ROUTE DU RHUM 2022. After a delayed start due to weather conditions, the Route du Rhum left Saint-Malo on Wednesday 9 November. The arrival of the 138 skippers is scheduled for next week in Guadeloupe.
[Mis à jour le 11 novembre 2022 à 17h26] It has now been two days since the 138 skippers in six categories have entered the Route du Rhum. The big start was indeed given this Wednesday, November 9 from Saint-Malo in Brittany. A 2022 edition whose course presents many difficulties for the participants. Indeed, they have to sail on a part of the English Channel which can be dangerous, due to intense maritime traffic. The sailors then cross the Bay of Biscay, where depressions and trade winds can be very strong, then the Sargassum, before finally arriving in Guadeloupe. But before setting foot on the archipelago, the skippers must go around it, which could be difficult, especially to round the Basse-Terre buoy located near the Guadeloupe coast.
After the first hours of racing marked by numerous damages and retirements, a collision took place on the night of Thursday 10 to Friday 11 November. Damien Seguin’s Imoca monohull (Apicil group) suffered an impact with a freighter around 5 a.m., according to information reported by franceinfo. The accident caused the dismasting of his ship. According to the organizers, Damien Seguin “is currently trying to clear the mast and has set up flash lights to be spotted”. The organizers specify that the skipper is not injured.
The four-hour penalty imposed on skipper Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) has also been lifted. It had initially been imposed on him for early departure, according to franceinfo. Thursday evening, the former pole vaulter Jean Galfione (Serenis Consulting), who evolves in Class40, had to stop over in Brest after experiencing problems with his mainsail, as well as water ingress into his ship. Information reported by West France. Find below the ranking in the six categories, as well as an interactive map to follow the progress of your favorite skippers.
The point on the classification at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 11:
- Ultimate: Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild)
- Ocean Fifty: Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema)
- Rum Multi: Brieuc Maisonneuve (CMA Ile-de-France 60,000 Rebounds)
- Imoca: Charlie Dalin (Apivia)
- Class40: Corentin Douguet (Queguiner – Innoveo)
- Rum Mono: Jean-Pierre Dick (Our Mediterranean – City of Nice)
What is the start date of the Route du Rhum 2022?
The 12 edition of the Route du Rhum, a solo race that crosses the Atlantic, was initially scheduled to start on Sunday November 6, 2022 from Saint-Malo in Brittany. The start was officially given on Wednesday, November 9.
What is the arrival date of the Route du Rhum 2022?
Obviously, we do not know with certainty the arrival date of the Route du Rhum 2022. But the current record is held by Francis Joyon, last winner in 2018, after 7 days 14 hours 21 minutes and 47 seconds at sea. arrival around November 15 or 16 is therefore possible after the postponement.
The Route du Rhum destination Guadeloupe
The skippers who left Saint-Malo in Brittany will arrive in Guadeloupe a few days later. Three villages will be set up between November 9 and December 4, 2022. Following the postponement of the start of the race, these dates may change.
- Village of Basse Terre: from November 10 to 13, 2022
- Bas-du-Fort marina village in Pointe à Pitre: from November 12 to 27, 2022
- ACTe Memorial Village in Pointe-à-Pitre: from November 11 to December 4, 2022
Which categories take part in the Route du Rhum?
In total, six categories of monohulls and multihulls will cross the Atlantic with:
- ULTIM 32/23: the premier category of maxi-multihulls over 100 feet (32 meters long) with no size limit – 8 entered
- OCEAN FIFTY: 50-foot multihulls (15 meters long) which all belong to the same class – 8 engaged
- IMOCA: the 60-foot Vendée Globe monohulls (18.28 meters long), some of which, the most efficient, are equipped with foils – 37 entered
- CLASS40: 12.18 meter long monohulls which all belong to the same class – 55 entered
- RUM MULTI: multihulls ≤ 64 feet (19.50 meters) that cannot fit into a class defined above – 16 entered
- MONO RUM: monohulls ≥ 39 feet (11.88 meters) overall and not eligible for a class defined above – 14 entered
Who are the participants in the Route du Rhum 2022?
There are 138 solo sailors setting off for this mythical race, divided into six categories:
Ultimate:
- Yves le Blévec (Actual)
- Armel le Cléac’h (People’s Bank)
- Charles Caudrelier (Edmond de Rothschild)
- Francis Joyon (Idec sport)
- Thomas Coville (Sodebo Ultim 3)
- Francois Gabart (SVR Lazartigue)
- Arthur Le Vaillant (Ultim Sailing)
- Romain Pilliard (Use it Again)
Ocean Fifty:
- Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema)
- Gilles Lamiré (GCA Group)
- Erwan Leroux (Koesio)
- Eric Peron (Komilfo)
- Armel Tripon (Les P’tits Doudous)
- Sam Goodchild (Leyton)
- Sebastien Rogues (Primonial)
- Thibaut Vauchel-Camus (Soldiers In Platoon)
IMOCA:
- Charlin Dalin (Apivia)
- Benjamin Ferré (Benjamin sends a glitch)
- Skipper Not disclosed (BeYou Racing)
- Paul Meilhat (Biotherm)
- Louis Burton (Valley Office)
- Sébastien Marsset (Cap Act together)
- Jeremy Beyou (Charal)
- Xu Jingkun (China Dream)
- Conrad Colman (Conrad Colman racing)
- Nicolas Rouger (Tomorrow is far away)
- Nicolas Troussel (Corum L’Epargne)
- Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG Mori)
- Antoine Cornic (Ebac Literie)
- Romain Attanasio (Fortinet Best Western)
- Guirec Soudee (Freelance.com)
- James Harayda (Gentoo)
- Oliver Heer (Gitana 80)
- Damien Seguin (Apicil Group)
- Manuel Cousin (Setin Group)
- Benjamin Dutreux (Guyot Environment)
- Eric Bellion (Hubert)
- Alan Roura (Hublot)
- Louis Duke (Imoca 172)
- Samantha Davies (Heart Initiatives)
- Pierre Lacaze (Kattan)
- Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline)
- Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut)
- Isabelle Joschke (MACSF)
- Yannick Bestaven (Master Coq)
- Boris Hermann (Malizia Sea Explorer)
- Pip Hare (Medallia)
- Tanguy Le Turquais as Lazarus
- Fabrice Amédéo (Nexans Art and Windows)
- Kevin Escoffier (PRB)
- Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian group)
- Rodolphe Sepho (Rêve de large. Guadeloupe region)
- Maxime Sorel (V and B – Monbana – Mayenne)
Class 40:
- Maxime Cauwe (OnEstLarge)
- Didier Le Vourch (Vicitan)
- Ivica Kostelic (ACI)
- Francois Jambou (Bougie Down)
- Keni Piperol (Capt’ain Alternation)
- Mikael Mergui (Centrakor)
- Jean-Baptiste Daramy (Chocolate Paris)
- Ian Lipinski (Credit Mutuel)
- Aurelien Ducroz (Crosscall)
- Antoine Magre (E. Leclerc Ville La Grand)
- Emmanuel Le Roch (Edenred)
- Yves Courbon (Edigo – Univerre)
- Henry Rupert (Eora)
- Florian Gueguen (Parkinson Sailing Team)
- Stan Thuret (Everial)
- Martin Le Pape (Stargardt Foundation)
- Geoffrey Matacsynski (Fortissimo)
- Xavier Macaire (Snef Group)
- Nicolas D’estais (Happyvore)
- Kito de Pavant (HBF Reforest Action)
- Alberto Bona (Ibsa Group)
- Andrea Fornaro (Influencing)
- Matthieu Perraut (Inter Invest)
- Laurent CamprubiJeanne
- Hiroshi Kitada (Kiho)
- Greg Leonard (Kite)
- Amélie Grassi (The Organic Baker)
- Victor Jost (Reunion Island)
- Luke Berry (Lamotte creation module)
- Pierre Casenave – Péré (Legallais)
- William Mathelin Moreaux (Napadelis)
- Ambrogio Beccaria (Alla Grande)
- Jules Bonnier (Nestenn Entrepreneurs for the Planet).
- Simon Koster (Bank of Leman)
- Herve Thomas (Odegam)
- Yoann Richomme (Arkea Paprec)
- Alex Mehran (Polka dot)
- Romain Rossi (Prism)
- Axel Trehin (Project Rescue)
- Corentin Douguet (Queguiner Innoveo)
- Martin Louchart (Randstadt Ausy)
- Kieran Le Borgne (Breton Recyclers)
- Antoine Carpentier (Redman)
- Clément Commagnac or Baptiste Hulin (Mer Entreprendre)
- Marc Lepsqueux (Sansation Class 40)
- Jean Galfione (Serenis)
- Cedric Château (Sogestran Seafrigo)
- Alexander Donald (Conscious Planet)
- Morgane Ursault-Poupon (Up Sailing United for the planet)
- Sacha Daunar (Vikings Forever)
- Emmanuel Hammez (Virunga)
- Pierre Louis Attwell (Vogue with a Crohn’s)
- Jonas Gerkens (Volvo)
- Franz Bouvet (Yoda)
Mono Rum:
- Fabio GennariBella Donna
- Wilfrid Clerton (Cap to cap location)
- Olivier Nemsguern (Elora)
- Remy Gerin (Faiaoahé)
- Catherine Chabaud (Formatives network)
- Jean-Sébastien Biard (JSB removals)
- Gilles Colubi (Kornog 2)
- Andre Laumet (Lea)
- Arnaud Pennarun (Pen Duick III)
- Daniel Ecalard (SOS Windshield)
- Guy Pronier (Terranimo)
- Jean Pierre Dick (The Kid for City of Nice)
- Willy Bissainte (Tradysion Gwadloup)
- Julien Reemers (TBC)
Rum Multi:
- Charlie Capelle (Acapella Chain of Hope)
- Christophe Bogrand (Castle of Launay)
- Philippe Poupon (Flo)
- Erwan Thiboumery (Fondationoceanos.org)
- Jean Paul Froc (Friends and lovers)
- Gwen Chapalain (Guyader Savéol)
- Gilles BuekenhoutJess
- Havard Mabire (Mora)
- Loic Escoffier (Lodigroup)
- Marc Guillemot (MG5)
- Etienne Hochede (piR2)
- Oren Nataf (Green Ray)
- Fabrice Payen (Team Standing Wind)
- David Ducosson (Trilogic)
- Brieuc Maisonneuve (60,000 rebounds)
- Roland Jourdain (We explore)