The instructions from his team are simple: “
You call his mobile via WhatsApp, he is available now.
» Late Monday afternoon, Charles Caudrelier, unwavering leader of the Arkéa Ultim Challenge, the first round-the-world race contested on giant (32 meters) and flying trimarans, responds immediately.
Located in the South Atlantic, off the coast of Brazil, it struggles to reach Europe.
Far from the incredible speeds displayed during his mano a mano with Tom Laperche (then forced to abandon after a collision with an unidentified floating object) during the descent of the same South Atlantic.
Also read “The consequences of the slightest error will be enormous”: before an unprecedented world tour in Ultim, Charles Caudrelier confides in Le Figaro
For twenty-five minutes, the winner of the 2022 Route du rhum tells his story and looks back on his world tour spent mainly in preservation mode of his trimaran
Edmond de Rothschild
after the successive pit stops of his five rivals.
And 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...
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