The Extraordinary Solo Race Around the World - Arkea Ultim Challenge Brest 2024
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Published 2024-01-18
The Arkea Ultime Challenge Brest is an extraordinary race between six exceptional sailors aboard a fleet of incredible machines, most of them fully foiling. The race started on 7 January 2024 and is expected to take between 40-50 days for the front runners.
Matt Sheahan went to Brest ahead of the start to talk to one of the favourites and current monohull round the world record holder, Armel Le Cleac'h aboard Maxi Banque Populaire XI.
The man, the machine and the mission.
All Comments (21)
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I was born into sailboat racing and I can't even imagine putting up the sails on a 32m boat solo. The power is just wild, and to handle that it in the Southern Ocean is mind blowing. Good luck and safe trip to all!
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These boats are mind blowing and this race is equally as mind blowing. 32 meter tri's cruising at 30 to 40 knots and going over 50 is insane and single handing non stop race around the world is truly the pinnacle of sailing. Can't wait to see this happen
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Excellent coverage, really appreciate getting to details like crash padding, daggerboard control, and the food. Always interesting to see what delicious treats get packed on various boats (-8
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Ultims are the kings of sailboats each one is a technical marvel.
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I solute you as Pilots of these incredible machines which are Planes, sailings over the sea at incredible speeds. Congratulations to all those incredible people involved in designing and building these machines . Regards Errol in South Africa
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Absolutely beautiful things, those sailboats. More like planes with sales than anything else.
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Took us 9 months to get from Canada to Australia on an old 1956 Gaffer :-) No electronics, no cockpit, no roller furller and sporting a wooly jumper!!
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It’s beyond comprehension, how a solo sailor maneuvers a vessel moving with such speed, face the challenges posed by the elements and yet eat, sleep and function for that many days, alone!!
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Thank you for that very interesting content 😊
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Incredible. 😀
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I must admit to being concerned with the level of potential danger for these Skippers. Fortunately, after his collision yesterday, Tom is OK but the boat is clearly not!
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Absolutely crazy to singlehand these very odd looking yachts in the most isolated oceans of the world, no doubt expecting people to risk their lives to come to the rescue when the proverbial hits the fan.
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Would have been better to let him speak in his native French with subtitles - if you're going to use subtitles anyway - he was struggling and it was like pulling teeth waiting for him to try and translate his thoughts - having already read what he was struggling to say!
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Seriously why didn’t musto just do their own advertising? Ever since they got bought out the quality has taken a nose dive…. Good luck to the sailors! Boats look lethal!
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Hi, has this finished? any plans to update? thx u.
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I'm a Dude that rides 2 stroke SeaDoos. This is the hottest race on the water!
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Thank you for this interesting presentation of this flying machine and skipper. Can you do another video about the rules. I know that Banque Populaire suffered some damage interrupting the race for repair. How does the regulation works in a case like this?
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The sutitling is uncalled for as the bloke is perfectly understandable.
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He has an identical, twin that goes with him. 🤔
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