The Transat Jacques Vabre is a

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race that follows the historic coffee trading route between

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and

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. It is named after (and sponsored by) a French brand of coffee. The course was drawn up back in 1993 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

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, France's leading coffee importing port, going to

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, in Brazil, the world's leading coffee grower and exporter (4335 miles). The first edition in 1993 was a single handed race. 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

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. 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

1993 1st Edition

The first edition was a single handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena (

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). 13 boats started. * 1st multihull: Paul Vatine on ''Région Haute-Normandie''. * 1st monohull:

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on ''Cacolac d'Aquitaine''.

ORMA 60 Multihulls

IMOCA 60

1995

A two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena. * 1st multihull: Paul Vatine and

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on ''Région Haute-Normandie''. * 1st monohull:

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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:

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and Yvan Bourgnon on ''Primagaz''. * 1st monohull:

and

Éric Tabarly Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French Navy officer and yachtsman, born 24 July 1931 in Nantes and died 13 June 1998 of drowning in the Irish Sea. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Osta ...

on ''Aquitaine Innovations''.

60ft Multihulls

IMOCA 60

50ft Multi

50ft Monohull

1999

This year was marked by the disappearance of Paul Vatine, on board the ''Groupe André''. * 1st multihull : Loïck Peyron and Franck Proffit on ''Fujicolor''. * 1st monohull : Thomas Coville and

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on ''Sodebo''.

Multihulls

IMOCA 60

IMOCA 50

2001

A two-handed race between Le Havre and

(Brazil). There was a total of 22 boats in 3 classes of boats. *1 out of 14 multihull 60:

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and Steve Ravussin on ''Groupama''. *1 out of 12 monohull 60:

and Gaël Le Cléac'h on ''Sill Pleint Fruit''. *1 out of 17 monohull 50: Alex Bennett and

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on ''One Dream''.

ORMA

IMOCA 60

Classe 2

2003

From this year there have been 4 categories of boats and 38 competitors. *1st multihull 60 : and on ''Groupama''. *1st monohull 60 : and on ''Virbac. Ross''. *1st multihull 50 : and on ''Mollymawk''. *1st monohull 50 : and on ''Hellomoto''.

60ft Multihulls

IMOCA 60

50ft Multihulls

50ft Monohulls

2005

The start was 5 November for the

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s and 6 November for the

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s. (monohulls 50 and 60 feet) or to do this year. 34 boats were registered: *1st multihull 60 feet (class 1): Pascal Bidégorry and Lionel Lemonchois (France) *1st multihull 50 feet (class 2): Franck-Yves Escoffier and Kevin Escoffier on ''Crêpes Whaou'' *1st monohull 60 feet (class 1):

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and Loïck Peyron on ''Virbac Paprec'' *1st monohull 50 feet (class 2): Joe Harris and Josh Hall on ''Gryphon Solo''

Multi 60 Orma

IMOCA 60

Multi Classe 2

Mono Classe 2

2007

The start was 3 November for the

s and 4 November for the

s from

. This year, 60 boats were registered. *1st multihull 60:

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

ORMA

IMOCA 60

Multi 50

Class 40

2009

The start was 8 November and course was from

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(

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). Winners Marc Guillemot and

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on Safran (IMOCA).

Multi50

2011

The start was 2 November and course was from

(

). On a northerly route, Jean- Pierre Dick and Jérémie BEYOU won cleanly, setting a new IMOCA reference time of 15 days 18 hours 15 minutes and 54 seconds. Only 20 of the 35 starters finished the race.

IMOCA 60

Multi50

Class40

2013

to Itajaí.

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Force 10 winds in the

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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

. First monohull was PRB skippered by

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and Jean Le Cam.

MOD70

Multi 50

IMOCA

Class 40

2015

The 2015 race departed on 25 October, with 42 registered boats. *1st ULTIM: *1st Multi 50: *1st IMOCA 60: and on '' PRB 4'' in 17 days, 00 hours, 22 minutes and 24 seconds *1st Class 40:

Ultime

Multi 50

IMOCA 60

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:

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

Ultim

IMOCA 60

Multi 50

Class 40

2019

The 2019 edition raced from Le Havre, France, to

. * 1st IMOCA 60 : and on Apivia in 13 days, 12 hrs 8 minutes; * 1st Multi50 : and on Groupe GCA - Mille et un sourires en 11 days, 16 hrs, 34 minutes et 41 secondes; * 1st Class40 : and on Crédit Mutuel in 17 days, 16 hrs, 21 minutes et 23 secondes

IMOCA 60

Multi 50

Class 40

2021

The 2021 edition raced from Le Havre, France, to Fort de France, Martinique. *1st ULTIM: 5 Starters *1st IMOCA 60: 22 Starters *1st Multi 50: 7 Starters *1st Class 40: 45 Starters

Ultime Multihulls

IMOCA 60

Multi 50

Class 40

References

External links

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Pascal Bidégorry website, 2005 winnerFranck Cammas website, 2001, 2003 and 2007 winnerTransat 2009 website
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