17 July 2026

THREE BOATS STILL RACING

Arrivals continued throughout the day in Lorient, for competitors in the DRHEAM-CUP / GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE DE COURSE AU LARGE. Eight boats crossed the finish line on Friday, thereby completing all the podiums in this 6th edition.

Arriving around 1:00 in the morning, Lorient local Christophe Bogrand (Sterec Ultime) stepped on the third step of the podium in the Vintage Multihull category.

The Spirit of Tradition Faiaoahe, skippered by Oscar Gérin, also crossed the line, finishing off the IRC Fleet arrivals.

In the Vintage Monohull category, Titouan Pillard (Use it Again For Youth), the youngest competitor in the race, held on to the second place after crossing the line this afternoon. “I am delighted with my first solo race! When I crossed the line, I thought to myself that I would like the same ranking in the Route du Rhum (laughs). This DRHEAM-CUP is a great learning experience for me, on a fantastic course and with rivals that I will see again in a few months at the start of the Route du Rhum. It was an intense challenge, in varied conditions, we were only missing an upwind leg in strong winds to tick all the boxes! I am also very pleased with my boat and learned a lot about myself, we went far physically and mentally. I will be back as I love the format! ” explains Titouan Pillard as he arrived. Gilles Colubi (SNSM Guilvinec) completed the podium and Christophe Brachmann (Grain de sable) took the fourth place. The last competitor still racing in this category is Frédéric Mailhos (FEVE – Votre épargne finance des fermes bio), expected overnight.

In Class40, Jean-Baptiste Ternon (Mic Odyssey), Olivier Gomot (Yala) and Christophe Rateau (Gustave Roussy) took the 28th, 29th and 30th places. A relief for the skipper of the Class40 Mic Odyssey: “I am pleased to arrive before being overtime, to qualify for the Route du Rhum. It was long at the end, never-ending. When there are still boats ahead, you can be patient: we are all in it together. When you are alone on the water, and there is nothing left to gain, it is long.”