“Not leaving would have been a failure”, the Transat Jacques Vabre finally sets off and intends to “save the party”

The long wait has finally come to an end. Nine days late, the IMOCAs will leave the pontoons of Le Havre on Tuesday, while this Monday, the Class40s and the Ocean50s – which had managed to reach Lorient – made a new start. Direction for everyone, Martinique, while the 5 Maxi trimarans of the Ultim class have already completed half the journey and should reach Fort-de-France on November 12 or 13. To make up (a little) for the delay in starting, the IMOCAs will take a direct route, which should allow the first to arrive 5 days after the Ultims, thus limiting the “breakage” in Martinique.