Sailing-Defending Route du Rhum champion drops out after foil damage
FILE PHOTO: Volvo Ocean Race skipper Charles Caudrelier of Dongfeng Race Team attends a news conference in Lisbon, Portugal November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
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Nov 3 : Defending Route du Rhum champion Charles Caudrelier has dropped out of the transatlantic yacht race two days after setting off following foil damage to his vessel, organisers said on Tuesday.
• The race had started on Sunday in France’s Saint-Malo and will finish at Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe but Caudrelier’s Maxi Edmond de Rothschild sustained damage and is now returning to France
• “Today, the reigning Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe champion, having suffered a major breakdown on the port foil of the 32-meter giant, is forced to turn back to its technical base in Lorient,” organisers said in a statement
• Caudrelier, 52, won the 2022 edition on his first attempt at the helm of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Gitana 17, setting a record of 6 days, 19 hours, 47 minutes and 25 seconds
Source: Reuters
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