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These huge trimarans set round-the-world records, and compete in the Jules Verne Trophy, Transat Jacques Vabre, and Route du Rhum (amongst others).

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115 solo skippers, a huge race village, 2 favourites
Posted on 29 Oct At the helm of an experimental giant
Charles Caudrelier is preparing to take a leap into the unknown
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 Charles Caudrelier, the defending champion
Winner of the 2022 Route du Rhum–Destination Guadeloupe
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 Gitana and the Route du Rhum
A story of two resounding victories for the five-arrow team
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 Who is sailing the boat?
Technology, AI, and the line offshore racing cannot afford to discover too late
Posted on 7 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 Merci Charlie!
The sea, sailors and the public gathered for a tribute to Charlie Dalin
Posted on 16 Sep All systems are go, with two months to go
Gitana Team continue preparations for the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 9 Sep Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. - Pt. III
Bring on the final of the Gitana 18 trilogy - the Ultim - Edmond de Rothschild
Posted on 9 Sep Public tribute to celebrate Charlie Dalin
On Tuesday, September 15th in Concarneau
Posted on 29 Aug Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. - Pt. II
Alphabet Soup - When it comes to appendages, we've had so many letters of the alphabet already
Posted on 25 Aug Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. - Pt. 1
Nothing looks like the maxi Edmond de Rothschild. Nothing. So let's take a deep dive...
Posted on 15 Aug Sodebo Ultim 3 relaunched
Countdown to the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe has begun
Posted on 23 Jul Alexia Barrier to be first solo woman in an ULTIM
In the history of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 9 Jul Gitana 18 four months to Route du Rhum start
Above and below decks video of Gitana 18, now in sea-trial and in four months from a race start.
Posted on 2 Jul Foil & Rafale: Gitana 18 buzzed by French fighters
offshore foiling maxi multihull, Gitana 18 hooks up with Rafale fighter jets of the French Navy
Posted on 17 Jun Sodebo Ultim 3 crew celebrated at Maritime Museum
Officially receiving the prestigious Jules Verne Trophy at a ceremony in Paris
Posted on 16 Jun The tech curve…
It just marches on. Slide rule and Hewlett Packard be damned, these vessels are a tour de force
Posted on 2 Jun Maxi Edmond de Rothschild's debut flight
Starboard foil fitted to the Ultim trimaran 3 months after launching
Posted on 28 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 Maxi Banque Populaire XI on a tour
From the Mediterranean to the Gironde
Posted on 8 May
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Maxi Edmond de Rothschild - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Yann Riou / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Maxi Edmond de Rothschild - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Yann Riou / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Maxi Edmond de Rothschild - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Yann Riou / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Gitana 18
© E. Stichelbaut / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Gitana 18
© Y.Riou / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Gitana 18
© Y.Riou / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe
© PolaRYSE - GITANA SA Actual Ultim 4
© Anne Beauge´, RonanGladu, QAPTUR, ATMCommunication Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe
© Leo Lefebvre, Armel Vrac Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe
© Vincent Curutchet Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe
© Loic VENANCE / AFP SVR-Lazartigue
© Gauthier Lebec Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe
© Wanaiifilms Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe
© Jean-Marie Liot Tom Laperche's SVR-Lazartigue
© Gauthier Lebec Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Gitana 18
© Eloi Stichelbaut - polaRYSE / Gitana S.A. The foil of Ultim class multihull Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Gitana 18 in the harbour of Saint-Malo
© Vincent Olivaud / Route du Rhum / FACTSTORY) Technicians work on the Ultim class multihull Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Gitana 18 in the Route du Rhum village
© Jean-Louis Carli / Route du Rhum / FACTSTORY Charles Caudrelier aboard Gitana 17
© Vincent Curutchet / Alea Charles Caudrelier
© E.Stichelbaut / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Charles Caudrelier aboard Gitana 18
© E.Stichelbaut / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe 2026
© Lou Benoist / AFP Gitana and the Route du Rhum
© A.Nivet / polaRYSE / GITANA SA Gitana and the Route du Rhum
© Y. Riou / PolaRYSE / GITANA SA Gitana and the Route du Rhum
© GITANA SA Gitana and the Route du Rhum
© Y. Riou / PolaRYSE / GITANA SA Armel Le Cléac'h
© Vincent Curutchet Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe 2026
© Lou Benoist / AFP Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Alexis Courcoux Gitana Team continue preparations for the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Y. Riou / PolaRYSE / GITANA S.A.
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