Figaro 3 - La Solitaire du Figaro - Rouen FRA - Leg 1 - Start today

The start of the 1st leg of the Solitaire du Figaro, the season highlight of the French Figaro 3 single-handed class, will take place this afternoon at 15h in Le Havre (we will be broadcasting live, see above). The 1st leg will cover 615 miles via Wolf Rock on the south coast of Ireland to Gijon in northern Spain. At the start are 37 solo skippers, including 9 women, including Olympic medalist Susann Beucke GER and Anaëlle Pattusch SUI. ----- The reports and the race tracker.