To leave in summer to arrive in the spring... this is the originality of the Défi Atlantique Guadeloupe / Horta / La Rochelle, return race of the Route du Rhum. 12 Class40 "go back home" saturday (start at 10:00, local time), leaving the heat of Guadeloupe for the mainland France. The race is fully or double-handed crewed, from west to east, around the Azores high. 39 sailors will take part.
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https://www.class40.com/fr/courses/188-le-defi-atlantique.htm
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