Transat_Jacques_Vabre

Transat Jacques Vabre

Transat Jacques Vabre

Transatlantic yacht race


The Transat Jacques Vabre is a yachting race that follows the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil. It is named after (and sponsored by) a French brand of coffee.

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View of multihulls during the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005, Le Havre

The course was drawn up back in 1993[1] to follow in the wake of the clippers transporting coffee from Brazil to France. The Transat Jacques Vabre is a major date on the calendar, taking place every other year in odd years. It is a two-person race and the pairs of sailors are formed according to their complementary skills, what they have in common and how they get on. Boats leave from Le Havre, France's leading coffee importing port, going to Salvador de Bahia, in Brazil, the world's leading coffee grower and exporter (4335 miles). The first edition in 1993 was a single handed race.

Banque populaire, the start day of the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005

The event is open to multihulls and monohulls from the following classes: Ultims (multihulls between 70 and 105 feet), IMOCA (60 feet monohulls), Multi 50 and Class40. All kinds of navigational aids are allowed in particular for routing, except for the Class40 boats (as this is forbidden in their own rules).

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1993 1st Edition

The first edition was a single handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena (Colombia). 13 boats started.

  • 1st multihull: Paul Vatine on Région Haute-Normandie.
  • 1st monohull: Yves Parlier on Cacolac d'Aquitaine.

ORMA 60 Multihulls

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1995

A two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.

  • 1st multihull: Paul Vatine and Roland Jourdain on Région Haute-Normandie.
  • 1st monohull: Jean Maurel and Fred Dahirel on Côte d'Or.

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ORMA

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1997

Again a two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.

60ft Multihulls

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50ft Multi

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50ft Monohull

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1999

This year was marked by the disappearance of Paul Vatine, on board the Groupe André.[8]

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2001

A two-handed race between Le Havre and Salvador de Bahia (Brazil). There was a total of 22 boats in 3 classes of boats.

  • 1 out of 14 multihull 60: Franck Cammas and Steve Ravussin on Groupama.
  • 1 out of 12 monohull 60: Roland Jourdain and Gaël Le Cléac'h on Sill Pleint Fruit.
  • 1 out of 17 monohull 50: Alex Bennett and Paul Larsen on One Dream.

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2003

From this year there have been 4 categories of boats and 38 competitors.

  • 1st multihull 60 :  Franck Cammas (FRA) and  Franck Proffit (FRA) on Groupama.
  • 1st monohull 60 :  Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) and  Nicolas Abiven (FRA) on Virbac. Ross.
  • 1st multihull 50 :  Ross Hobson (GBR) and  Andy Newman]] (GBR) on Mollymawk.
  • 1st monohull 50 :  Conrad Humphreys (GBR) and  Paul Larsen (AUS) on Hellomoto.

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2005

The start was 5 November for the monohulls and 6 November for the multihulls. 4,340 miles (6,980 km) (monohulls 50 and 60 feet) or 5,190 miles (8,350 km) to do this year. 34 boats were registered:

Gitana XI, Start day of the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005

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2007

The start was 3 November for the monohulls and 4 November for the multihulls from Le Havre. This year, 60 boats were registered.

  • 1st multihull 60: Franck Cammas and Steve Ravussin on Groupama 2 in 10 days, 38 minutes and 43 seconds: Record of the Race
  • 1st monohull 60: Michel Desjoyeaux and Emmanuel Le Borgne on Foncia in 17 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds
  • 1st multihull 50: Franck-Yves Escoffier and Karine Fauconnier on Crêpes Whaou in 15 days, 22 hours, 27 minutes and 37 seconds
  • 1st monohull 40: Giovanni Soldini and Pietro d'Ali on Telecom Italia in 22 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes and 22 seconds

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2009

The start was 8 November and course was from Le Havre to Puerto Limon (Costa Rica). Winners Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier on Safran (IMOCA).

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2013

Storm Force 10 winds in the English Channel caused the postponement of the start to 7 November. The race was won by the MOD 70 Edmond de Rothschild skippered by Sebastien Josse and Charles Caudrelier. First monohull was PRB skippered by Vincent Riou and Jean Le Cam.

2015

The 2015 race departed on 25 October, with 42 registered boats.

  • 1st ULTIM:
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  • 1st IMOCA 60:  Vincent Riou (FRA) and  Sebastien Col (FRA) on PRB 4 in 17 days, 00 hours, 22 minutes and 24 seconds
  • 1st Class 40:


2017

  • 1st ULTIM: Thomas Coville and Jean-Luc Nelias on Sodebo Ultim in 7 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes and 27 seconds: Record of the Race
  • 1st IMOCA 60: Jean-Pierre Dick and Yann Elies on St Michel – Vibrac in 13 days, 7 hours, 36 minutes and 46 seconds
  • 1st Multi 50: Lalou Roucayrol and Alex Pella on Arkema in 10 days, 19 hours, 14 minutes and 19 seconds
  • 1st Class 40: Maxime Sorel and Antoine Carpentier on V and B in 17 days, 10 hours, 44 minutes and 15 seconds

2019

The 2019 of the Transat Jacques Vabre was the 14th edition edition and was raced from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.[22][23]

  • 1st IMOCA 60 :  Charlie Dalin (FRA) and  Yann Eliès (FRA) on Apivia in 13 days, 12 hrs 8 minutes;
  • 1st Multi50 :  Gilles Lamiré (FRA) and  Antoine Carpentier (FRA) on Groupe GCA – Mille et un sourires en 11 days, 16 hrs, 34 minutes et 41 secondes;
  • 1st Class40 :  Ian Lipinski (FRA) and  Adrien Hardy (FRA) on Crédit Mutuel in 17 days, 16 hrs, 21 minutes et 23 secondes

2021

2023


References

  1. "Transat Jacques Vabre". IMOCA. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. "Class 40 Webpage for Sail No". /www.class40.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  3. "Class 40 Webpage for Sail No". /www.class40.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  4. "Class 40 Webpage for Sail No". /www.class40.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  5. "Class 40 Webpage for Sail No". /www.class40.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  6. "Class 40 Webpage for Sail No". /www.class40.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  7. "Class 40 Webpage for Sail No". /www.class40.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  8. "Bienvenue sur le site officiel de la Transat Jacques Vabre 1999". October 15, 2000. Archived from the original on 15 October 2000.
  9. Rob Hodgetts (4 November 2019). "Alex Thomson's $7.7 million racing yacht damaged in collision". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  10. "Risk or reward in Transat Jacques Vabre >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-07.

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