Francis Le Goff and his teams still have to meet this Saturday evening to specify the start time. The race village will still be dismantled this Sunday.
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The start of the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum on Wednesday 9 November is “preferred option”, announced this Saturday on franceinfo the director of the race Francis Le Goff. Originally scheduled for Sunday, the start of the competition was postponed due to difficult weather conditions, a first in the history of the single-handed transatlantic race.
“We won’t leave on Monday, not on Tuesday either”assures Francis Le Goff. “The first window that comes to us is probably Wednesday.” The race director and his teams still have to meet this Saturday evening to specify the start time. “We are going to take all the files because there is everyone at sea who is working, with the scallop shell at the moment in the bay of Saint-Brieuc and a large flotilla of 100 shellfish which is returning to Saint-Malo. .”
The LR mayor of Saint-Malo, from where the 138 Ultim will leave, also announced on franceinfo that the village of the Route du Rhum will still be dismantled on Sunday evening “as expected”. The shuttles will also stop while school transport is due to resume on Monday for the start of the school year. “It will be sad, but we will welcome all visitors who come to meet the skippers until the date of their departure”assures Gilles Lurton.