A broad depression named Boelo settled over Northern Europe on Sunday 25 October, dragging a fairly strong westerly flow across the English Channel as preparations continue for the Route du Rhum, Destination Guadeloupe 2026.
Cyrille Duchesne, meteorologist at METEO CONSULT, the official weather partner for the Route du Rhum, Destination Guadeloupe 2026, is tracking how the pattern will evolve over the coming days. It follows a run of shifting systems he has been charting through the lead-up, having broken down a south-westerly warm front moving through the region just a day earlier.
Boelo sits on the fringe of the race's traditional starting waters, but it is close enough to shape conditions at Saint-Malo well ahead of the start. Depressions tracking across Northern Europe often dictate the wind strength and direction sailors see in Brittany weeks out from the gun, and this one follows that pattern.
As official weather partner, METEO CONSULT provides the routing and forecasting information skippers rely on heading into the solo transatlantic classic, with Duchesne and his colleagues at the centre of that work.
For now, no further detail on wind strength, timing, or direct impact on the fleet's build-up has been released beyond the current outlook, leaving competitors to watch Boelo's progress as closely as the forecasters themselves.
