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 (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).
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.
1st multihull: Paul Vatine on Région Haute-Normandie.
1st monohull: Yves Parlier on Cacolac d'Aquitaine.
ORMA 60 Multihulls
IMOCA 60
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.
Classements Skippers Bateaux Temps de course
ORMA
IMOCA 60
1997
Again a two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.
1st multihull: Laurent and Yvan Bourgnon on Primagaz.
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:
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
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
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External links
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