Pierre Antoine (Olmix) crossed the finishing line of the Route du Rhum at 11:15 this morning after 15 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes and 5 seconds of racing. At the same time, he wins the Rum Multi category of this 2018 edition of the Route du Rhum.
Pierre Antoine today signed his second victory in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe in 15 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes and 5 seconds, at an average speed of 9.29 knots over the theoretical distance of 3542 miles.
After his success in 2006 in Class3, he brings at the same time his third star to his trimaran Rhum Multi 50 feet Olmix , winner in 1998 and in 2002 in Multi50 under the leadership of Franck-Yves Escoffier. It beats by almost a day the time established by Escoffier, 16 years ago.
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In #RHUMMULTI, after 15d 21h 15mn 5sec Pierre Antoine passes the line in first place in his category on @OlmixSailing! Congratulations to him, and to his legendary boat! pic.twitter.com/Bg1gTxLhbl
Pierre Antoine did not hide his joy and his emotion after his victory, "Being at the start of this race is each time a fantastic thing, an adventure where we do things that we are not used to. make. And win it! It's fantastic, very clean, without much discussion. We were lucky, with the bad start time that favored my solid Olmix, which has already taken 5 times the start of the rum. It feels good to finish with an indisputable victory. "
Pierre Antoine has 27 years of experience in offshore racing including six transats in the race, three of which alone. A trained geologist and experienced skipper, Pierre Antoine took part for the third time in the legendary deckchair under the colors of Olmix, a Breton industrial group specializing in the development of natural seaweed products.