And if the winner of this Route du rhum did even better than the seven days, 14 hours and 21 minutes of Francis Joyon, in 2018?
The route to Pointe-à-Pitre will not be easy but the lights are green for a record race.
The 138 skippers who left Saint-Malo on Wednesday 9 November at the start of the afternoon will benefit from much more favorable conditions than if they had left on Sunday.
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