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Transat Québec–Saint-Malo

Transat Québec–Saint-Malo

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The Transat Québec–Saint-Malo is a sailing transoceanic race taking place every four years, from Quebec City, Canada, to Saint-Malo, France. The first edition, in 1984, was organized to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's voyage from Saint-Malo to Quebec. The race is opened to crewed monohulls and multihulls of 40, 50 and 60 feet.

Quick Facts First held, Organizer ...
Middle estuary of St. Lawrence River, passage of couriers from Transat[1] at Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 2000
Start of the 2004 transat.

It has two particularities: It is the only west-to-east transatlantic race at this level, and it starts by going down the Saint Lawrence River for roughly 12% of its length.

In 2016 a new course record of 6 days, 1 hour and 17 minutes was set by Spindrift 2 skippered by fr:Yann Guichard and Donna Bertarelli. This new time beats by almost 2 days the previous course record held by Loïck Peyron for 20 years.

Winners

Ships moored in the Port of Quebec, in July 2008.

1984

  1. Loïc Caradec on Royale in 8 d 19 h 57 min
  2. Pierre Follenfant on Charente-Maritime in 8 d 20 h 13 min
  3. Philippe Poupon on Fleury Michon in 9 d 15 h 59 min

1988

  1. Serge Madec on Jet Services in 7 d 21 h 35 min
  2. Loïck Peyron on Lada Poch in 10 d 23 h 40 min
  3. Bruno Peyron on VSD Paca in 10 d 23 h 58 min

1992

  1. Laurent Bourgnon on Primagaz in 8 d 5 h 49 min.
  2. Florence Arthaud on Groupe Pierre 1er in 8 d 7 h 17 min
  3. Paul Vatine on Haute-Normandie in 9 d 14 h 18 min

1996

  1. Loïck Peyron on Fujicolor II in 7 d 20 h 24 min
  2. Francis Joyon on Banque Populaire in 7 d 23 h 28 min
  3. Paul Vatine on Région Haute-Normandie in 8 d 0 h 31 min

2000

  1. Franck Cammas on Groupama in 9 d 23 h 16 min
  2. Marc Guillemot on Biscuits La Trinitaine in 9 d 23 h 26 min
  3. Yvan Bourgnon on Bayer en France in 9 d 23 h 43 min

2004

  1. Karine Fauconnier on Sergio Tacchini in 7 d 21 h 00 min
  2. Franck Cammas on Groupama in 7 d 21 h 59 min
  3. Michel Desjoyeaux on Géant in 7 d 22 h 01 min

2008

  • Classe 50 feet Open (Multi50) :
    1. Franck-Yves Escoffier on Crêpes Whaou! in 11 d 3 h 19 min
    2. Pierre Antoine on Imagine
    3. Hervé Cléris on Prince de Bretagne
  • Class40 :
    1. Halvard Mabire on Pogo Structures
    2. Oliver Krauss on Mistral Loisirs - Pôle santé Elior
    3. Tanguy de Lamotte on NOVEDIA Group - S.E.T. environnement
  • FICO :
    1. Christophe Bullens on An Ocean of Smiles
    2. Yannick Bestaven on Cervin ENR
    3. Denis Douillez on Saint Malo Team

2012

Mono Class 40:[2]

  • 1

Campagne de France Halvard Mabire & Miranda Merron France 03/08/2012 10:50 11j 17h 30m 3028,2 10,18

  • 2

Mare Jörg Riechers Allemagne 03/08/2012 12:21 11j 19h 1m 3094,5 10,13

  • 3

Eole Generation - GDF-SUEZ Sébastien Rogues France 03/08/2012 16:04 12j 0h 44m 43s 3098,9 9,93

  • 4

Geodis Fabrice Amedeo & Armel Tripon France 03/08/2012 17:52 12j 2h 32m 50s 3036,2 9,87

  • 5

Roaring forty 2 Michel Kleinjans Belgique 03/08/2012 22:13 12j 4h 53m 8s 3043,8 9,79

  • 6

Comiris-Elior Thierry Bouchard France 03/08/2012 23:04 12j 5h 44m 5s 3063,7 9,76

  • 7

IXBlue Stéphane Le Diraison France 03/08/2012 23:07 12j 5h 47m 50s 3036,8 9,76

  • 8

Jack in the box Aloys Le Claquin France 04/08/2012 05:08 12j 11h 48m 58s 3102,1 9,56

  • 9

Groupe Picoty Jacques Fournier France 04/08/2012 07:04 12j 13h 44m 27s 3071,1 9,50

  • 10

Red Mathias Blumencron Allemagne 04/08/2012 07:56 12j 14h 36m 2s 3033,6 9,47

  • 11

Partouche Christophe Coatnoan France 04/08/2012 08:25 12j 15h 5m 33s 3087,9 9,46

  • 12

Bodacious Dream David Rearick Etats-Unis 04/08/2012 11:11 12j 17h 51m 45s 3074,8 9,37

  • 13

Sevenstar Yachttransport Jean-Édouard Criquioche / Anna-Maria Renken France 04/08/2012 14:59 12j 21h 39m 06s 3046 9,26

  • 14

Latitude Neige / Longitude Mer Aurélien Ducroz France 04/08/2012 15:32 12j 22h 12m 13s 3054 9,24

  • 15

EDF Energies Nouvelles David Augeix France 05/08/2012 03:44 13j 10h 24m 25s 3047 9,45

  • 16

Bleu Éric Tabardel Canada 05/08/2012 07:20 13j 14h 00m 08s 3111 8,79

  • 17

Transport COHERENCE Benoit Parnaudeau France 05/08/2012 10:44 13j 17h 24m 02s 3037 8,70

  • 18

Avis immobilier Louis Duc France 05/08/2012 12:17 13j 18h 57m 11s 3060 8,66

  • 19

Proximedia Denis Van Weynbergh Belgique 05/08/2012 22:57 14j 05h 37m 09s 3047 8,39

  • 20

Persévérance Robert Patenaude Canada 06/08/2012 16:45 14j 23h 25m 37s 3031 7,97

Open:[2]

  • 1

Multi50 FenêtréA Cardinal 3 Erwan Leroux France 01/08/2012 01:56 9j 14h 21m 5s 3287,6 12,59

  • 2

Multi60 Défi Saint-Malo Agglo Gilles Lamiré France 02/08/2012 14:09 11j 2h 34m 4s 3224,3 10,88

  • 3

Multi50 Vers un Monde sans SIDA Erik Nigon France 02/08/2012 14:30 11j 2h 55m 23s 3159,6 10,86

  • 4

Mono50 Vento di Sardegna* Andrea Mura Italie 03/08/2012 02:35 11j 15h 0m 59s 3086,9 10,39

  • 5

Mono65 Océan Phénix Georges Leblanc Canada 05/08/2012 14:36 14j 03h 1m 16s 3124 8,55

References

  1. [1]
    Kate Jennings (19 July 2008). "A four part course between Quebec and Saint Malo". Sail-World. Retrieved 22 April 2024. The immense Saint Lawrence estuary emerges on the second part of the course, a veritable anti-chamber prior to the open ocean and the Atlantic.
  2. [2]
    Quebec-St Malo 2012 Official results Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
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