On 1 November Amaury leaves Saint-Malo for the 13th Route du Rhum, bound for Guadeloupe. This is preparation for his bigger ambition: in 2027, solo and non-stop around the world, by way of the three great capes.
1 November 2026, the Route du Rhum starts from Saint-Malo: 3,542 nautical miles, and no one to take the watch.
The Route du Rhum is a solo transatlantic race. Amaury sails it on a boat built in 1990. Less than a year later he sets off again, non-stop around the world.
He pays for the campaign himself. What it earns is attention, and he hands that to cancer research.
This campaign does not raise money itself.
Amaury sails for Up Against Cancer, the fundraising campaign of the Fournier-Majoie Foundation. They opened a page for this project. A hundred per cent of whatever is given there goes to the foundation, and none of it reaches the boat.
1 nautical mile = 1.85 km
1 nautical mile = 1.85 km
Belgian, 67, from Walloon Brabant, based in Le Havre. One of 118 registered skippers, and one of fourteen in the Vintage Mono class.
A former reserve officer with the para-commandos, Amaury has always loved speed and taking on the elements: on a sailing boat, on skis or on his motorbike. Now he wants to make an old dream real and take on the biggest personal challenge of his life.
Why? Because he believes you are never too old to make dreams real and push your limits.
Built for the 1990 Route du Rhum, Tagaroa is a veteran from an earlier time. She also took part in the 1992 OSTAR and the 2005 Transat Jacques Vabre. For the past ten years or so she lay abandoned in Le Havre.
After a thorough overhaul and upgrade she is given a new life and is ready for a new chapter. Not the fastest, but tough and reliable for the big challenge around the world.
More about Tagaroa| Type | Akela 50 |
| Builder | Alumarine, 1990 |
| Hull | Aluminium |
| Length | 15.24 m |
| Beam | 3.96 m |
| Mast height | 18.80 m |
| Draught | 2.50 m |
| Weight | 8,500 kg |
| Sail number | BEL 711 |
On board a YB3i tracker from YB Tracking reports his position by satellite. That map also works mid-ocean, where AIS no longer reaches.
The start was set for 6 September 2026. As soon as the tracker on board sends its first position, the map draws the track.
During the races themselves, the organiser’s official race tracker is the source.
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Read the logbookOutside these two voyages Amaury sails and surveys for others, under the name Offshore Adventure.
Two race villages, 118 skippers entered, and two races that Amaury films and photographs himself. A place on the hull also puts your name alongside Up Against Cancer. Sign first and you pick your place.
We work out the package together
Four levels, named after the space they occupy. Everything below is in the campaign’s own hands. What depends on the press is not on the list.
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LH Yacht Services
Maintenance and preparation, Le Havre
Sea-Safe
Liferafts and servicing, Harfleur
Kompleet
Website and online communication
Amaury de Jamblinne
Skipper
Claudia
Basile Géron
Arnaud Pain
Sofie Dedeurwaerdere
Zeno de Jamblinne
Thijs Morissens
Michaël Thonon