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Round the world race: 100ft trimarans set for solo race

• Helen Fretter
• July 9, 2021

The fastest offshore racing designs ever built, the foiling 100ft Ultim trimarans, will go head-to-head in a solo round the world race in 2023

Photo: Yvan Zedda

The Ultim class has announced the first single-handed race round the world for giant multihulls , the Solo Ultim World Tour. 

This will likely be the most challenging ocean sailing race ever held. The solo skippers will need to navigate a course as arduous as the Vendée Globe , but will be doing so in 100ft foiling trimarans with complex appendages capable of sailing at 45 knots , with the ever-present risk of a split-second capsize.

Six of the fastest ocean-racing designs in the world will be taking part in the new solo race round the world, with record-breaking sailors Armel Le Cléac’h , Charles Caudrelier and Thomas Coville among the solo skippers lining up.

The Gitana entry Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is one of the most highly optimised big trimarans, and will be coming back into the Ultim class. Photo: Eloi Stichelbaut / PolaRYSE / Gitana

Unsurprisingly, the race has been a long-time in coming to fruition. Now called the Solo Ultim World Tour, it will be organised by the hugely experienced event company OC Sport Pen Duick, in collaboration with the Class Ultim 32/23, to start in the autumn of 2023. The concept was first mooted around 15 years ago, just as the notoriously skittish Orma trimarans were in their final days. A calendar was drawn up for the embryonic Ultime class which included solo and crewed round the world races, building up to a solo around the world race set for December 2019, then called the Brest Oceans. 

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However, in the 2018 Route du Rhum – the transatlantic race with a reputation for being something of a demolition derby – four of the big trimarans suffered severe damage. Armel le Cléac’h’s Banque Populaire IV capsized and broke up mid-Atlantic, while the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild lost 10m of one float, Sodebo also suffered structural cracking to one float and Macif lost a foil and a rudder. 

History seemed to be repeating itself – in the 2002 Route du Rhum, only three of 18 multihulls had managed to complete the race, and the ensuing capsizes and dramatic rescues saw many sponsors leave the Orma fleet. It was clear that the Ultim class was nowhere near ready to race solo around the world.

Macif at the start of the 2019 Brest Atlantiques Race

However, the class changed tack. A multi-stage double-handed race looping around the Atlantic was held in 2019 instead – the Brest Atlantiques . Although several boats suffered damage – Macif swopping out a rudder in Rio, and Sodebo breaking off its starboard rudder after hitting a whale (an impact which caused so much damage that the aft section of the starboard float filled with water and later also broke away), three of the four made it around and there were no dramatic rescues.

Round the world race entries

Even more remarkably, new boats kept being launched. Banque Populaire commissioned a new Ultim for le Cléac’h, and although Francois Gabart’s previous sponsor Macif pulled out mid-build, his new Ultim – code-named M101 – was completed, and he secured new backing from French cosmetics group Kresk (now under the name SVR-Lazatigue ). 

Combined with a new Sodebo for Thomas Coville in 2019, and a healthy market for second-hand giant trimarans that are ripe for optimisation, the biggest, and most audacious ocean racing fleet in the world is now attracting entry numbers to rival that of the last one-design Volvo Ocean Race (seven in the last Volvo, six currently in the Solo Ultim World Tour).

Confirmed entries for the round the world race so far are: Banque Populaire XI , skippered by Armel Le Cléac’h; Maxi Edmond de Rothschild with Charles Caudrelier (which will come back into the Ultim class after being modified out of class rules for round the world record attempts); Thomas Coville’s Sodebo;  Francois Gabart on his new SVR-Lazartigue ; Actual , skippered by Yves Le Blevec, and a Brest Ultim Sailing entry, the former Actual , with the skipper still to be announced. 

These sailors are the absolute elite of ocean racing. Between the five confirmed skippers alone they include two Vendée Globe winners, two around the world solo record holders, two Volvo Ocean Race wins , at least two Jules Verne around the world crewed records and multiple further attempts.

The start and finish host city has not yet been decided, although discussions are underway with the City of Brest, which has shown keen interest in hosting the event since the creation of the project and hosted the Brest Atlantiques Race in 2019.

Sodebo was one of three latest generation Ultimes racing in the 2019 Fastnet. Photo: Kurt Arrigo / Rolex

The current around the world multihull solo record stands at 42d 16h, set by Gabart on his previous Macif in 2017 . The Solo Ultim World Tour is likely to take around 40-50 days, as they will not be setting off with an optimal forecast for record-breaking.

However, the biggest question will be whether they can make it around without race-ending foil damage. After the experiences of the Brest Atlantiques Race and 2019 Route du Rhum, all the teams have been innovating with ways of both avoiding collisions, and making their trimarans more robust in the event of hitting a UFO.

The new Banque Populaire has increased structures, sacrificing ultimate light weight for strength (see more on this in the August issue of Yachting World magazine, out now). Sodebo has been experimenting with appendage fittings designed to absorb impact, and all the big tri’s are trialling collision avoidance systems such as Oscar to try and identify objects in the water.

Charles Caudrelier, the co-skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild who will be taking on the solo race, said: “This solo round-the-world race in the Ultim is a dream I didn’t even dare to hope for in my career. I have always been very drawn to the Vendée Globe, but here, at the helm of the fastest boats on the planet and in flying mode, it is quite simply the ultimate challenge. 

“Leading such a boat alone on such a demanding global course is an extraordinary adventure that I am really proud to share with the Gitana Team and on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild. I have been thinking about this world tour for two years, it is this goal that motivates me and keeps me moving forward every day.”

The newly launched Banque Populaire XI

Thomas Coville, skipper of Sodebo Ultim 3 , commented: “It is a privilege to be part of this group of sailors. With Sodebo, we have been thinking about this race since 2007 when we launched the construction of the first Sodebo Ultim trimaran.

“There were a lot of twists and turns in the creation of this race around the world. This race justifies 20 years of commitment and high-level sailing. This is the race that will consecrate the life of an athlete and a sailor.”

Armel Le Cléac’h, Banque Populaire skipper added: “Our boats are magical, and I am happy that we can share them with the public around great adventures. I can’t wait for it to start!”

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Arkea Ultim Challenge Skippers Ready to Go

• By OC Sport Pen Duick
• January 2, 2024

Compared with previous generations of round the world racers and adventurers, the six skippers ready to take on the Arkéa Ultim Challenge – Brest on January 7 are a new, different breed. Physically most are fitter and stronger than those who preceded them. Bear in mind each manoeuver is usually nearly 45 minutes of hard, physical work, not least requiring long periods at max effort on the pedestal winch.  


The “coffee grinder” is what Armel Le Cléac’h (Maxi Banque Populaire XI) calls “the hand bike.” The heart rate climbs, the arms, shoulders, chest and lower back are fully engaged and the beads of sweat very quickly become rivers of perspiration.

“I keep up a level of exercise so that we prepare all throughout the year, to just be able to maintain that level of sustained power output endurance and a good recovery,” says Le Cléac’h, skipper of Banque Populaire.

“It’s not really about all out power, max work rate like on an inshore grand prix boat, but it requires really excellent cardio, and core strength too.” He says

“In fact, it’s more like a trail run rather than a sprint,” adds Charles Caudrelier (Edmond de Rothschild). He ensures he does at least three physical preparation sessions per week and among them enjoys boxing, climbing, board sports, running and cycling. And in his build up Armel Le Cléac’h says he has worked out almost every day with swimming sessions, time in the weights gym or out on the bike.

Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim 3) is mainly happy to just ensure he does a lot of water sports, regularly going kiting, winging, and surfing. “These allow you to work your cardio,” he says. “All your muscles and I like that it’s always in the same watery environment!”

At the same time everyone has also really focused on working on mental strength.

“If we have to deal well with the many different types of physical challenge that this race will bring, the mental dimension is almost more important,” says Tom Laperche (SVR-Lazartigue). “We just can’t overlook the mental demands of these boats and the impact that this stress can have over time.”

“The mental aspect is undoubtedly actually more valuable than the physical tests on this race,” agrees Charles Caudrelier.

“It’s not a race, it’s an expedition,” says Thomas Coville, skipper of Sodebo Ultim 3. Coville is the skipper who has completed the most round-the-world passages on a multihull—competing in five, completed the loop three times and was once the record holder around the world (49 days and 3 hours in 2016).

“We need to find the right approach to sustain the right level on this unique and singular challenge,” he says. “There is a very big psychological dimension. We are constantly seeking to work at or near our limits, to go beyond normal effort levels despite the accumulated lack of sleep, the risk, the frustrations, the anxiety, the ice.”

For Coville, the Arkea Ultim Challenge goes far beyond the scope of a sporting competition. “I like to tell myself that we are not racing but that we are on a tough expedition. There are days when you burst into tears, days when you scream, days when you go crazy. You end up being a mix between euphoria, exhaustion and elation.”

“What I’m looking for is a good level of balance” says Le Cléac’h. Yet all the skippers have their methods. Charles Caudrelier and Tom Laperche work with mental coaches. Caudrelier, the Edmond de Rothschild skipper, says, “with my physical trainer, I am very Cartesian, very numbers driven. We talk about fatigue, recovery, nutrition. And, of course, there are the times when you are exhausted without realizing that you are in the red zone.”

Laperche adds: “We know that there will be moments of euphoria, moments that are really challenging on the morale, so we work out how to manage this and to smooth out these emotions as much as possible to create the best possible performance.”

There are also those who do not have a mental trainer. This is the case with Anthony Marchand and Armel Le Cléac’h. Marchand says, “If you’re doing your second round the world you’ve seen the problems, you know what to focus on. Me, I’m a rookie: I go in ready to fight and obviously I ask myself fewer questions.” And blessed with so much experience, Armel Le Cléac’h prefers to focus on preparation. He wants to enjoy a level of confidence because he has mastered everything that makes up the pre-race preparations. “I try to tick all the boxes before the start,” he admits. “Above all what I am looking for is a balance in physical and technical preparations, in terms of recovery as well.”

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Countdown to the Ultimate race

Published on January 2nd, 2024 by Editor -->

The ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest starts from Brest, France on January 7 and will be the first ever solo race round the world on giant Ultim trimarans, the biggest and fastest ocean-going sailboats in the world.

Unlike speed records which depart in ideal weather windows for a race against the clock, six solo skippers will push the boundaries of singlehanded racing with class boats that are a maximum length of 32 meters and a maximum width of 23 meters.

Entrants: • Charles Caudrelier (FRA), Maxi Edmond de Rothschild (2017 Verdier 32/23) • Thomas Coville (FRA), Sodebo Ultim 3 (2019 VPLP/others 32/23) • Tom Laperche (FRA), Trimaran SVR-Lazartigue (2021 VPLP 32/23) • Armel Le Cléac’h (FRA), Maxi Banque Populaire XI (2021 VPLP 32/23) • Anthony Marchand (FRA), Actual Ultim 3 (2015 VPLP 30/22) • Éric Péron (FRA), Trimaran Adagio (2014 VPLP 31/21)

As a reference, the solo speed record was set in 2017 by François Gabart (FRA) on the 30m Macif trimaran in a time of 42d 14h 40m 15s for an average speed of 21.08 knots. This yacht has been rebranded and will be raced by Marchand.

Coville is the skipper who has completed the most round-the-world passages on a multihull. He competed in five, completed the loop three times and was once the record holder around the world (49 days and 3 hours in 2016).

“We need to find the right approach to sustain the right level on this unique and singular challenge,” noted Coville. “There is a very big psychological dimension. We are constantly seeking to work at or near our limits, to go beyond normal effort levels despite the accumulated lack of sleep, the risk, the frustrations, the anxiety, the ice.

“I like to tell myself that we are not racing but that we are on a tough expedition. There are days when you burst into tears, days when you scream, days when you go crazy. You end up being a mix between euphoria, exhaustion, and elation.”

Details: https://arkeaultimchallengebrest.com/en

Five rules from the Sailing Instructions: • The start line is kept open for 168 hours and the finish line is closed after an elapsed time of 100 days after the start time, that is to say 16th April 2024.

• The skippers can communicate and exchange with their teams on shore, so they have the freedom to get weather information and be routed by their team on shore and get technical help and advice to help with technical problems.

• The solo skippers can stop but there are two distinct operations. A technical stop is unassisted and requires the sailor to drop anchor, take a mooring, or tie up alongside an anchored or moored boat with no external help. There is no time penalty for a technical stop. But for a technical stopover (escale technique) where one or more crew or technical team come on board to help, there is a mandatory 24 hours minimum. This does not apply to the start port of Brest where all means are authorized to reach or leave the port within a radius of 50 miles.

• For the first time in ocean racing, zones where there are known to be a high concentration of whales and sea mammals are determined. Establishing these zones should both protect the marine wildlife and reduce the chance of a collision. These zones are around the Azores, the Canaries, south of South Africa, the Kerguelens, and parts of the Antarctic.

• There are ice exclusion zones to protect the skippers and their boats.

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Arkea Ultim Challenge : Click here for the live tracker

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, Jochen Rieker

 ·  07.01.2024

The live tracker of the Arkea Ultim Challenge will once again be one of the most frequently accessed sites in recent weeks and months during the exciting solo round-the-world race of the 105-foot trimarans. Nowhere else can the race be followed so directly and independently and accompany so many fans throughout the day. However, the tracker is also often the most discussed or even the most vilified page of the Arkea Ultim Challenge. This is when the ranking of the teams appears to have been diced or when the speed values and courses of the mega trimarans do not match the wind data displayed on the map. So here are some tips and background explanations for beginners and regatta geeks alike.

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What software is the Arkea Ultim Challenge live tracker based on?

The system platform is based on the tracking system from French specialist Geovoile. Geovoile is by no means the only IT provider in this segment, but it is one of the best and most established.

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The company is owned by Yann Groleau, an amateur pilot and sailing enthusiast who started to establish his Flash-based programme back in 2005. He lives just a few kilometres outside La Rochelle, one of the heartlands of French ocean racing. His tracker covers many of the most important regattas, including the Arkea Ultim Challenge, the Retour à La Base, the Transat Jacques Vabre, The Ocean Race, the Vendée Globe, the Route du Rhum and the Solitaire du Figaro.

Compared to many other systems, Geovoile offers users the advantage of not only displaying wind data and longitude and latitude, but also measuring the distances between participants or to important waypoints. In addition, not only the positions of the boats are archived, but also the respective weather forecast, so that decisive passages can be analysed retrospectively.

How up-to-date and precise is the position data?

Because all participants in the Arkea Ultim Challenge are permanently connected to the internet via Inmarsat, the organisers receive their position, course and speed almost in real time - essential in the event of accidents or rule violations. The organisers therefore have far more precise data on their internal tracker than that which is publicly available.

We fans only receive the latest information from on board once an hour at the latest. That is comparatively frequent. By comparison, the Vendée Globe is only updated every four hours, and in the 2014/15 Volvo Ocean Race it was still every three hours. This is another reason why the Ocean Race homepage was extremely well visited during this edition when the frequency of updates became more frequent - because the more often new items are available, the more often they are clicked on. And commented on. This explains the almost hysterical posts by some overzealous observers, who immediately construe every inexplicable gybe as a gross tactical blunder, as in the final stage of the second leg of The Ocean Race, when Team Malizia, instead of keeping to the centre of a high pressure zone, took a swerve away from the field and lost the lead for a few hours as a result. The same applies again to the Arkea Ultim Challenge.

At the finish and start, updates are even more frequent, usually every five minutes. This proved to be helpful in the Ocean Race finish off Cape Town for those who were not on site, as the top three boats crossed the line within less than a quarter of an hour.

Nevertheless, there are always transmission gaps or errors. So if a boat appears to be "standing still", it may very well still be travelling at speed. In this case, the satellite, or more likely the live tracker, has simply "swallowed" a few data packets. It is therefore not immediately an indication of a breakage, accident, power failure or similar calamity.

How is the placement calculated?

Perhaps the most misleading thing is the ranking that the tracker calculates with each new position report. It refers to the distance to the destination along the shortest possible, i.e. purely theoretical, course line.

In order not to be completely off the mark, the race organisers sometimes add so-called "floating waypoints", i.e. waypoints that are not course markers and therefore not binding, but which help to make the calculation more realistic. However, tactical or strategic advantages or disadvantages of individual positions are of course not taken into account, so the current distance remains decisive in the ranking of the live tracker.

Where does the weather data for the Arkea Ultim Challenge live tracker come from?

The wind animations displayed in the live tracker of the Arkea Ultim Challenge and the underlying grib files come from the European weather model ECMWF. For the implementation, Geovoile relied on the support of D-Ice Engineering, better known for its Squid navigation programme, which is also available as an app for smartphones and tablets.

The data quality is therefore good to very good because ECMWF has a higher resolution than the American GFS model. Nevertheless, these are forecasts, i.e. projections, not weather observations. Anyone who makes deductions about the tactical or sailing skills of the crews based on the predicted wind and direction is practically always wrong. Especially as wave height, wave frequency, wave direction or even current are not taken into account.

Unfortunately, there is no plug-in for the Arkea Ultim Challenge on Windy, unlike the Route du Rhum 2022 or the Vendée Globe 2020/21, which would allow more analysis - but again, only based on weather forecasts, not actual weather data.

What are the restrictions on using the tracker?

The display of the tracker and the range of functions depends on the available screen size. In many cases, however, this sensible behaviour means that some icons remain permanently hidden on some smartphones and navigation on the site is only possible to a limited extent. However, this has already been implemented comparatively well for the Transat Jacques Vabre and the Retour à La Base. The most important functions are retained on all devices, and we explain all of them below. Only the current ranking list is only displayed in a condensed form in some smaller displays, such as in our articles or on devices such as small laptops, tablets and smartphones.

In the default setting, the leading boat is displayed; the complete ranking can be expanded using an arrow. By tapping or clicking on a boat, it is displayed with some statistics instead of the leading boat in the header.

Arkea Ultim Challenge: The most important settings of the live tracker

In the following we explain the most important functions of the live tracker of the Arkea Ultim Challenge using the example of the Transat Jacques Vabre tracking. Apart from visual adjustments and an extremely exciting and helpful additional function, there have been no changes to the system from the provider Gevoile.

• Set image section
• Show ranking list
• Select boat data
• Watch the race
• Use the weather map and forecast
• Evaluate and analyse statistics
• Further display options

1. define image section

2. show ranking list (mobile)

3. select boat data

4. view race progress

5. use the weather map and forecast

6. evaluate and analyse statistics

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