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LAST MINUTE. Damage to Actual Ultim 3
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🚧 Scheduled stopover for Armel Le Cléac'h!
There's a long way to go and the whole team will be doing their utmost to get Armel and the Maxi Banque Populaire XI back into the race as quickly as possible. Ronan Lucas, Manager of Team Banque Populaire During this pit-stop, the members of Team Banque Populaire will be taking the opportunity to rectify an anomaly discovered in the hydraulics of the foil system. The boat is expected in Recife between tonight and tomorrow morning (French time) by part of the shore crew. The rules authorise...
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Television, radio, internet... Exceptional coverage for the start of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE - Brest!
TELEVISION. France Télévisions on all fronts! Coverage on France 3 promises to build throughout the weekend. This Saturday, journalist Isabelle Rettig will be presenting a special live programme. On set, François Gabart, holder of the solo round the world record (42 days and 16 hours in 2017) and Guillaume Rottée, Race Director of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE - Brest will take time to present the challenges of the race and the particularities of each of the competitors. The following day, it's...
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Today's program! 29/12/2024
It's the start of a great adventure, and you can all take part. The village will be inaugurated this Friday at 10 a.m. and will then be open every day. This is your chance to discover the 11,000 m2 of exhibition space before welcoming the competitors, as the six skippers and their boats are expected to arrive throughout the afternoon. Discover the program! It's another stage rich in emotions and smiles, ten days before a giant event. Starting this Friday, everything in Brest is set to...
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Charles Caudrelier: Ultim Commander
From the windows of the family home in Beg-Meil, you can see the entire bay of La Forêt, from the Pointe de Trévignon to the beach at Cap Coz, where Desjoyeaux, Jourdain, Le Cam and Poupon have all sailed in their day. This is the setting in which young Charles Caudrelier dreams. When others tiptoe home from the disco, he quietly moors his parents' friends' boat, borrowed secretly at night to wander between Concarneau and the Glénan. No dinghy, no Olympic sailing for Charles Caudrelier, who...
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THE VILLAGE, 11,000 m2 TO GET IN THE RACE!
Exceptional events call for exceptional structures. For several days now, on the Quai Malbert, the people of Brest have been watching the construction of the huge ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE - Brest village. In total, almost 11,000 m2 dedicated to the race are currently under construction. The six boats - Actual Ultim 3, SVR-Lazartigue, Sodebo Ultim 3, Maxi Banque Populaire XI, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, Ultim Adagio - will all be lined up, one after the other. Opposite these trimarans, several...
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ANTHONY MARCHAND: DECEPTIVE NONCHALANCE
The story of "Antho", as he is known on the pontoons, began at the Plérin sailing centre (22), where he is still a member. The youngster showed talent from the Optimist level onwards, performing well in the Laser Radial, before landing a place in the 470 at the Pôle France in Brest. From his years as a light sailor, he has retained a universally recognised sensitivity at the helm and the ability to adapt to a wide range of craft: "He's a gifted person. You can put him on a skateboard, a kite...
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ARMEL LE CLÉAC'H, DESIRE AND COMPOSURE
Armel Le Cléac'h will take to the start line on 7 January as the winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre - Normandie Le Havre. History will record that this is Armel's first victory in the Route du Café, a race that was strangely missing from his list of achievements. His own story tells a different story: between Le Havre and Fort de France, Armel won his first major multihull race, quite simply. Sailing several hulls is not Armel Le Cléac'h's first love. The impressive CV of the man who first...
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The Transat Jacques Vabre provides a wealth of information!
These are scenes they all aspire to relive in a few months' time in Brest. Crossing the line, the boats escorting the ULTIMs, arrivals in port, embraces and emotional glances. This is what has happened in the warmth of Martinique over the last few days after covering more than 9,200 miles and a breathless battle in the heart of the Atlantic. The ULTIMs brought the Transat Jacques Vabre, which was celebrating its 30th anniversary, to a brilliant conclusion. The first observation is one of...
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How were the ULTIMs born?
“No one had imagined the concept from A to Z. It’s a story that ended up giving birth. That of a brilliant boat, of the technology of the Cup and also of men who want to move their playground around the world..." This is how Thomas Coville sums up the story of the ULTIM, which drives his life and that of a handful of exceptional skippers for almost 15 years. The brilliant boat is Groupama 3, launched in 2006. At the time, the offshore racing trimarans were all 60 feet (the ORMA), and the...
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La Transat Jacques Vabre to build momentum!
Visitors to the Transat Jacques Vabre - Normandie Le Havre village have been able to admire the ULTIMs moored at the same pontoon since the end of last week. The picture will be similar from 27 December, when these giant boats can be seen in Brest before setting off on what promises to be a historic challenge. While only four sailors have completed the solo, multihull, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, six sailors (subject to Eric Péron's qualification) will attempt it in their turn as...
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D-100 UNTIL THIS GIANT EVENT!
*Two races to build power "We're all about to climb a mountain that's even bigger than the others," agrees Armel Le Cléac'h (Maxi Banque Populaire XI). "It seems incredible to think that what we're about to attempt is possible," smiled Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim 3). Since the autumn break, the skippers have been busy. They have all put their multihulls back in the water and have been doing a lot of training and practice sessions - sometimes together - in order to optimise the settings and...
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