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Route du Rhum 2022

Behind The Scenes
Thanks to Suzuki, which equips fifty Highffield semi-rigid boats responsible for securing the body of water, we were able to welcome the Ultims and the Ocean Fifty before their passage through the lock to reach the basins. This year, the organizers orchestrated this parade to the delight of the ...
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Published on 02/11/2022

Pen-Duick IV

A replica to take on the 2026 Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe!
The legendary Pen-Duick family of ocean racing yachts is part of France’s national psyche. Sailed by the famous skipper Éric Tabarly (credited with ending the British domination of ocean racing and inspiring a generation of sailors), all of the Pen Duicks survive today except one - number IV, and ...
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Published on 25/04/2024

Route du Rhum 2026

The Return of the Legends
They embodied the golden age of ocean-racing multihulls in the 1990s and early 2000s. Fast, spectacular and particularly demanding, the ORMA 60 trimarans gradually disappeared from the major offshore races. Yet the 2026 Route du Rhum will bring several of them back into the spotlight in the Vintage ...
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Apparel

Armor-lux Flies the Colors of the Route du Rhum
Founded in Quimper in 1938 under the name Bonneterie d'Armor, Armor-lux has become one of the iconic names in French nautical apparel. 
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