The starting procedure of the Route du Rhum will be given at the beginning of the afternoon to allow the 123 skippers to definitively launch their transatlantic race to Pointe-à-Pitre. The start will be given at 2 pm off the Pointe du Grouin, east of Saint-Malo. At 17 miles from the starting line, the skippers will then have to cross a "gate" off Cape Frehel.
The start of the Route du Rhum 2018 is now imminent! 123 skippers will cut the starting line in the early afternoon according to a well-established procedure. We make a point of regulation on a start that should already enter the history of the legendary transatlantic race. How will the departure procedure of the Route du Rhum take place? Answer here.
++ DIRECT Route du Rhum: follow the start of the race
The starting line is at Pointe du Grouin, east of Saint-Malo. The 123 boats will be spread over a line approximately 5.5 kilometers long, off the Grouin. At 13:52, the skippers will be really in racing mode, with the start of the start procedure itself. They will be alone on board. A final preparatory signal will be issued at 13:56.
Starting at 1:59 pm, participants will no longer be allowed to cross the start line. Otherwise, the guilty skippers will be penalized with a penalty of 4 hours, according to the race director Jacques Caraës. At 2 pm, the big cats will be finally released. At 17 miles from the starting line, the skippers will have to cross a gate at Cape Fréhel. Only participants will have to pass through this door, and no boat from the Route du Rhum must use the corridor reserved for boaters.
From there, the 123 skippers will have their hands free to join Guadeloupe. Not forgetting to leave the island to port on the English side off the island Butterfly