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The Route du Rhum here we go! This is insane! I\u2019m so moved, damn it!\u00a0 Come on, come on, now\u2014we\u2019re crossing the Atlantic all by ourselves.<\/span> At 1:02 p.m., in a very light northeasterly wind of 8 to 10 knots, the 115 boats in the Route du Rhum race bound for Guadeloupe set off on the legendary transatlantic race. Under bright sunshine and in front of thousands of spectators gathered along the headlands of the Saint-Malo coast, the fleet slowly stretched out to pass through the gateway at Cap Fr\u00e9hel. Armel Le Cl\u00e9ach and Tom Laperche were the first to pick up speed and pull ahead. The Ultims put on a spectacular gybe battle to round the course’s only mark.<\/span><\/p>\n There are quite a few maneuvers involved in getting to Fr\u00e9hel. And right now, we\u2019re passing through a field of offshore wind turbines off the coast of Saint-Brieuc.<\/span><\/p>\n Next came the very lightweight Ocean 50s, skippered by Basile Bourgnon and Pierre Quiroga. In the monohull category, Sam Goodchild leads the IMOCA fleet ahead of Ambrogio Becaria and Corentin Moreau. In the Class 40 category, the boats covered the course under spinnaker, with Guillaume Pirouelle and Quentin Le Labour in the lead. It will be a sleepless night for everyone\u2014the sprint is on.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/RaszyG1jU6c” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gt1QtEbbyxU” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At 1:02 p.m., in a very light northeasterly wind of 8 to 10 knots, the 115 boats in the Route du Rhum race bound for Guadeloupe set off on the legendary transatlantic race. Under bright sunshine and in front of thousands of spectators gathered along the headlands of the Saint-Malo coast, the fleet slowly stretched out to pass through the gateway at Cap Fr\u00e9hel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sailing-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
It\u2019s going to be quite a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n