OUT OF WATER

She’s now out of water and quite a list of things to check, repair, renew and do is just business as usual in this game of IMOCAs. Antifoul, ballast tank repairs, transom repair, wind sensors, mast, sail service, autopilot upgrades, ropes… She looks good 😀 The refit is done in UK, Gosport by Lighthouse...

VALTAVA MENESTYS – HUGE SUCCESS

Route du Rhum oli valtava menestys joka alueella. Ennätysmäärä veneitä, valtava yleisömäärä sekä maissa, että netissä sekä räjähdysmäinen median kiinnostuksen kasvu. Edellisen kisan globaali oli media-arvo suuri (50 meur), mutta nyt se yli kaksinkertaistui 114 miljoonaan euroon. The 40th anniversary race broke records and was a huge success in many ways. Global media value...

79 COMPLETED THE RACE

Route du Rhum 2018 oli vaativa kilpailu. Kaksi kolmesta pääsi hyväksytysti maaliin.  Two thirds of the skippers made it. This race was among the toughest in it’s history. Closing time for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe The 3,542 nautical mile course from northern Brittany, France to the French Caribbean island was completed by 79...

RACE DAY BY DAY

Time for a summary: pictures and Ari’s posts during the fabulous and tough Route du Rhum 2018. Visit also Tekniikan Maailma, who made a nice Finnish summary worth taking a look. The start day Nov 4th weather was good which was a pleasure not only for the skippers but for the hundreds of thousands of followers...

ARRIVAL IN PICTURES

It’s already eight days since Ari crossed the finish line in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Let’s look back to the arrival and what happened next.   AROUND THE ISLAND  photos by Jari Salo ©SailingImages Basse de Terre Crew was ready to jump into the Highfield rib when Ari had 5 miles to go.   OVER THE...

READY FOR ARRIVAL

We are ready to start fixing the boat and looking forward to Ari arriving tomorrow evening local time! Thankfully the spare Pushpit has made it to Guadeloupe. From Gosport to London City Airport to Paris then on to Guadeloupe, says Mikey Ferguson. The Package has arrived!!

KOVA VIIKKO HUUSELALLE – ENSIMMÄINEN IMOCA MAALISSA

Yksinpurjehtija Ari Huuselan toinen kisaviikko on ollut haastava, mutta tahto ja into ovat tallella. Tänään ensimmäisenä maaliin tulleen Imoca-kipparin luokkavoitto on vielä auki. Legendaarisen Route du Rhum Atlantin yli yksinpurjehduskilpailun toinen viikko merellä on ottanut mittaa kippareista ja veneistä. Reilut parikymmentä myrskyltä viikoksi Ranskaan ja Espanjaan suojaan jäänyttä tai korjauksien takia pysähtynyttä venettä palasivat...

MADEIRA PASSING

Ari will be passing Madeira tonight. He is enjoying lighter winds, calmer sea and warmer air. However the sailing is and will be more challenging than expected. He has no wind data due to the storm blew wind sensor from the mast three nights ago and the spare one ain’t working quite as it...

STORM, STORM, STORM

No one said it would be easy but soon after the race start the conditions turned from difficult to extreme.There were about to be two depressions but it’ll be three. And the length and power of the horror has multiplied of what was forecasted. It has been merciless for every boat and skipper.  ...

NORDIC SAILING HISTORY MADE

For all of the Route du Rhum skippers making it to the starting line is already a victory itself. And especially in massive and demanding projects like IMOCA projects are – the first win always is this. For Ari the start of Rout du Rhum meant also another big thing. He just made sailing...