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Vraiment Incroyable!

Source: A rendering of Edmond de Rothschild in full-foiling mode

It’s official, we have now truly entered a “Brave New World” of sailing; either that or the world has truly lost its mind.

This past fall, magazine first covered the Brest Ultime Challenge, a singlehanded nonstop round-the-world event set to take place in 2019 between a fleet of “ultimes”—mega-tris). Now, as the boats destined to take part in that race start sliding down the ways they are proving to be as ultime as expected.

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