Transat Jacques Vabre
Transatlantic yacht race
View of multihulls during the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005, Le Havre
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.
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 (4,335 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).
Winners
IMOCA 60 – Winners
Class 40 - Winners
1993 1st Edition
The first edition was a single handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena (Colombia ). 13 boats started.
ORMA 60 Multihulls
IMOCA 60
1995
A two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.
Classements Skippers Bateaux Temps de course
ORMA
IMOCA 60
1997
Again a two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.
60ft Multihulls
IMOCA 60
50ft Multi
50ft Monohull
Pos.
Crew
Launch Date
Boat Name
Elapsed Time
Av Speed
1
Raphaël Dinelli (FRA ) Pete Goss (GBR )
1996
BMW Performances
24d 09h 41m
7.52
ABN
A. Taylor N. Vaughan
1986
Albright Star
1999
This year was marked by the disappearance of Paul Vatine , on board the Groupe André .[ 8]
[ 9]
Multihulls
IMOCA 60
IMOCA 50
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.
ORMA
IMOCA 60
2003
From this year there have been 4 categories of boats and 38 competitors.
60ft Multihulls
Pos.
Crew
Boat name
Elapsed Time
Av Speed
1
Franck Cammas (FRA ) Franck Proffit (FRA )
GROUPAMA
11d 23h 10m 41s
16,49
2
Jean-Luc Nélias (FRA ) Loïck Peyron (FRA )
BELGACOM
12d 00h 22m 42s
16,42
3
Karine Fauconnier (FRA ) Damian Foxall (IRL )
SERGIO TACCHINI
12d 03h 20m 28s
16,23
4
Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA ) Hervé Jan (FRA )
GEANT
12d 06h 27m 31s
16,05
5
Marc Guillemot (FRA ) Yann Guichard (FRA )
BISCUITS LA TRINITAINE
12d 08h 11m 55s
15,94
6
Lalou Roucayrol (FRA ) Pascal Bidégorry (FRA )
BANQUE POPULAIRE
12d 09h 27m 44s
15,87
7
Thomas Coville (FRA ) Jacques Vincent (FRA )
SODEBO
12d 11h 20m 15s
15,76
8
Lionel Lemonchois (FRA ) M. Guessard (FRA )
GITANA
12d 19h 50m 45s
15,29
9
Alain Gautier (FRA ) Ellen MacArthur (GBR )
FONCIA
12d 20h 38m 06s
15,25
10
P. Monnet (FRA ) Laurent Bourgnon (FRA )
SOPRA GROUP
12d 20h 55m 50s
15,23
11
Jean Le Cam (FRA ) Kito de Pavant (FRA )
BONDUELLE
13d 02h 00m 21s
14,97
12
Fred Le Peutrec (FRA ) J. Cressant (FRA )
BAYER CROPSCIENCE
13d 12h 31m 02s
14,44
13
Stève Ravussin (SUI ) Yvan Ravussin (SUI )
BANQUE COVEFI
13d 19h 04m 00s
14,13
ABD
Giovanni Soldini (ITA ) Vittorio Malingri (ITA )
TIM
IMOCA 60
Pos.
Crew
Year Launched
Boat name
Elapsed Time
Av Speed
1
Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA ) Nicolas Abiven (FRA )
2003
Virbac
17d 15h 18m 05s
10,87
2
Roland Jourdain (FRA ) Alex Thomson (GBR )
Sill
17d 22h 09m 11s
10,69
3
Mike Golding (GBR ) Brian Thompson (GBR )
2003
Ecover 2
17d 22h 28m 37s
10,68
4
Vincent Riou (FRA ) Jérémie Beyou (FRA )
1999
PRB
18d 08h 16m 44s
10,43
5
Sébastien Josse (FRA ) Isabelle Autissier (FRA )
1999
VMI
18d 17h 12m 42s
10,21
6
Nick Moloney (AUS ) Samantha Davies (GBR )
2000
Team Cowes
18d 19h 57m 35s
10,14
7
Dominique Wavre (SUI ) Michèle Paret (FRA )
Carrefour Prévention
19d 12h 54m 40s
9,75
8
Joé Seeten (FRA ) Éric Dumont (FRA )
1990
Arcelor
21d 04h 00m 14s
8,97
9
Antoine Koch (FRA ) François Robert (FRA )
Loire Atlantique
21d 20h 37m 21s
8,67
10
Patrick de Radiguès (BEL ) Hans Bouscholte (BEL )
Garnier Belgium
22d 01h 32m 55s
8,58
11
Didier Munduteguy (FRA ) Juan-Mari Odriozola (FRA )
60ème Sud
23d 22h 00m 12s
7,89
12
Bob Escoffier (FRA ) Servane Escoffier (FRA )
Adecco
24d 00h 34m 15s
7,85
H.T
Mike Birch (CAN ) Robert Birch (CAN )
TIR GROUPE
ABN
Christophe Lebas (FRA ) Bernard Stamm (SUI )
CHEMINEES POUJOULAT-ARMOR LUX
ABN
Emma Richards (GBR ) Mike Sanderson (AUS )
2001
PINDAR
ABN
Charles Heidrich (FRA ) Javier Sanso (ESP )
1998
OBJECTIF 3
ABN
G. Leblanc (FRA ) M. Nadeau (FRA )
1992
CIMENT ST-LAURENT OCEAN
50ft Multihulls
50ft Monohulls
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
Multi 60 Orma
Pos.
Crew
Boat Name
Elapsed Time
Av Speed
Notes
Ref.
1
Pascal Bidegoory & Lionel Lemonchois
Banque Populaire
14d 01h 46m 29s
15,37
2
Fréderic Le Peutrec & Yann Guichard
Gitana 11
14d 04h 50m 15s
15,23
3
Michel Desjoyeaux & Hugues Destremau
Géant
14d 05h 27m 44s
15,2
V
4
Thierry Duprey du Vorsent & Erwan Le Roux
Gitana X
17d 11h 06m 33s
12,38
ABD
Stève Ravussin & Yvan Ravussin
Orange Project
Capsized due to autopilot failure
[ 15]
ABD
Giovanni Soldini & Vittorio Malingri
TIM Progetto Italia
ABD
Yvan Bourgnon & Charles Caudrelier
Brossard
ABD
Thomas Coville & Jacques Vincent
Sodebo
Dismasted
[ 15]
ABD
Franck Cammas & Franck Proffit
Groupama 2
ABD
Armel Le Cléac'h & Damian Foxall
Foncia
Capsized
[ 15]
IMOCA 60
Pos.
Crew
Boat Name
Elapsed Time
Av Speed
0 1
Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA ) Loïck Peyron (FRA )
Virbac-Paprec (1)
13d 09h 19m 02s
13,51
0 2
Roland Jourdain (FRA ) Ellen MMacArthur (FRA )
Sill et Veolia
13d 09h 54m 03s
13,48
0 3
Jean Le Cam (FRA ) Kito de Pavant (FRA )
Bonduelle (2)
13d 19h 29m 52s
13,09
0 4
Mike Golding (GBR ) Dominique Wavre (SUI )
Ecover (2)
14d 00h 46m 25s
12,89
0 5
Brian Thompson (GBR ) Will Oxley (AUS )
Skandia
14d 01h 14m 11s
12,87
0 6
Marc Thiercelin (FRA ) Eric Drouglazet (FRA )
Pro-Form
14d 03h 54m 6s
12,77
0 7
Hervé Laurent (FRA ) Laurent Massot (FRA )
UUDS
15d 20h 14m 22s
11,41
0 8
Anne Liardet (FRA ) Miranda Merron (GBR )
Roxy
16d 07h 17m 42s
11,09
0 9
Joé Seeten (FRA ) Cecilia Carreri (FRA )
Mare Verticale
17d 16h 16m 08s
10,23
10
Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty (FRA ) Alexandre Toulorge (FRA )
Maisonneuve-Région Basse Normandie
19d 05h 20m 47s
9,41
11
Walter Antunes (FRA ) Raphaël Coldefy (FRA )
Galileo
20d 04h 17m 31s
8,96
ABD
Bernard Stamm (SUI ) Yann Eliès (FRA )
Cheminées Poujoulat (?)
Multi Classe 2
Mono Classe 2
2007
The start was 3 November for the monohulls and 4 November for the multihulls from Le Havre . This year, 60 boats were registered.
ORMA
IMOCA 60
Multi 50
Class 40
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).
Multi50
Pos.
Crew
Boat Name
Notes
Ref.
1
Crêpes Whaou!
Franck-Yves Escoffier Erwan Le Roux
2
Guyader pour Urgence Climatique
Loïc Féquet et Victorien Erussard
3
Région Aquitaine-Port Medoc
Lalou Roucayrol et Amaiur Alfaro
4
Prince de Bretagne
Hervé Cléris et Christophe Dietch
Abandon
Actual
Yves Le Blévec et Jean Le Cam
Capsized Yves evacated Le Cam arranged recovery of boat
[ 21]
Abandon
Fenetrea-Cardinal
Alain Maignan et Nicole Harel
2011
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:
1st Multi 50:
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
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]
2021
2023
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