Europe 1 with AFP 2:18 p.m., November 9, 2022, modified at 2:44 p.m., November 9, 2022
The 138 sailors involved in the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum took the start this Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. off Saint-Malo, three days after an unprecedented postponement of the event due to weather conditions.
The fastest should make the crossing to Guadeloupe in six days.
The 138 sailors engaged in the Route du Rhum set off on Wednesday at 2.15 p.m. in this famous solo transatlantic race, for a crossing to Guadeloupe that the fastest should complete in six days, noted an AFP journalist.
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