{"id":23952,"date":"2026-10-27T09:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/uncategorized\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:42:46","slug":"route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/","title":{"rendered":"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 1 November, Pierre Leboucher will set off from Saint-Malo on his first Route du Rhum, at the helm of the Class40 <em>Institut Imagine<\/em>. His boat sails in the colours of this research institute dedicated to genetic diseases, based at Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris, helping to raise awareness of its work. Marfret is supporting the skipper by shipping his boat back from Guadeloupe on board the <em>Marfret Niolon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This partnership builds on a relationship that began in 2023, when Pierre Leboucher raced the Transat Jacques Vabre double-handed with Xavier Macaire, then sponsored by the company, which shipped their boat back from Martinique. A former Olympian and stage winner in the Solitaire du Figaro, he won the Jules Verne Trophy earlier this year as part of the Sodebo Ultim 3 crew. He now takes on the legendary solo transatlantic race, in its most competitive class, with 49 Class40s entered.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once he crosses the finish line in Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre, Marfret will take care of bringing the Class40 back to mainland France. It is an operation the company knows well: the <em>Marfret Niolon<\/em>, the ro-ro vessel serving the MPP line, has already shipped several racing yachts home after major ocean races. Equipped with purpose-built cradles, it carries them in optimal conditions, and our teams take particular care with loading and lashing these boats, as valuable as they are fragile.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To follow his race, visit the official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routedurhum.com\">www.routedurhum.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fair winds, Pierre!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 November, Pierre Leboucher will set off from Saint-Malo on his first Route du Rhum, at the helm of the Class40 Institut Imagine. His boat sails in the colours of this research institute dedicated to genetic diseases, based at Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris, helping to raise awareness of its work. Marfret is supporting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":23935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlighted","category-news-nl-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News Highlighted, Newsletter, Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News Highlighted, Newsletter, Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marfret\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-27T08:42:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pierre-leboucher.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Audrey Guedj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Audrey Guedj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Audrey Guedj\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/170122bf05b9fe94a3f093b926d162b5\"},\"headline\":\"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-27T08:42:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pierre-leboucher.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Highlighted\",\"Newsletter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/\",\"name\":\"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pierre-leboucher.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-27T08:42:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/170122bf05b9fe94a3f093b926d162b5\"},\"description\":\"News Highlighted, Newsletter, Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pierre-leboucher.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/pierre-leboucher.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":447},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/news-nl-en\\\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Non classifi\u00e9(e)\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/non-classifiee\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Marfret\",\"description\":\"Compagnie maritime\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/170122bf05b9fe94a3f093b926d162b5\",\"name\":\"Audrey Guedj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7e5cf2142da1d3085417c72c7ce13b784dd58d2767f084a5a9b5204ce37065b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7e5cf2142da1d3085417c72c7ce13b784dd58d2767f084a5a9b5204ce37065b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7e5cf2142da1d3085417c72c7ce13b784dd58d2767f084a5a9b5204ce37065b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Audrey Guedj\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marfret.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/audrey-guedj\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret","description":"News Highlighted, Newsletter, Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret","og_description":"News Highlighted, Newsletter, Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/","og_site_name":"Marfret","article_published_time":"2026-10-27T08:42:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":660,"height":447,"url":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pierre-leboucher.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Audrey Guedj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Audrey Guedj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/"},"author":{"name":"Audrey Guedj","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/#\/schema\/person\/170122bf05b9fe94a3f093b926d162b5"},"headline":"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher","datePublished":"2026-10-27T08:42:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/"},"wordCount":245,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pierre-leboucher.jpg","articleSection":["Highlighted","Newsletter"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/","name":"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pierre-leboucher.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-27T08:42:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/#\/schema\/person\/170122bf05b9fe94a3f093b926d162b5"},"description":"News Highlighted, Newsletter, Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher | Marfret","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pierre-leboucher.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pierre-leboucher.jpg","width":660,"height":447},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/news-nl-en\/route-du-rhum-marfret-backs-pierre-leboucher\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Non classifi\u00e9(e)","item":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/non-classifiee\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Route du Rhum: Marfret backs Pierre Leboucher"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/","name":"Marfret","description":"Compagnie maritime","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/#\/schema\/person\/170122bf05b9fe94a3f093b926d162b5","name":"Audrey Guedj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e5cf2142da1d3085417c72c7ce13b784dd58d2767f084a5a9b5204ce37065b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e5cf2142da1d3085417c72c7ce13b784dd58d2767f084a5a9b5204ce37065b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e5cf2142da1d3085417c72c7ce13b784dd58d2767f084a5a9b5204ce37065b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Audrey Guedj"},"url":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/author\/audrey-guedj\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23953,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23952\/revisions\/23953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfret.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}