Three broken masts and one capsize: the transatlantic regatta Route du Rhum is a high sea. Meanwhile, Boris Herrmann is struggling with lack of sleep and keeping up.
Three days after the start, Herrmann’s competitor Louis Burton (“Bureau Vallée”) and the two French Class 40 sailors Amélie Grassi and Aurélien Ducroz lost their masts. All three were unharmed in the accidents and are heading for ports.
Thibault Vauchel-Camus, whose trimaran capsized during the night between Portugal and the Azores, was also uninjured. The sailor was able to save himself on his inverted projectile in the center fuselage and waited for help. Other single-handed sailors had to give up due to technical problems.
Herrmann has trouble sleeping
Herrmann also had to struggle with technical problems in the meantime and struggled on Sunday morning with his new “Malizia – Seaexplorer” to catch up with the top ten in the field of the remaining 35 Imoca yachts. After the first third of the 3,500 nautical miles long solo race across the Atlantic, the man from Hamburg was in 13th place. Eleventh was the German-French Isabelle Joschke on “Macsf”.
Herrmann had previously reported from See that he was struggling to get enough sleep. “I think it’s also because of the stress and the tension,” said the German sailor.
The premier class of solo sailors is still led by top favorite Charlie Dalin on the “Apivia” with around 2,400 nautical miles to go to the finish off Guadeloupe.
The Route du Rhum runs 3,542 nautical miles (6,562 kilometers) from the Breton port of Saint-Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre on Guadeloupe. In France, 138 participants set sail.
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sports club | 11/13/2022 | 10:50 p.m
