--- title: "Ask the race with Claude or ChatGPT" description: "Connect Claude or ChatGPT to the Offshore Races memory: standings at every position report, retirements, official finishes, maps and images of the Route…" url: "https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/mcp" lang: "en" --- Connector for Claude and ChatGPT # Ask the Route du Rhum. Connect your assistant to the Offshore Races memory: every position report since Saint-Malo, lead changes, retirements, official finishes. It answers with dated facts and links you to the page that shows them. Add to Claude Add to ChatGPT Or paste this address into any MCP client Free, no account. Statuses come from the official standings. *Claude · Real example, 11 Nov, 3 pm* How is the Class40 battle going? Offshore Races · get\_standings At the 3 pm report, **Achille Nebout** (Amarris) leads the Class40, 827 miles from Pointe-à-Pitre. **Guillaume Pirouelle** (Sogestran - Seafrigo) is 8 miles behind, **Pierre Leboucher** (Institut Imagine) 26 miles behind. 1. **1**Amarris · 827 nm 2. **2**Sogestran - Seafrigo+8 nm 3. **3**Institut Imagine+26 nm [offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/class40](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/class40) Next · Since when has Amarris led?Compare the top two over 48 h · When will the first Class40 finish? ## What your assistant gives back. Not only text: the race map, an image ready to share, the dated timeline. Examples from the live race on Wednesday 11 November. Show me the Class40 on the map. Offshore Races · render\_map ![Class40 map: fleet tracks and top three](https://www.offshoreraces.app/mcp/carte-en.webp) · Interactive inside Claude and ChatGPT: coming soon The Class40 at the 3 pm report: Amarris leads, the fleet stretched over 300 miles behind. Next · Zoom on Amarris · Replay the last 24 h · Show the whole fleet Make me an image of the Class40 for a post. Offshore Races · render\_map ![Offshore Races image of the Class40: track map and top five standings](https://www.offshoreraces.app/mcp/image-en.webp) JPEG 1200 × 630, at any moment of the race Next · The same at the start · One image per class · The same in French What happened since this morning? Offshore Races · get\_timeline Four finishes since this morning, including two winners two minutes apart: 1. 06:12**Basile Bourgnon wins Ocean Fifty**Edenred 5, first into Pointe-à-Pitre 2. 06:14**Corentin Horeau wins Imoca**MACSF, two minutes after Edenred 5 3. 13:44**Thibaut Vauchel-Camus, 2nd Ocean Fifty**Solidaires En Peloton by Delanchy 4. 14:26**Pierre Quiroga, 3rd Ocean Fifty**Wewise completes the podium Next · Did Horeau beat the record?Who finishes next?Retirements so far Give me an update on the Route du Rhum. Offshore Races · race\_briefing Three classes have their winner: SVR-Lazartigue in Ultim, Edenred 5 in Ocean Fifty, MACSF in Imoca. Here is who still leads at sea: - Imoca**Boris Herrmann**Malizia 4, 2nd, 172 miles from the finish - Class40**Achille Nebout**Amarris, 8 miles ahead of Sogestran - Seafrigo - Rhum Multi**Damien Seguin**Arkea - Handicap International, 358 miles out - Rhum Mono**Kieran Le Borgne**Armor-Lux - Le Finistère Assurance 18 retirements confirmed by the official standings since the start. Next · Compare with 2022 · Focus on Rhum Multi · Estimated arrivals ## One question, one click. Each card opens Claude or ChatGPT with the question already typed. Once the connector is added, the answer comes from our data. - Briefing Give me the briefing of the last 24 hours of the Route du Rhum. [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Give%20me%20the%20briefing%20of%20the%20last%2024%20hours%20of%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum.) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Give%20me%20the%20briefing%20of%20the%20last%2024%20hours%20of%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum.) - Finishes Who has already won their class in the Route du Rhum, and in what time? [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Who%20has%20already%20won%20their%20class%20in%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%2C%20and%20in%20what%20time%3F) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Who%20has%20already%20won%20their%20class%20in%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%2C%20and%20in%20what%20time%3F) - Skippers Tell me Boris Herrmann’s Route du Rhum since Saint-Malo. [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Tell%20me%20Boris%20Herrmann%E2%80%99s%20Route%20du%20Rhum%20since%20Saint-Malo.) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Tell%20me%20Boris%20Herrmann%E2%80%99s%20Route%20du%20Rhum%20since%20Saint-Malo.) - Skippers Compare Amarris and Sogestran - Seafrigo over the last 48 hours. [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Compare%20Amarris%20and%20Sogestran%20-%20Seafrigo%20over%20the%20last%2048%20hours.) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Compare%20Amarris%20and%20Sogestran%20-%20Seafrigo%20over%20the%20last%2048%20hours.) - Finishes Did Corentin Horeau beat the Imoca record in the Route du Rhum? [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Did%20Corentin%20Horeau%20beat%20the%20Imoca%20record%20in%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%3F) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Did%20Corentin%20Horeau%20beat%20the%20Imoca%20record%20in%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%3F) - Heavy weather Which gusts above 40 knots has the Route du Rhum fleet faced? [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Which%20gusts%20above%2040%20knots%20has%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%20fleet%20faced%3F) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Which%20gusts%20above%2040%20knots%20has%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%20fleet%20faced%3F) - Briefing When will the first Class40 of the Route du Rhum reach Guadeloupe? [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=When%20will%20the%20first%20Class40%20of%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%20reach%20Guadeloupe%3F) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=When%20will%20the%20first%20Class40%20of%20the%20Route%20du%20Rhum%20reach%20Guadeloupe%3F) - Skippers Who is Kieran Le Borgne? [Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Who%20is%20Kieran%20Le%20Borgne%3F) · [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Who%20is%20Kieran%20Le%20Borgne%3F) ## Set up in 30 seconds. No key to create, no Offshore Races account. Your assistant stays in charge: it calls our tools only when the question is about the race. ### Claude 1. **Open Settings, then Connectors** On claude.ai or in the Claude app, choose “Add custom connector”. 2. **Paste the address** Name: Offshore Races. Address: `https://www.offshoreraces.app/api/mcp` 3. **Turn it on in the conversation** In the conversation’s tools menu, tick Offshore Races. To check, ask “Who won the Ultim class of the Route du Rhum?”: the answer cites offshoreraces.app. ### ChatGPT 1. **Turn on developer mode** Settings, Apps & Connectors, Advanced settings. 2. **Create the connector** Name: Offshore Races. Authentication: none. Address: `https://www.offshoreraces.app/api/mcp` 3. **Pick it in the conversation** The conversation’s “+” button, then Offshore Races. To check, ask “Who won the Ultim class of the Route du Rhum?”: the answer cites offshoreraces.app. ### Claude Code, Cursor… 1. **Claude Code** In a terminal: `claude mcp add --transport http offshore-races https://www.offshoreraces.app/api/mcp` 2. **Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf** Add a “streamable HTTP” MCP server with the address: `https://www.offshoreraces.app/api/mcp` 3. **Your agent** Standard MCP protocol, stateless, JSON responses. The tool list comes with tools/list. To check, ask “Who won the Ultim class of the Route du Rhum?”: the answer cites offshoreraces.app. ## What it knows. And where from. A timeline rebuilt at every position report, from the race tracker and the official standings. Dated facts, never an interpretation. - **Start and finishes**Official time and race time, rank in class. - **Lead change**The class leader changes from one report to the next. - **Retirement**Confirmed only when the official standings say so. - **Record beaten**Race time compared with the class record. - **Rank jump**3 places gained or lost in the top 10. - **Speed peak**Best 4-hour speed of the class, beaten. - **Gusts and milestones**Gusts of 40 knots and more; first at 25, 50 and 75 % of the course. - **Official standings rule**A boat has finished or retired because the official standings say so. The assistant does not guess. - **Every answer cites its page**Standings, boat page, story: a link to the site page comes with every fact. - **Our stories too**Race guides, blog articles, legendary voyages: all the site’s text, in six languages. ## Frequently asked questions Is it free? Yes, no account or key. The number of questions per minute is limited so the service stays fast for everyone. What is an MCP connector? The Model Context Protocol lets an assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT query a service during the conversation. Here, the Offshore Races memory. Where does the data come from? From the race’s official tracker and official standings, read at every position report and archived by Offshore Races. Are my conversations sent to you? No. Only the tool request reaches us (for instance “Class40 standings”), without your conversation text or your identity. The fleet is still at sea. Follow it on the map. [Open the live map](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live)