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Show news Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 1
11th Hour Racing skipper sounded a little disappointed to have lost position slightly
Posted today at 10:24 am Spectacular Start to the Route du Rhum
Our video of the action plus the Monday morning fleet update
Posted today at 7:38 am Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe start
Favourites in front after sunny downwind departure from Saint Malo
Posted on 1 Nov Team Malizia's Boris Herrmann is Off
A clean start in the 13th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 1 Nov Francesca Clapcich sets off on Route du Rhum
The Italian-American skipper is one of 22 sailors in the IMOCA fleet
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 Francesca Clapcich ready for the Route du Rhum
Her first solo Atlantic crossing onboard 11th Hour Racing
Posted on 31 Oct Herrmann set for first Solo Race aboard Malizia 4
The German skipper returns to the legendary Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct Sam Goodchild determined to perform well
In the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct The IMOCAs are on for record-breaking speeds
In the early stages of the Route du Rhum
Posted on 31 Oct Sam Goodchild and Boris Herrmann interviewed
Ahead of the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct Record Italian fleet in Saint-Malo
For Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe 2026 start
Posted on 31 Oct Ambrogio Beccaria and Corentin Horeau
Two very different characters in the same boat for the Route du Rhum
Posted on 30 Oct Route du Rhum Video Preview
115 solo skippers, a huge race village, 2 favourites
Posted on 29 Oct Francesca Clapcich ready for the Route du Rhum
It will be the Italian-American sailor's first solo transatlantic race
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 There's something magic about the Route du Rhum
Italian-American skipper Francesca Clapcich prepares for Sunday's start
Posted on 27 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 Canadian Scott Shawyer takes on Transatlantic Race
The pair will race the foiling IMOCA EMIRA IV on the 3,000-nm crossing from Lanzarote to Antigua
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 Jérémie Beyou: Aiming for the podium top step
In the Route du Rhum in his last race for Charal
Posted on 23 Oct Francesca Clapcich arrives in St. Malo
The countdown is on to the start of the Route du Rhum
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 Non-French contenders for Route du Rhum podium
Shows international strength of IMOCA class
Posted on 21 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 Goodchild has unfinished Route du Rhum business
It's a race he has never managed to finish
Posted on 14 Oct RORC Caribbean 600 Notice of Race
Antigua in February is not a difficult sell
Posted on 9 Oct
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Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Eloi Stichelbaut / polaRYSE Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Eloi Stichelbaut / polaRYSE Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Eloi Stichelbaut / polaRYSE A fleet of 115 boats in six classes at the start of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
© Loïc Venance / AFP / Route du Rhum A fleet of 115 boats in six classes at the start of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
© Loïc Venance / AFP / Route du Rhum A fleet of 115 boats in six classes at the start of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
© Loïc Venance / AFP / Route du Rhum A fleet of 115 boats in six classes at the start of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
© Éloi Stichelbaut | polaRYSE | Team Malizia Boris Herrmann, Malizia 4, at the start of the the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Éloi Stichelbaut | polaRYSE | Team Malizia Boris Herrmann, Malizia 4, at the start of the the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Flore Hartout | Team Malizia Francesca Clapcich - 11th Hour Racing
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing Boris Herrmann is set for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Julien Champolion / Team Malizia 22 IMOCA skippers are set for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Jean-Louis Carli / Route du Rhum 2026 / FACTSTORY Boris Herrmann is set for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Marin le Roux / polaRYSE / Team Malizia Sam Goodchild on Macif is set for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Ronan Gladu / Disobey / Macif Sam Goodchild on Macif is set for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Ronan Gladu / Disobey / Macif Sam Goodchild on Macif is set for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Ronan Gladu / Disobey / Macif ADRENA routing on October 31 for a recent-generation foiling IMOCA
© IMOCA Yoann Richomme
© Julien Champolion - polaRYSE / PAPREC Malizia
© Julien Champolion - polaRYSE / Malizia Boris Herrmann
© Boris Herrmann Macif
© RonanGladu-Disobey-Macif MACIF
© RonanGladu-Disobey-Macif Team Malizia
© Boris Herrmann Allagrande Mapei
© Lorenzo Sironi / Allagrande Mapei MACSF
© Gauthier Lebec / MACSF Allagrande Mapei
© Lorenzo Sironi / Allagrande Mapei MACSF
© Gauthier LeBec / MACSF
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