This Saturday, November 7th, six days after the start of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2026, Tom Laperche is tackling the final few hundred miles towards Pointe-à-Pitre, in a light and gusty southerly wind, conducive to thunderstorms. Further east, the Class40s are facing highly contrasting conditions around the Azores Low, before the arrival of a new weather system at the beginning of the week.
How might unstable winds complicate the approach to and circumnavigation of Guadeloupe for the first Ultim trimarans? What choices do the Class40s have, between heavy weather, passing through a zone of light winds and further deterioration on the way, to make progress while preserving their boats?
Cyril Wuest, meteorologist at METEO CONSULT, official weather partner of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2026, deciphers the sailing conditions and strategic challenges that await the skippers this weekend and until Monday.
