World on Water Nov 07.25 (Part 3) ULTIMS Finish, Racing Nov 4-6 TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Le Havre Normandie

Please Subscribe if you like our Global Sailing content, Like and Share. It helps us show our content to more sailors. Thank you. This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlight show, The World on Water, November 07, 2025.This is Part three of our English reports on the Transat Cafe L'or. On November 5 at 22 h 13 min 58 sec local French time, Tom Laperche, and Franck Cammas, were the first to cross the ULTIM finish line in Fort-de-France Bay for the 17th edition of the TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Le Havre Normandie. Appearing out of a moody Caribbean night to break the Fort-de-France finish line first at 22 h 13 min 58 sec local time, 28-year-old Laperche, and 52-year-old co-skipper Cammas, win the ULTIM division of the famous biennial double handed race from Le Havre to Martinique. Their elapsed time for the 6670 nautical miles course from the French channel port to Martinique, via a turning mark at the Saint Peter and Sain Paul islets in the South Atlantic, is 10days, 13 hours, 3 minutes, and 58 seconds.