The Route du Rhum is the queen of transatlantic solo races. For 44 years, it has been connecting Saint-Malo in Brittany with Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe. Among the sailors engaged in the prestigious Ultim class, Louis Burton at the helm of Armand Thiery. After a launch last July and an express preparation, Louis Burton and his crew just broke the record crossing of the Channel. What to show his ambition.

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