The Route du Rhum 2022 continues to be a tough race for the record fleet with a number of problems overnight as a violent storm front hit all fleetsBurton’s Bereau Vallée was previously L’Occitane en Provence, a radical scow-bowed design …
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Huge 138-boat fleet sets off on 2022 Route du Rhum start, but one skipper injured and two IMOCAs collideWith 138 single-handed boats on the line, the 2022 Route du Rhum start was always going to be spectacular. Three days later …
Onboard rows, a gun-toting skipper and a ferocious storm are recalled from Michael Chapman Pincher’s Long Lost Log. Tom Cunliffe introduces this extractMichael Chapman Pincher, son of the great investigative journalist, left school at 17 to become a stagehand in …
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Is the Route du Rhum 2022 the most impressive offshore race fleet yet? Helen Fretter takes a closer look at the entries and how the race might unfold This Sunday, 6 November 2022, 138 solo skippers will take to a …
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The Route du Rhum will start this weekend, 6 November 2022 and will see 138 skippers take to the startline in a variety of classes hoping for victory The Route du Rhum is one of the biggest solo offshore races …
As the 2022 Route du Rhum approaches, we take a look at some of the top names set to compete in the race. We take a look at Pip Hare’s chancesRichard Langdon/Ocean Images /Pip Hare Ocean RacingPip Hare is a …
