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Trimaran capsized hours after start of Transat Café L’Or
On the evening of Oct 25, 2025, the CROSS Jobourg received a distress call from the'Lazarte Solo Sailor', which was starting the "Café l'Or" transatlantic race. The crew informed the CROSS that the trimaran had capsized in the Alderney Race The two skippers took refuge in the central hull. THe CROSS immediately engaged the French Navy's H160 helicopter based in Maupertus along with the lifeboat "Mona Rigolet II," based at the SNSM station in Goury, to tow the trimaran, which was in danger of running aground on the coast. The two skippers were airlifted around 11:00 p.m. and taken directly to the CROSS, while two SNSM divers went to the capsized trimaran to establish a towing connection. Towing began on Oct 26 at around 1:00 a.m., after divers hadmanaged to rig a bridle on the connecting arms, allowing the towline to pass, dragging the broken mast and rigging. After a slow tow, ther SNSM waited for daybreak for a final maneuver in the Chantereyne harbour and moved the capsized vessel alongside a quay. A good part of the day was spent helping the 'Lazare' team tidy up and organize what could be salvaged. The SNSM boat returned to La Hague at around 5:00 p.m. after a 15-hour operation (including 3 hours in the water for the divers!). On the same evening, the "Transat Café l'OR" race management team notified the CROSS Jobourg of a second distress call from the Ocean Fifty sailboat "Koezio." The yacht had capsized off the coast of Guernsey in British territorial waters with two people on board and was drifting dangerously towards the coast. The CROSS coordinated with the British Coast Guard in Guernsey to deploy rescue resources and assist the two skippers. The CROSS once again engaged the H160 helicopter to hoist the two skippers from the drifting boat. At the same time, the British Coast Guard engaged the lifeboat 'RNLI 1704-Spirit of Guernsey'. The two skippers were safely hoisted aboard the H160 on Oct 26 at 2:40 a.m., but the Guernsey Coast Guard informed the CROSS that the boat was not towable in its current state. The trimaran's hull was flagged to vessels navigating in the area as a drifting hazard. On the morning of Oct 26, the wreck of the trimaran washed up on a shingle beach at Perelle on Guernsey. The JESCC and States Works were aware, but the pollution risk was assessed as minimal. The Race Director, acting on behalf of the vessel owner, proceeded to the island and was liaising with the Guernsey Coastguard officers whilst plans for the vessel's recovery were looked at. As the wreck was now more accessible, members of the public were reminded to keep clear of the wreck and not to remove anything from it. The 'Inter Invest Solo 2' (MMSI: 228193580), skippered by Matthieu Perraut and Jean-Baptiste Gellée, capsized off the coast of the Abers, the northwest the tip of Brittany at 04.05 a.m. UTC. The co-skippers Perraut and Gellée were also both safe and in good health, and airlifted from the trimaran around 06:00 a,m,. The boat was later salvaged by the trimaran 'Merida'. Report with photos: https://www.yachtingworld.com/all-latest-posts/three-50ft-trimarans-capsize-in-first-night-of-transat-race-all-skippers-rescued-160516 Reports with photos: https://www.premar-manche.gouv.fr/communiques-presse/operation-de-sauvetage-et-d-assistance-de-4-skippers-au-large-de-jobourg-50 https://www.yachtingworld.com/all-latest-posts/three-50ft-trimarans-capsize-in-first-night-of-transat-race-all-skippers-rescued-160516
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