Transat Jacques Vabre

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 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.

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).

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.

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

1997
Again a two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.
 * 1st multihull: Laurent and Yvan Bourgnon on Primagaz.
 * 1st monohull: Yves Parlier and Éric Tabarly on Aquitaine Innovations.

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 Hervé Jan on Sodebo.

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.

IMOCA 60
=== Classe 2 ===

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|undefined]] on Mollymawk.
 * 1st monohull 50 : 🇬🇧 Conrad Humphreys (GBR) and 🇦🇺 Paul Larsen (AUS) on Hellomoto.

2005
The start was 5 November for the monohulls and 6 November for the multihulls. 4340 mi (monohulls 50 and 60 feet) or 5190 mi 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): Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïck Peyron on Virbac Paprec
 * 1st monohull 50 feet (class 2): Joe Harris and Josh Hall on Gryphon Solo



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

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).

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

 * 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.


 * 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