Thomas Ruyant truly made his mark on the IMOCA 60 fleet in the lead up to and during the 2020-21 Vendée Globe Race. The Frenchman took 4th place on the…
Route du Rhum: Everything you need to know
Route du Rhum skipper: Sam Davies
English-born Samantha Davies has the rare status of being loved by both French and British sailing fans. She is now among the most experienced IMOCA 60 skippers in the fleet,…
Route du Rhum skipper: Charlie Dalin
Charlie Dalin has risen to become one of the stand-out stars of the current generation of IMOCA 60 sailors. His biggest moment in the spotlight so far was crossing the…
Route du Rhum skipper: Jérémie Beyou
Jérémie Beyou is one of the most experienced offshore racers in the world and has a daunting record of wins and podium places across a wide variety of classes, in…
Route du Rhum skipper: Kevin Escoffier
Kevin Escoffier is a hugely experienced ocean racer, a Volvo Ocean Race winner and a member of Loick Peyron’s Banque Populaire V crew that smashed the fully crewed round the…
Mike Birch, 1931-2022
One of offshore racing’s greatest heroes, Canadian Mike Birch, has died at the age of 90. Legendary Canadian skipper Mike Birch won the first edition of the Route du Rhum…
Kevin Escoffier: Tough guy of the sea
We all know how French solo skippers get so darn good. They move from youth sailing to Mini Transat and Figaro classes, where they drill for years. Then the lucky…
Veedol: On board Yoann Richomme’s record-breaking Lift 40
A curious pattern repeated in the 2018 Route du Rhum, as the newest designs – like the foiling Ultimes, and foil-assisted IMOCAs Charal and Hugo Boss – were defeated on…
January 2019
On sale 13 December, in the January 2019 issue of Yachting World we get the inside track on the foiling IMOCA 60 Charal, have the full story from an incredible…
Record fleet sets off for 40th Route du Rhum, with 40-knot conditions forecast
Along a three-mile start line off St Malo, 123 boats set off on the 40th Route du Rhum singlehanded transatlantic race to Guadaloupe this afternoon. For most of the skippers, setting…
Beached, abandoned mid-ocean, capsized… Acapella, the invincible little yellow trimaran
They say a cat has nine lives, A Capella is a trimaran which seems to have twice as many, writes Andi Robertson. Next year the Route du Rhum, the storied…
Steely determination: the voyage that won Sir Robin Knox-Johnston a fourth Yachtsman of the Year Award
In a storied history of sailing still very much in the making, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was today given the Yachting Journalists’ Association Yachtsman of the Year award for the fourth…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston makes solo sailing history again at 75 with 3rd in class in the Route du Rhum Race – and vows to return in 2018
Sir Robin-Knox Johnston has made solo sailing history again by finishing in 3rd place in the Route du Rhum Race’s Rhum class. Sir Robin, 75, admitted that it had been…
Spain’s Alex Pella reigns supreme as he sets a new record in the Class 40 fleet of the Route du Rhum
Spanish sailor Alex Pella has confirmed his supremacy in the popular and highly competitive Class 40 fleet by winning the class in the solo Route du Rhum transatlantic race and setting…
Route du Rhum versus Volvo Ocean Race: the battle for hearts, minds and smartphone viewing
In November two of the greatest ocean races were playing out simultaneously: solo versus crewed. The Route du Rhum versus the closing first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. It…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston on tough work in the Route du Rhum solo race
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is lying 5th in the 14-strong Rhum class of the solo transatlantic race in his Open 60, Grey Power. He reports on the race and reflects on…
Route du Rhum record ‘scared’ Loïck Peyron
A racing masterclass from the solo sailor who won the Route du Rhum in a record time, but Loïck Peyron admits he nearly capsized
Humphreys ‘devastated’ by Route du Rhum dismasting
British sailor Conrad Humphreys motoring to safety after 'terrifying' ship fuel transfer during Route du Rhum