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The official publication of the list of the 118 skippers involved defines the face of the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe 2026, which will start in Saint-Malo on November 1, 2026.
Ultim, six 32-metre trimarans at the start
The Ultim class includes the largest boats in the fleet, with six skippers entered.
Louis Burton on Ultim Armand Thiery, Charles Caudrelier on Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, Thomas Coville on Sodebo Ultim 3, Tom Laperche on SVR Lazartigue, Armel Le Cléac'h on Maxi Banque Populaire XI and Anthony Marchand on Actual Ultim4 make up this category.
These multihulls are based on carbon platforms with foils, designed for high speeds on the Atlantic.
Ocean Fifty, eleven 50-foot multihulls
The Ocean Fifty class features eleven boats:
Luke Berry on Le Rire Médecin Lamotte, Basile Bourgnon on Edenred, Laurent Bourgues on Ready To Go, Baptiste Hulin on Viabilis Oceans, Anne Claire Le Berre on Upwind by Merconcept, Erwan Le Draoulec on Lazare, Léonard Legrand on Sodebo Fifty, Matthieu Perraut on Elvest, Pierre Quiroga on Wewise, Thibaut Vauchel Camus on Solidaires en Peloton and a skipper yet to be confirmed complete the list.
These trimarans are based on boats designed for crewed racing, but adapted here for solo sailing.
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IMOCA, 26 60-foot monohulls entered
The IMOCA fleet comprises 26 skippers.
Fabrice Amédéo on Team FDJ United Wewise, Pierre Louis Attwell on Resilient, Davy Beaudart on Bureau Vallée, Ambrogio Beccaria Balduzzi on Allagrande Mapei, Jérémie Beyou on Charal, Arnaud Boissières on April Marine, Elodie Bonafous on Association Petits Princes Quéguiner, Francesca Clapcich on 11th Hour Racing, Manuel Cousin on Coup de Pouce, Nicolas d'Estais on Café Joyeux, Jean Baptiste Daramy, Violette Dorange on Initiatives Coeur, Maël Garnier on DeVenir, Sam Goodchild on Macif Santé Prévoyance, François Guiffant on Partage, Oliver Heer on Embrace the Challenge, Corentin Horeau on MACSF, Robin Marais, Sébastien Marsset on Foussier, Thomas Ruyant on TR Racing, Shawyer Scott on Canada Ocean Racing Be Water Positive, Sébastien Simon on Groupe Dubreuil, Masa Suzuki on Milai 22, Armel Tripon on Les P'tits Doudous as well as two skippers to be confirmed.
Most of these monohulls feature foils and deck plans optimized for solo sailing.
Class40, 49 boats and a crowded fleet
Class40 remains the most represented with 49 entries.
They include Aina Bauza, Yohan Bertrand on Yoda, Stéphane Bodin on Wasabiii, Jules Bonnier on Plastic Odyssey, Mathieu Claveau on Phare 40, Pep Costa on VSF Sports, Yves Courbon on Oceanconnect, Fabien Delahaye on Legallais, Corentin Douguet on SNSM Faites un don, Sophie Faguet on Défi Solidaire avec Ellye et l'Arche, Loïc Féquet, Robin Follin on Solano, Andrea Fornaro on Influence 2, Jonas Gerckens on Belgium Ocean Racing Curium, Marco Guerra on Imagin Act Socomec, Emmanuel Hamez on Viranga, Thomas Jourdren, Théa Khelif on Woman of Course, Milan Kolacek, Guillaume L'Hostis on Alternative Sailing Constructions du Bélon, Sasha Laniece on Alderan, Matéo Le Calvic, Quentin Le Nabour on Bleu Blanc Planète Location, Pierre Leboucher, Pamela Lee on Empowher, Ian Lipinski on Crédit Mutuel, Alexis Loison on Réel, Thomas Lurton on Sireco, Goulven Marie on Qwanza, Jean Marre, William Mathelin Moreaux on Patapain Les Invincibles, Mikael Mergui on Hirsch Centrakor, Achille Nebout on Amarris, Kéni Piperol, Guillaume Piriouelle on Sogestran Seafrigo, Thimoté Polet on Zeiss, Ulysse Pozzoli on Eärwen, Christophe Rateau on Gustave Roussy, Yanick Rebuffat on Mussulo40, Vincent Riou on Pierreval Fondation Goodplanet, Luca Rosetti on Maccaferri Futura, Henry Rupert on Eora, Rodolphe Sepho on Rêve de Large 5, Matteo Sericano on Lucente, Benoit Sineau on Ekinox, Lomano Takasi on Réauté Chocolat, Djemila Tassin on Magenta, Jean Baptiste Ternon on Mic Odyssey and Axel Tréhin.
This class is based on a framed gauge that limits technological gaps while leaving room for optimization.
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Vintage Multi, 13 multihulls from previous generations
The Vintage Multi category features 13 skippers.
Christophe Bogrand on Terresdulunay, Charlie Capelle on Acapella Proludic La Chaîne de l'Espoir, David Ducosson on Trilogic, Laurent Etheimer on Fifty Fifty, Florian Gueguen on Graine de Courage, Marc Guillemot on Dazeilad, Roland Jourdain on We Explore, Francis Joyon on Pour les Océans, Gilles Lamiré on Groupe GCA, Eric Péron on French Touch Oceans Club, Romain Pilliard on Use It Again, Thierry Roger on Perros Guirec and Damien Seguin on Arkea Handicap International.
These include Orma trimarans which have been restored to seaworthy condition.
Vintage Mono, 13 registrants
The Vintage Mono category also features 13 skippers.
Christophe Bachmann on Grain de Sable, Tanguy Caradec on Eurvad, Wilfried Clerton on Echo Mer, Gilles Colubi on SNSM Guilvinec, Amaury de Jamblinne de Meux on Tagaroa, Remy Gerin on Faiaohae, Patrick Isoard on Groupe Cogedis for Enfants du Mékong, Kieran Le Borgne on Aito, Jean Le Cam on Alegria, Hugo Le Fort on Le Cigare Rouge, Frédéric Mailhos on FEVE, Olivier Nemsguern on Ecolhuma and Titouan Pilliard on Use It Again for Youth.
These units are based on older designs, often renovated for ocean racing.
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Departure from Saint Malo on November 1, 2026
The Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe 2026 will set off from Saint Malo on Sunday November 1, 2026, bound for Pointe à Pitre.
Each skipper will have to complete a 1200-mile qualifying course to confirm his or her participation. The fleet thus constituted offers a complete vision of the forces at play in this single-handed transatlantic race.
