The Northern Charge: IMOCA Fleet Flies into the Route du Rhum
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A rare northern Atlantic route has released the latest foiling IMOCAs into sustained downwind conditions, where extraordinary speed must be balanced against exhaustion, structural punishment and changing weather.
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A rare northern Atlantic route has released the latest foiling IMOCAs into sustained downwind conditions, where extraordinary speed must be balanced against exhaustion, structural punishment and changing weather.
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