Guadeloupe Celebrates Arrival of Route Du Rhum Winners
The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is celebrating the winners of the twelfth version of the ‘Route du Rhum – Vacation spot Guadeloupe’ crusing race.
Frenchman Charles Caudrelier was the primary to cross the end line on the Mémorial ACTe within the bay of Pointe-à-Pitre at 5:02 a.m. native time on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, after six days, 19 hours and 47 minutes spent crossing the Atlantic. Erwan Le Roux sailed his Koesio throughout the end line first within the Ocean Fifty fleet on November 20 at 6:10 a.m. native time narrowly beating second place Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema) after nail-biting, head-to-head competitors over the ultimate miles across the west facet of Guadeloupe.
Lower than 24 hours later, the winner within the IMOCA class, Thomas Ruyant crossed the end line on November 21 at 2:51 a.m. native time, after crusing for 11 days, 17 hours, 36 minutes, and 25 seconds. The skipper of the mono-hull LinkedOut coated the three,542 miles of the course between Saint-Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre at a pace of 12.58 knots in line with the shortest, so-called ‘nice circle route’, whereas in actuality he sailed 4,362.46 miles at a mean pace of 15.49 knots throughout the ocean, which provides a sign of the nice margins the skippers should navigate round and endure to perform their feat of ending the ‘Route du Rhum’.
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Caudrelier took an early lead within the first miles of the race earlier than happening to shatter the report for the crossing set by Francis Joyon (Idec Sport) in 2018 of seven days, 14 hours, and 21 minutes.
Joyon was the favourite on the helm of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, the primary boat completely designed to fly over the water due to foils. Launched in 2017, it’s thought-about essentially the most completed Ultim (maxi-trimaran 32 meters lengthy and 23 meters vast) within the fleet.
After the departure needed to be delayed, for the primary time within the historical past of the single-handed race occasion, for 72 hours on account of a storm, 138 skippers sailed off the coast of Brittany, France, November 9 at 2:15 p.m. native time. The roster included 9 Caribbean skippers, seven girls and different sailors of 14 totally different nationalities.
The ‘Route du Rhum’ takes place each 4 years and is open to a wide range of mono- and multihull courses (Ultim, Ocean Fifty & Rhum mono and Class 40, IMOCA & Rhum multi) together with a few of the quickest trimarans on earth. Skippers sail alone, crossing the Atlantic to Guadeloupe, a distance of three,532 nautical miles (4,078 miles).
“The race was exhausting, however I managed to search out my tempo. I used to be so desperate to win this race. I’ve been dreaming about it since I used to be a child and I by no means obtained to do it. It was an enormous frustration till now,” Caudrelier mentioned after crossing the end line.
Whereas the skippers can have their very own journey at sea, guests and residents are capable of discover the Route du Rhum Villages, which opened at three totally different places in Guadeloupe, on the Mémorial ACTe and the Marina Bas-du-Fort in Pointe-à-Pitre, and on the Capital Basse Terre. That includes a wide selection of boutiques, eating places and particular reside leisure, occasions are deliberate till December 7, spanning the estimated time for the arrival of the whole fleet.
The Area Council of Guadeloupe, along with its companions and the occasion organizer OC Sport, goals to revitalize Guadeloupe’s post-COVID economic system with the multi-week occasion.