Please select your home edition
Edition
OCEAN50

OCEAN50

Show news Route du Rhum Video Update
Ultim Banque Populaire XI skipper rescue, complex weather systems cause chaos
Posted today at 10:37 am
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe Day 6
Italian skipper Ambrogio Beccari forced to retire from the race after a heavy fall
Posted today at 8:32 am
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe day 5
Catch 'Coco' if you can?
Posted on 5 Nov
A gruelling start for the two Sodebo trimarans
In the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 4 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe Day 4
Morning update: Everyone Has Their Limit
Posted on 4 Nov
Route du Rhum, J/70 North Americans, Stars
David Schmidt's thoughts on the latest events in sailing
Posted on 3 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe day 3
Tom Laperche is setting a pace which Armel Le Cléac'h struggled to match today
Posted on 3 Nov
Route du Rhum: Gitana 18 damaged
The team is reporting that the Ultim 105ft foiling trimaran, Gitana 18 has suffered foil damage.
Posted on 3 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe day 2
Francis Joyon has capsized, and Quentin Le Nabour has been dismasted
Posted on 2 Nov
Spectacular Start to the Route du Rhum
Our video of the action plus the Monday morning fleet update
Posted on 2 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe start
Favourites in front after sunny downwind departure from Saint Malo
Posted on 1 Nov
All treats no tricks for Route du Rhum start
Today has been mainly about the dock out of the 22 boat IMOCA fleet
Posted on 31 Oct
Sam Goodchild and Boris Herrmann interviewed
Ahead of the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct
Route du Rhum Video Preview
115 solo skippers, a huge race village, 2 favourites
Posted on 29 Oct
Upwind by MerConcept extends program for two years
"Creating the conditions for talent to thrive" with the support of 11th Hour Racing
Posted on 29 Oct
Ultims in the Route du Rhum: Land of the giants
The defending champion Charles Caudrelier has a revolutionary, brand new machine
Posted on 28 Oct
Who is maintaining the boat?
I was fascinated by John Curnow's recent editorial 'Who is sailing the boat?'
Posted on 27 Oct
Class40 in the Route du Rhum
The biggest class has sailors with ambitions at every level
Posted on 26 Oct
Vintage multis in the Route du Rhum
A long lasting love affair
Posted on 25 Oct
Ocean Fifty: A battle between the generations?
The Ocean Fifty Route du Rhum fleet features fast, light multihulls designed to a 'box rule'
Posted on 24 Oct
Everything to know about the Route du Rhum fleet
The final races held this summer and early autumn have delivered valuable lessons and insights
Posted on 23 Oct
#TeamMusto ambassadors set for the Route du Rhum
Musto is kitting out more than twenty of the world's top offshore sailors for the 13th edition
Posted on 22 Oct
Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe village open
The largest village ever created for an ocean race is in Saint-Malo
Posted on 20 Oct
Route du Rhum on Virtual Regatta
The Official Game has been open since October 1
Posted on 6 Oct
Route du Rhum gathers before the home stretch
The bar has never been set so high in each of the six categories
Posted on 22 Sep
Ocean Fifty fleet set for the Route du Rhum
On the edge thrills are guaranteed
Posted on 27 Aug
La Solitaire du Figaro opens a new chapter in 2028
The Ocean 50 class is set to join the offshore classic
Posted on 17 Jul
UpWind by MerConcept wraps up a strong half season
Securing qualification for the Route du Rhum
Posted on 29 May
Drheam-Cup: ten years and two stunning locations
Enough to offer dream conditions for the tenth anniversary of the race
Posted on 16 May
Sodebo Fifty begins its crewed season
With the Grand Prix of Sainte-Maxime
Posted on 29 Apr
Links

    Photos

    Show photos from

    Léonard Legrand on Sodebo Fifty in the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Vincent Curutchet / Sodebo Sailing
    `Elvest` Ocean Fifty Class boat captain attends security briefing on October 28, a few days before the start of the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Jean-Louis CARLI / Route du Rhum / FACTSTORY
    French skipper Matthieu Perraut aboard his Ocean Fifty multihull class Elvest passes the lock of the harbor of Saint-Malo ahead of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP
    Upwind by MerConcept
    © Guillaume Gatefait / UpWind by MerConcept
    Upwind by MerConcept
    © Guillaume Gatefait / UpWind by MerConcept
    Upwind by MerConcept
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept
    Solidaires en Peloton by Delanchy
    © Pierrick Contin
    Sodebo Fifty
    © Guillaume Gatefait
    This aerial photograph shows Ocean Fifty multihull arriving in the harbor of Saint-Malo
    © Lou Benoist / AFP
    Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe 2026
    © Pierre Bouras
    Calamity
    © Tim Wright / RORC
    Ocean Fifty Calamity
    © Arthur Daniel / RORC
    Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Alexis Courcoux
    Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Vincent Olivaud
    Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Vincent Olivaud
    Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Vincent Olivaud
    Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
    © Vincent Olivaud
    La Solitaire du Figaro opens a new chapter in 2028
    © Vincent Olivaud
    UpWind by MerConcept
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept
    Upwind by MerConcept - Ocean Fifty Series
    © Vincent Olivaud / Ocean Fifty Series
    UpWind by MerConcept - Ocean Fifty Series Act 1 Day 1
    © Davis Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept
    Sodebo Fifty begins its crewed season
    © Guillaume Gatefait / Sodebo Sailing
    Sodebo Fifty begins its crewed season
    © Guillaume Gatefait / Sodebo Sailing
    Sodebo Fifty begins its crewed season
    © Guillaume Gatefait / Sodebo Sailing
    Sodebo Fifty begins its crewed season
    © Guillaume Gatefait / Sodebo Sailing
    UpWind by MerConcept - Fastnet Race
    © Guillaume Gatefait / UpWind by MerConcept
    Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
    © Ewan Lebourdais
    Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
    © Alexis Courcoux
    Skippers take the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race, off Saint-Malo, on November 9, 2022
    © Loic Venance
    UpWind by MerConcept enters a pivotal season with 11th Hour Racing's continued support
    © Guillaume Gatefait / UpWind by MerConcept