Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, who respectively skippered yachts to victory in the 2011-12 and 2017-18 editions of Volvo Ocean Race, return once again as co-skippers of Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to defend their title. Their strength is a highly experienced team and the amount of time they have spent developing and learning the intricacies of their Ultime. “The focus is on the foils and the rudders, but also on the windage,” says Caudrelier. “The improvements we have made in the last two years have been huge. We need big appendages in order to fly early [typically in 14 knots of wind/28 knots boat speed], but then when you fly fast at 40-45 you have problems with cavitation – it’s complicated but we have spent hours and hours working on that and I think the result will be quite good.” In only a little more wind and Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is capable of cranking out 30-40 knot average speeds, the slower end of which would allow her to be comfortably berthed in Cherbourg within 24 hours of starting the Rolex Fastnet Race. The biggest threat aside from Le Blevec’s Actual Leader, are the two new Ultimes launching this year. Freshly out of the shed, Armel le Cleac’h’s brand new Banque Populaire XI Ultime is currently entered in the Rolex Fastnet Race, but will only participate if it fits in their work-up schedule. Meanwhile, incredibly, considering these craft can cost upward of 10 million Euros, a second Ultime is due for launch in the next weeks for Francois Gabart. Gabart is currently looking to secure a sponsor for his new campaign but he is one of the most gifted of French sailors, already with a formidable CV for his 38 years. #RolexFastnetRace © Yann Riou / polaRYSE / Gitana SA / Isegoria

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This is an Explorer Yacht build by Nomad Yachts. She sleeps 10 guests in 5 cabins with the Master Cabin up on the main deck! Amazing crew quarters and a super cool balcony forward of the helm.

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Gopro freedive through the Grotto tunnel in Tobermory, Ontario 2019.

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We learned from the George Town Facebook group that fishermen were going to be at the government dock. I showed up a little late and so I think all that was left was fresh fish. No lobster and no conch. The fisherman had several very large Mutton Snapper. I had never heard of Mutton before and so I was a bit apprehensive about buying. But, I took a chance. A smaller, one-meal fish, was $20. This larger fish was $75. I suspect I could have negotiated but I never really feel good about doing so given the fact that he's hardly making a killing. I think we got about 8 lbs of fillets off of this fish and so $75 it's really pretty cheap, compared to what we purchase fresh (not really fresh) fish back in the States. We had fresh dill from the Salt Pond farmers market. So, I decided to use dill, lime, olive oil, salt, pepper and a shallot to season. Dropped it in the air fryer and it was awesome! #sailingcatamaran #boatlife #catamaran #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailboats #sailing #cruising #offgrid #nomad #sail #boat #multihull #whileone #sailingwhileone #bigseas #lifeafter50 #sailinglife

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