A Speedy Delivery Trip where We Get to Grips with it All
Mid-October, our star reporter Brieuc Maisonneuve got the chance to join as delivery crew on the trimaran Solidaires en Peloton, skippered by Thibaut Vauchel-Camus, between Saint-Malo, in Brittany, and Le Havre, in Normandy. This multihull is none other than the former Arkema 4, built by Lalou Multi. During our express delivery trip, the trimaran covered 160 nautical miles in less than 9 hours - an impressive average of 18 knots. Conditions were ideal with 20 knots true on a reach, ensuring lightning-fast acceleration and we even recorded peaks of 34 knots! It was for Brieuc, his eyes reddened by the salt spray after five hours at the helm, an unforgettable experience, marked by the precision of the adjustments and the calmness of the skipper.
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Publié le
30/01/2026
Par
Brieuc Maisonneuve
Numéro :
206
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2026
There are Sunday evenings when the sound of a train on its tracks causes a rush of adrenaline rather than the melancholy of returning from a weekend away. Yet now on the high-speed train taking me to Brittany, I had already been traveling for nearly 24 hours since leaving Nassau, in the Bahamas. I tried to remember how long I have known Thibaut Vauchel-Camus; our first meeting was at least fifteen years ago, I think, at a time when he was on the podium in F18 while I was still rounding the buoys at best, or picking up pieces of broken catamarans at worst... Then we raced against each other in …
