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11/02/2026

Guadeloupe is calling. 🌊

The Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe wasted no time getting competitive, with the run from Saint-Malo to Cap Fréhel bringing the first tactical calls, sail changes and chances to gain ground.

The opening-day to-do list? Find your rhythm, keep the speed up, eat something and work out when to sleep. Plenty to keep one sailor busy.

Before we get too caught up in the tracker, a look back at the start.



🎥 Atila Studio | Route Du Rhum

11/02/2026

The bag is packed. The boat is ready. Next up: the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.

Francesca Clapcich Offshore Sailor shares her final preparations ahead of her first Route du Rhum, with confidence in her boat and a clear sense of purpose.

“It’s not about sailing, it’s about showing people what is possible.”



🎥 Atila Studio | 11th Hour Racing

And they're off! 🌊⛵️115 solo sailors, six classes, and 3,542 nautical miles of Atlantic Ocean ahead!The 13th edition of ...
11/01/2026

And they're off! 🌊⛵️

115 solo sailors, six classes, and 3,542 nautical miles of Atlantic Ocean ahead!

The 13th edition of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe is underway, with Classe ULTIM, IMOCA Globe Series, Ocean Fifty, Class40, Vintage Mono and Vintage Multi boats setting sail from Saint-Malo, France, bound for Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. 🇬🇵

The fastest Ultim trimarans could reach the Caribbean as early as November 8, with the rest of the fleet following in the weeks ahead.

Let the transatlantic adventure begin! 🔥



📸 Guillaume Saligot | Sébastien Salom-Gomis | Loic Venance | Lou Benoist

11/01/2026

Solo sailing is anything but a solo effort. ⛵️

Fast boats, split-second decisions, and sails weighing nearly 100 kg. Racing alone demands just as much mental strength as physical preparation. 💪

As Francesca Clapcich Offshore Sailor prepares for the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, she and her mental coach explore the challenges of sailing solo, the impact of isolation, and how the energy of a team can make all the difference, even when you're the only one on board.



🎥 Atila Studio | 11th Hour Racing

11/01/2026

From watching the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe with his father to preparing for his own start. ⛵

For Léonard Legrand, this race has been part of life since childhood.

Ahead of his first Route du Rhum aboard Sodebo Fifty, he shares what that moment means, and the work behind it. Alongside North Sails, the team has applied experience from the Ultim to develop sails that last offshore and can be managed by one sailor.

Watch Léonard’s pre-race interview.



🎥 Atila Studio | Sodebo Voile

10/31/2026

An Atlantic crossing, a solo skipper, and a living room that’s temporarily a gym.

Before Francesca Clapcich Offshore Sailor takes on the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe with 11th Hour Racing, there’s work to do on dry land. Come for the race prep. Stay for the coffee. ☕💪

Chapter 1 of 3: Physical preparation.



🎥 atila.studio | 11th Hour Racing

IMOCA Globe Series

From a podium sweep in Porto Cervo to a world title defence in Naples. 🇮🇹After five wins from seven races at the Rolex S...
10/30/2026

From a podium sweep in Porto Cervo to a world title defence in Naples. 🇮🇹

After five wins from seven races at the Rolex Swan Cup, reigning world champions Earlybird are back to defend their ClubSwan Racing 50 crown. Fellow North-powered teams Cuordileone and Hatari completed the Swan Cup podium, and now share a racecourse with 11 teams contesting the Worlds and the 2026 Nations League finale.

For North expert Pierluigi de Felice, that Swan Cup win brought “the confidence to keep pushing.” Naples is the next test.

Swipe for North-powered teams in action in the Gulf of Naples. ⛵

📸 ClubSwan Racing | Studio Borlenghi

10/30/2026

Next stop: Guadeloupe. Camera crew, do your best. 🚁💨

Team Actual getting us in the mood for the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.



Classe ULTIM · Anthony Marchand - Navigateur

🎥 Team Actual | QaptuR

10/30/2026

T–2 days. Trying to act normal. Failing.

Pep Costa - Navigateur’s Christmas comes with a start line in Saint-Malo and an Atlantic crossing to unwrap.

Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, we’re ready for you. 👀



🎥 VSF Sports | Robin Christol

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