challenge round the world race, attention is now focused on the Maxi Banque Populaire XI which is expected to finish on Sunday. In the South Atlantic, Anthony Marchand (4th)…
![Thomas Coville is expected to close on the Ultim Challenge Race finish around 1400hrs local time in Brest Thomas Coville is expected to close on the Ultim Challenge Race finish around 1400hrs local time in Brest](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003cWAIBzJ8O0/s/767/I00003cWAIBzJ8O0.jpg)
Coville Due on Ultim Challenge Finish Line Around 1300hrs Today, Armel Le Cléac’h Has Night of Repairs
29th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
Early yesterday evening, Armel Le Cléac'h, skipper of the Maxi Banque Populaire XI, reported that he had sustained damage of the foredeck of the boat which led to an ingress of water. After spending the night fixing the problem Armel…
![Ultim Challenge winner Charles Caudrelier on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild arrives into Brest. His elapsed time for the 22,460 nautical miles round the world course, which left Brest on Sunday, 7th, January, is 50 days, 19hrs 7 mins 42 secs. He sailed an actual course of 28,938 miles on the water Ultim Challenge winner Charles Caudrelier on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild arrives into Brest. His elapsed time for the 22,460 nautical miles round the world course, which left Brest on Sunday, 7th, January, is 50 days, 19hrs 7 mins 42 secs. He sailed an actual course of 28,938 miles on the water](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ajQITEgZ1X4/s/767/I0000ajQITEgZ1X4.jpg)
Blessed with a perfect sunrise, flat seas and a modest 15kts breeze as he approached the long-awaited finish line off Brest on Tuesday (Feb 27th, 2024), Charles Caudrelier took time to enjoy the final ten miles of his Ultim Challenge…
![Charles Caudrelier's elapsed time in the first Ultim Challenge Solo Multihull Race Around the World is 50 days 19 hours 07 minutes 47 seconds since leaving Brest in the six-boat fleet on Sunday, 7th January Charles Caudrelier's elapsed time in the first Ultim Challenge Solo Multihull Race Around the World is 50 days 19 hours 07 minutes 47 seconds since leaving Brest in the six-boat fleet on Sunday, 7th January](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000eTgEVKyTt9o/s/767/I0000eTgEVKyTt9o.jpg)
French Skipper Charles Caudrelier Wins First Ultim Challenge Solo Multihull Race Around the World
27th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
French sailor Charles Caudrelier has emerged victorious in the Ultim Challenge, the first-ever solo multihull race around the world. Caudrelier, skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, crossed the finish line off the coast of Brest on Tuesday morning at…
![Caudrelier’s most up-to-date ETA is around 0830hrs local time on Tuesday morning (0730hrs UTC) at the finish line Caudrelier’s most up-to-date ETA is around 0830hrs local time on Tuesday morning (0730hrs UTC) at the finish line](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007nZicN5QjIk/s/767/I00007nZicN5QjIk.jpg)
Last Hours at Sea for Ultim Challenge Leader Charles Caudrelier as Solo Multihull Round-the-World Race Victory Beckons
26th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
A tantalising three hundred miles from the finish line of the first Ultim Challenge solo round the world race, French skipper Charles Caudrelier spent his 50th birthday and his 50th day of racing since leaving Brest on Sunday, 7th January, keeping…
![What time will Caudrelier finish? That remains the big question… What time will Caudrelier finish? That remains the big question…](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mo1NVQg8y8A/s/767/I0000mo1NVQg8y8A.jpg)
Caudrelier’s Ultim Challenge Finish is Expected to be Between Midnight and Noon
26th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
This Monday morning the Ultim Challenge leader Charles Caudrelier, the solo skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, has about 455 miles to the finish line. But the conditions remain tough all the way to Brest and the leader is staying…
![Charles Caudrelier, the skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, departed the Azores this morning at 0945hrs UTC. He has just over 1,100 miles to go to the Ultim Challenge race finish line in Brest Charles Caudrelier, the skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, departed the Azores this morning at 0945hrs UTC. He has just over 1,100 miles to go to the Ultim Challenge race finish line in Brest](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_EIAmAHDSTk/s/767/I0000_EIAmAHDSTk.jpg)
Caudrelier is Back on Track for Ultim Challenge Finish on Monday or Tuesday
24th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
Charles Caudrelier, skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, race leader of the Ultim Challenge left his Azores weather stopover at 0945hrs UTC this morning, according to race direction. He has just over 1,100 miles to go to the race finish…
![Charles Caudrelier should leave the Azores today, which could see him cross the Ultim Challenge finish line between Monday noon and Tuesday noon Charles Caudrelier should leave the Azores today, which could see him cross the Ultim Challenge finish line between Monday noon and Tuesday noon](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000pvoTT7HTxbo/s/767/I0000pvoTT7HTxbo.jpg)
Ultim Challenge Leader Caudrelier Expected to Restart from the Azores Today
24th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
Sheltered in the Azores since last Wednesday, the leader of the Ultim Challenge Race Charles Caudrelier should leave today which could see him cross the finish line between Monday noon and Tuesday noon according to Race Direction. In second Thomas Coville…
![Ultim Challenge race leader Charles Caudrelier and the ULTIM Maxi Edmond de Rothschild have been in the Azores port of Horta since Wednesday morning Ultim Challenge race leader Charles Caudrelier and the ULTIM Maxi Edmond de Rothschild have been in the Azores port of Horta since Wednesday morning](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00001LD3QBkitTw/s/767/I00001LD3QBkitTw.jpg)
Ultim Challenge race leader Charles Caudrelier and the ULTIM Maxi Edmond de Rothschild have been in the Azores port of Horta since Wednesday morning, waiting for storm Louis to leave the Bay of Biscay and a weather window to open…
![Because of ferocious weather on the Bay of Biscay Ultim Challenge leader Charles Caudrelier is stopped in Horta, sheltering from the strong gales
Because of ferocious weather on the Bay of Biscay Ultim Challenge leader Charles Caudrelier is stopped in Horta, sheltering from the strong gales](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000KisgoTr.Dh8/s/767/I0000KisgoTr.Dh8.jpg)
Ultim Challenge Winner in Waiting is 'Patient, Prudent and Poised….'
22nd February 2024 Ultim Challenge
In Horta in the Azores Ultim Challenge, leader Charles Caudrlier and his team remain patient. In second place, Thomas Coville crossed the Equator yesterday afternoon while the race’s three sailors were climbing the South Atlantic. On Brest’s Quai du Commandant…
![Ultim Challenge leader since January, Charles Caudrelier on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Ultim Challenge leader since January, Charles Caudrelier on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00004D4WvqI85sk/s/767/I00004D4WvqI85sk.jpg)
With Less Than 1,200 Miles To Finish, Ultim Challenge Leader Caudrelier Takes Shelter in the Azores
21st February 2024 Ultim Challenge
With less than 1,200 miles to finish the Ultim Challenge, Charles Caudrelier on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, leader of the race since the end of January, has elected to take shelter in the Azores, thereby making a technical stopover.…
![Ultim Challenge Race leader Charles Caudrelier Ultim Challenge Race leader Charles Caudrelier](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000yZXBIkX9w3o/s/767/I0000yZXBIkX9w3o.jpg)
Not much has changed since yesterday on the Ultim Challenge Race Leader Charles Caudrelier continues to make steady progress in the North Atlantic. He is 300 miles south of the Azores archipelago, and he has been moving at around twenty…
![Armel Le Cléac'h’s Ultim Challenge Race technical stopover lasted a little more than two days since it began on Friday in Rio Armel Le Cléac'h’s Ultim Challenge Race technical stopover lasted a little more than two days since it began on Friday in Rio](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aUEFZST.kL0/s/767/I0000aUEFZST.kL0.jpg)
Armel Le Cléac'h Back on Ultim Challenge Race Track after Rio Pit Stop
18th February 2024 Ultim Challenge
After a little more than 48 hours of technical stopover in Rio de Janeiro, Ultim Challenge skipper Armel Le Cléac'h and his ULTIM Maxi Banque Populaire XI have returned to the race track. He docked out from Rio at a…