Circumnavigating the globe alone, on a giant…
In January 2024, fifty years after the pioneer Alain Colas, the Ultims trimarans will set off for their first solo round-the-world race. A challenge that lives up to its name: the Ultime!
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Publié le
30/03/2023
Par
François Trégouët
Numéro :
189
Parution :
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2023
On board the latest Ultim trimarans, distances can seem shorter. It was on one of these 105 by 75-foot (32 x 23 m) giants that fly thanks to their foils, that the winner of the last Route du Rhum crossed the Atlantic in just 6 days. However, none of them have ever spent more than seventeen consecutive days at sea. And that was with a crew, on Jules Verne Trophy attempts. All of which were interrupted shortly after the Cape of Good Hope. To date, there are four people who have achieved the feat of sailing solo, non-stop around the planet in a multihull - the current record holder François Gabar…
