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(November 10, 2022; Day 2) – With the first 24 hours of racing in the Route du Rhum completed and the record sized fleet of solo racers settling into their ocean racing rhythm, the biggest threat to the lead of Charles Caudrelier and the Ultim 32/23 pacemaker Maxi Edmond de Rothschild may be his jumping the gun at the start yesterday.
One other threat has been eliminated as rival Armel Le Cléac’h reported at midday today that he has a damaged daggerboard and is taking his Maxi Banque Populaire XI to Lorient for analysis – and potentially to fit a spare.
Caudrelier was opening the 3542 nautical miles course from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe in confident style. He was around 20 nautical miles further south than François Gabart who is progressively winding up his SVR-Lazartigue on which Gabart, 2018’s runner up, is contesting his first ocean race.
But Caudrelier’s team are contesting the call that their 100-foot trimaran broke the line early. The data from the line marker buoys is updated in real time and is now being analyzed against the his team’s positioning software and the tracking…
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