In Brest, meet six of the greatest French Ultim sailors and visit their racing boats

2023-12-31 20:22:18

Six of Ultim’s greatest French navigators — Thomas Coville (Sodebo 3), Armel Le Cléac’h (Maxi Banque Populaire XI), Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild), Tom Laperche (SVR-Lazartigue), Anthony Marchand (Actual ) and Éric Péron (Adagio) — will compete, as soon as the starting signal is given, departing from Brest (Finistère), on January 7. In the space of a few days, the city of Ponant becomes, once again, the capital of ocean racing records.

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Except that, this time, it’s a brand new race which promises to be a major new event, which has just seen the light of day: theArkéa Ultim Challenge. Partly financed by the bank of the same name, a very large employer in the region, based a few kilometers from Brest, but also by OC Sports, a subsidiary of the Le Télégramme group, this very special race has, today, not his equal.