Photo: Christophe Breschi #RDR2018
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The 11th edition of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe has started
2018-11-06
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The race start from Saint Malo and finish in Pointe-à-Pitre.
123 solo skippers will race 3,542 nautical miles in 5 different classes.
The competition has taken place every four years since 1978.
The first year started 38 boats, the number has since risen to 123 this year.
In the competition, no less than 5 classes start.
- ULTIME are big and very fast trimarans.
- IMOCA, 60 foot foiling monohulls.
- CLASS 40, 40 foot monohulls.
- RHUM MONO, all other monohulls.
- RHUM MULTI, multihulls from 39-59 feet, almost all skippers are amateurs.
