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Saint Malo, France (November 5, 2022) – The start of the 3542 nm Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, which was due to be tomorrow at 1302hrs local time has been postponed, because of the forecast for storms which would have hit the 138-boat fleet during the first hours of the course and particularly in the English Channel.
The decision was announced today at 10:30 am during the skippers’ weather briefing because of the forecast weather situation in the Channel during the first 36 hours of the race. This decision is made in particular because of the the passage of a very violent depression, accompanied by a very big sea blocking the course during the first night and leaving no escape for the sailors to get out of the English Channel.
After consultation with Météo Consult forecasters, OC Sport Pen Duick, the organizer of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, and Race Director Francis Le Goff, will wait to find a next more favorable window for a new start on November 8 or 9.
With 20 to 25 knots of westerly wind anticipated tomorrow, the latest 48-hour accurate weather reports had a very active cold front to follow with average winds of around 40 knots and gusts above 50 knots to be accompanied by a very big swell created by tropical storm Martin, creating a seven metres swell in the Channel on November 7…
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