07.11.2026

Charles Caudrelier and the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild safely back in Lorient.

As Guadeloupe prepares to welcome Tom Laperche as the outright winner, Charles Caudrelier and the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild safely returned to their port of registry in Lorient, Brittany, early afternoon this Saturday. The skipper of the five-arrow racing stable was forced to retire from the race some forty-eight hours after the start as a result of major damage to the flying maxi-trimaran’s port foil. In a nod to history, Gitana 18 moored in the Breton port just minutes after Gitana 17*, the boat on which Charles Caudrelier took victory in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe four years earlier.

by Tiphaine