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Boris Herrmann

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The start of the 3542 miles Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe, which was due to be on Sunday at 01:02 pm local time has been postponed, because of the forecast for storms which would have hit the 138 boat fleet during the first hours of the course and particularly in the English Channel. Boris Herrmann and his Team Malizia will stay focused and ready until the start of the race, potentially being postponed to Tuesday 8 evening or Wednesday 9 November.

 During the weather briefing at 10:30 on Saturday 5th November, the race directors announced to the 138 skippers their decision to 

weather situation expected in the Channel over the first 36 hours of the race

. This decision was confirmed by the passage of a very violent low-pressure system, accompanied by very heavy seas, which blocked the route from the first night and left the sailors with no way out of the Channel.

 over the past 24 hours about the situation which they considered very serious. Boris Herrmann described this decision as a 

. The team will stay focused and ready while waiting for the organisers to find a next more favourable window for a new start on 

Tuesday November 8 or Wednesday November 9

 first reactions after the announcement, as well as their explaining of the weather situation:

 Kuehne+Nagel, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Hapag-Lloyd, Schütz, the Yacht Club de Monaco, EFG International and Zurich Group Germany who all support the team’s “A Race We Must Win – Climate Action Now mission!”.

The start of the 3542 miles Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe, which [&hellip;]