Charles Caudrelier: “Crashing obsesses me and I tighten my buttocks at every strange noise” The sailor, leader of the first Ultim world tour, talks about his race, his pleasure of being at sea and the stress faced with possible technical problems. He admits his stress in the face of the risk of damage which could deprive him of victory in the last week of February in Brest.

The winner of the 2022 Route du rhum tells his story and looks back on his world tour spent mainly in preservation mode.