IRC rating responds to sailors with rule and formulation changes for 2023

IRC rating responds to sailors with rule and formulation changes for 2023

Following the international IRC annual Congress meeting in October, the 2023 IRC rule text is now published on the IRC website and includes changes that reflect IRC’s desire to listen to what sailors want, simplify rules where possible and respond to changing trends not only in technical development but also racing practices. The IRC Technical…

Charles Caudrelier wins Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, breaking course record

Charles Caudrelier wins Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, breaking course record

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 was the first boat to finish the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the legendary 3,542…

Fire aboard IMOCA Nexans - Art & Fenêtres: Fabrice Amedeo recovered by a cargo ship

Fire aboard IMOCA Nexans – Art & Fenêtres: Fabrice Amedeo recovered by a cargo ship

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 Gudeloupe solo Transatlantic race, there was an explosion aboard his Imoca, Nexans – Art & Fenêtres. This led to a fire on board which spread, requiring Amedeo to abandon his…

Capsized Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe Thibaut Vauchel-Camus rescued this morning

Capsized Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe Thibaut Vauchel-Camus rescued this morning

After capsizing around 2000hrs yesterday 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 north of the Azores. Vauchel-Camus, 42, is reported to be in good health. A chartered rescue…

Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe Ocean Fifty Class leader Solidarité en Peloton - ARSEP has capsized, skipper is safe inside the main hull

Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe Ocean Fifty Class leader Solidarité en Peloton – ARSEP has capsized, skipper is safe inside the main hull

Leader of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in the Ocean Fifty class French skipper Thibaut Vauchel-Camus has capsized yesterday evening when racing in tough conditions between Portugal and the Azores. The solo skipper is not injured and is sheltering in the central hull of his trimaran. Vauchel-Camus, 43, who had taken the lead…

Record 138 boat 12th Route de Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo Transatlantic race start enjoys great conditions off Saint Malo

Record 138 boat 12th Route de Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo Transatlantic race start enjoys great conditions off Saint Malo

The twelfth edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe started in great conditions at 1415hrs CET off Saint Malo this afternoon Wednesday 9th November. Ary Chalus (President of the Guadeloupe Region) and Gilles Lurton (Mayor of Saint-Malo) made the start signal off the Grouin headland. The 138 monohulls and multihulls split up into…

La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe: The IMOCAs parade and conclude the pre-race arrivals into Saint-Malo

La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe: The IMOCAs parade and conclude the pre-race arrivals into Saint-Malo

With a few exceptions, all the of the solo skippers who are set to take part in the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe will have arrived safely in Saint-Malo by the end this Wednesday evening. There are already 37 out of the 38 IMOCAs already and were due to take…