First held | 1978 |
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Type | single-handed off-shore race |
Classes | Ultim, IMOCA, Multi 50, Class40, Rhum |
Start | Saint-Malo |
Finish | Pointe-à-Pitre |
Champion | Edmont de Rothschild Charles Caudrelier |
Most titles | Laurent Bourgnon (2) |
Website | http://www.routedurhum.com |
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The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, Metropolitan France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, overseas France. The first competition, won by Canadian Michael Birch in his boat Olympus Photo by a margin of 98 seconds over second-placed Michel Malinovsky in Kriter V, was held in 1978, and was marked in tragedy by the disappearance of Alain Colas during the crossing.
The current record is 6d 19h 47m 25s, set on November 16, 2022, by Charles Caudrelier.
Participation
[edit]1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Total | |
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AUS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
BEL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||
BUL | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
CAN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
CHN | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
CRO | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
ESP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
FIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
FRA | 27 | 44 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 48 | 65 | 70 | 70 | 102 | 117 | 642 |
GBR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 29 | |||
GER | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
HUN | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
ITA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||||
JPN | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
NED | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
NOR | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
NZL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
POR | 0 | ||||||||||||
POL | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
RSA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
SUI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | ||
SWE | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
USA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||||
Starters | 36 | 50 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 35 | 58 | 74 | 85 | 85 | 123 | 138 | 768 |
Starters - Female | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 33 |
Starters - Male | 35 | 49 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 32 | 54 | 69 | 83 | 83 | 118 | 131 | 735 |
Finish | 24 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 60 | 71 | 65 | 70 | 103 | 528 |
Classes
[edit]Class | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ultim 32/23 | • | • | • | • | ||||
Multihull - ORMA 60 | • | • | • | |||||
Multihull - Multi 50 / Open Fifty | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Monohull - Open 60 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Monohull - Class 40 | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Rhum | • | • | • | |||||
Rhum Multihull | • | • | ||||||
Rhum Monohulls | • | • |
Results
[edit]Line Honours
[edit]Year | Starters | Finish | Winning Sailor | Boat Name | Elapsed Time | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 - 1st Edition | 38 | 24 | ![]() |
Olympus Photo | 23d 06h 58m 35s | |
1982 - 2nd Edition | 52 | 31 | ![]() |
Elf Aquitaine | 18d 01h 38m | |
1986 - 3rd Edition | 33 | ![]() |
Fleury Michon | 14d 15h 57m | ||
1990 - 4th Edition | 31 | 20 | ![]() |
Pierre 1er | 14d 10h 08m | |
1994 - 5th Edition | 24 | 14 | ![]() |
ORMA 60 - Primagaz | 14d 06h 28m | |
1998 - 6th Edition | 35 | 27 | ![]() |
ORMA 60 - Primagaz | 12d 08h 41m | |
2002 - 7th Edition | 58 | ![]() |
ORMA 60 - Géant | 13d 07h 53m | ||
2006 - 8th Edition | 74 | ![]() |
Gitana 11 | 7d 17h 19m 06s | ||
2010 - 9th Edition | 87 | 71 | ![]() |
Groupama 3 | 9d 03h 14m 47s | |
2014 - 10th Edition | 88 | 65 | ![]() |
Banque Populaire VII | 7d 15h 08m 32s | |
2018 - 11th Edition | 123 | 70 | ![]() |
IDEC SPORT | 7d 14h 21m 47s | |
2022 - 12th Edition | 138 | 103 | ![]() |
Edmond de Rothschild | 6d 19h 47m 25s | |
2026 - 13th Edition |
IMOCA 60
[edit]Year | Entries | Finishers | Winning Helm | Winning Yacht | Winning Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | 17 | 12 | ![]() |
Kingfisher | 13d 13h 31m 47s |
2006 | 12 | 10 | ![]() |
Sill & Veolia | 12d 11h 58m 58s |
2010 | 9 | 8 | ![]() |
Véolia Environnement | 13d 17h 10m 56s |
2014 | 9 | 7 | ![]() |
Macif | 12d 04h 38m 55s |
2018 | 20 | 15 | ![]() |
SMA | 12d 11h 23m 18m |
2022 | 38 | 34 | ![]() |
LinkedOut | 11d 17h 36m 25s |
Multihull Ultime (Maxi)
[edit]Year | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Speed | Distance Sailed |
Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Groupama (3) | 2006 | ![]() |
09d 03h 14m 47s | 16.16 | |||||
2014 | BANQUE POPULAIRE VII | 2006 | ![]() |
2014-11-10 - 05:08:32 | 07d 15h 08m 32s | 19.34 | ||||
2018 | IDEC SPORT | 2006 | ![]() |
2018-11-12 - 04:21:47 | 07d 14h 21m 47s | 19.42 | ||||
2022 | Edmond de Rothschild | 2017 | ![]() |
2022-11-16 - 09:02:25 | 06d 19h 47m 25s | 21.63 / 26.86 | 4399.58 | [1] |
Multihulls - ORMA 60
[edit]Referred to as the ORMA 50, Ocean 50 and Multi 50
Year | Starter | Finisher | Sailor | G | Boat Name | Year | Designer | Time | Speed | Distance Sailed |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ![]() |
f ![]() |
Groupe Pierre 1er | 1989 | VPLP | 14d 10h 08m 28s | |||||
1994 | ![]() |
m ![]() |
Primagaz | 1990 | VPLP | 14d 06h 28m 29s | |||||
1998 | ![]() |
m ![]() |
Primagaz | 1990 | VPLP | 12d 08h 41m 06s | |||||
2002 | 18 | 3 | ![]() |
m ![]() |
Géant | 2002 | VPLP | 13d 07h 53m 00s | 11.07 / 0 | ||
2006 | 12 | 11 | ![]() |
m ![]() |
Gitana 11 | 2001 | VPLP | 07d 17h 19m 06s | 19.11 / 0 |
Multihulls - Multi 50
[edit]Referred to as the ORMA 50, Ocean 50 and Multi 50
Year | Starter | Finisher | Sailor | Boat Name | Year | Designer | Time | Speed Rhum / Water |
Distance Sailed |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | ![]() |
Crêpes Whaou | 16d 23h 09m 42s | |||||||
2006 | ![]() |
Crêpes Whaou | 11d 17h 28m 11s | |||||||
2010 | ![]() |
Prince de Bretagne | 15d 04h 50m 48s | |||||||
2014 | ![]() |
Fenêtre A Cardinal | 11d 05h 13m 55s | |||||||
2018 | ![]() |
Réauté Chocolat | 11d 07h 32m 40s | |||||||
2022 | ![]() |
FRA 21 - KOESIO | 10d 21h 35m 52s | 13.54 / 16.04 | 4197.23 | [2] |
Class 40
[edit]Year | Starter | Finisher | Sailor | Sail No. | Boat Name | Design | Time | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 24 | 22 | ![]() |
GBR 4 | PSR | Pogo 40S1 | 18d 10h 21m 01s | |
2010 | 44 | 40 | ![]() |
FRA 88 | Destination Dunkerque | Tyker 40 Evolution 2 | 17d 23h 10m 17s | |
2014 | 43 | 32 | ![]() |
ESP 123 | Tales II | Botin | 16d 17h 47m 08s | |
2018 | 52 | 34 | ![]() |
FRA 154 | Veedol-AIC | Lombard | 16d 03h 22m 44s | |
2022 | 55 | 37 | ![]() |
182 | Paprec Arkea | Lift V2 | 14d 03h 08m 40s |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- (in French), Official Homepage of the Route du Rhum
- (in English), Photos of boats