Sasha Lanièce (Alderan / Class40) dismasted this Friday. He must now head for the Azores.
The deconstruction of the damaged areas of the hull bottom revealed that the planking — the hull wall, made of a composite sandwich with a honeycomb core — was waterlogged, Initiatives-Cœur specified.
Navigator Violette Dorange (Initiatives-Cœur) is abandoning the Route du Rhum. The condition of her boat, too heavily damaged, no longer allows her to remain in the race.
Violette Dorange had collided with Romain Pilliard after only a few hours of racing last Sunday.
These findings require bringing the boat under shelter, letting it dry, then rebuilding the damaged areas.
The race, already marked by numerous stoppages, continues without the skipper of Initiatives-Cœur.
This is the 14th retirement of this 2026 edition, out of the 115 sailors who set out from Saint-Malo. The dream of Guadeloupe ends there for her.