Discovery

“I sailed aboard the Ultim Sodebo 3!”

After the Brest Atlantiques in 2019, a 17,000-mile race sailed double-handed + a mediaman, Ultim Sailing has proposed to the Ultim class a new crewed race (6 sailors per trimaran) over a distance of 3,500 miles to be raced on the North Atlantic, every 2 years, in even-numbered years.

Published 08/10/2024

By Maria Chanau

Issue: SP23

Published: dec. / jan. 2025

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For 2024, the course has been modified to allow the Ultims to sail the Mediterranean basin, and to offer residents of the southern regions of France the chance to discover these fantastic machines. That’s how our publicity manager Maria Chanau set off aboard Sodebo 3 for a few hours, accompanied by her skipper Thomas Coville and the guest star of the day, six-time Olympic swimming medalist Florent Manaudou.

There was little wind for this outing off Antibes, but Maria was still able to steer the mellowed-out rocketship: “This trimaran is really huge! It's amazing how easy the crew find it to maneuver: in 40 seconds, the mainsail is hoisted to the masthead! On the other hand, I don't know how 8 of them manage to live in there for 50 days. The living space is tiny, noise is omnipresent, and the galley is limited to a single gas burner...”

Full report coming soon in Multihulls World!

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