After a little over two weeks at sea, Sébastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben once again have their feet on dry land.

On board their 15-meter multihull (Primonial), they were the first to arrive on the night from Monday to Tuesday in Martinique to win in the Ocean Fifty category during the Transat Jacques Vabre.

The duo of skippers crossed the line in the bay of Fort-de-France at 9:54 p.m. local time (2:54 a.m. Paris time) after leaving Le Havre on November 7 with a total fleet of 79 boats, spread over four classes of sailboats. with three different routes depending on the power of the boat.

"Rare moments in a lifetime"

“It's a lot of happiness, we are happy with the efforts we have made over a fortnight. It's awesome ! It is rare moments in a life, and that, that is priceless, launched a broad smile on the lips Rogues, who answered the journalists since his boat moored to the pontoon and lit by the full moon.

The two sailors arrived before the fastest boats in the world, the Ultimes (32 m long flying maxi-trimaran), which have a course a third longer than the Ocean Fifty, and whose current leader, the tandem Franck Cammas / Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) is expected from midday Tuesday (Paris time). “It's always a pleasure to arrive before the Ultimes, it must be said! They really didn't have the same course as us, and anyway, they're the most beautiful boats in the world with the best sailors in the world. That won't change. But there is little chance in life when you can win the Jacques Vabre and even less win it in front of the Ultims, so maybe this one will be the only one in our life, ”said Rogues.

Rogues and Souben have teamed up for the second time on the Transat Jacques-Vabre.

In 2019, they finished third in Multi 50 (ex-Ocean Fifty).

Rogues, 35, gave him his second victory in the doubles race after his success with Fabien Delahaye in 2013 in class 40 (12m monohull).

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