The Transat
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| Formerly | Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race |
|---|---|
| First held | 1960 / 2004 |
| Type | Single-handed sailing Yacht racing |
| Classes | Ultim, IMOCA, Multi 50, Class40 |
| Start | Lorient, France (in 2024) |
| Finish | New York City, United States (in 2024) |
| Length | 3 500 nautical miles |
| Website | www |
The Transat (also known as The Transat CIC or The English Transat)is a transatlantic yacht race first held in 2004 as a spin-off for professional sailors from the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race which is limited to amateurs since.
History[edit]
After the 2000 event, The Royal Western Yacht Club, organizer of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, decided to split the race into two separate events. As a result, in 2004 professional edition of the race featured a new title The Transat.
The professional event has been run as The Transat from 2004, while the race smaller boats is run as the OSTAR. Throughout its history, however, the essentials of the race have remained the same. It has also become known as a testbed for new innovations in yacht racing; many new ideas started out in "the STAR".
Yacht classes[edit]
| Class | 2004 | 2008 | 2016 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multihull – Ultim 32/23 | • | |||
| Multihull – ORMA 60 | • | |||
| Multihull – Multi 50 / Open Fifty | • | • | ||
| Monohull – IMOCA 60 | • | • | • | • |
| Monohull – Class 40 | • | • | ||
| Monohull – Open 50 | • | |||
| Vintage | • |
The Transat, 2004[edit]
The 2004 professional edition of the race featured a new title — The Transat — and a new finish, at Boston, Massachusetts. 37 boats entered, in four classes: ORMA 50 and 60-foot (18 m) multihulls; and IMOCA 50 and 60-foot (18 m) monohulls. Despite stormy conditions, all four classes of boats broke records; seven of the Open 60 monohulls broke the previous monohull record. Of the first four IMOCA Open 60's, Ecover, Pindar AlphaGraphics and Skandia (ex Kingfisher) were all designed by the British designers, Owen Clarke Design. This office also designed the first IMOCA 50, Artforms, which broke the 'Class 2' record. Several boats suffered damage, however.[1]
| Pos. | Skipper | Boat | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORMA 60 Multihulls | |||
| 1 |  Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
|
Geant | 8 days 08 hours 29 min |
| 2 | Thomas Coville (FRA)
|
Sodebo | 8 days 10 hours 38 min |
| 3 | Franck Cammas (FRA)
|
Groupama | 8 days 14 hours 16 min |
| 4 | Alain Gautier (FRA)
|
Foncia | 9 days 07 hours 05 min |
| 5 | Karine Fauconnier (FRA)
|
Sergio Tacchini | 9 days 12 hours 36 min |
| 6 | Lalou Roucayrol (FRA)
|
Banque Populaire | 9 days 14 hours 05 min |
| 7 |  Giovanni Soldini (ITA)
|
TIM Progetto Italia | 10 days 06 hours 26 min |
| 8 | Philippe Monnet (FRA)
|
Sopra | 10 days 09 hours 28 min |
| 9 | Fred Le Peutrec (FRA)
|
Gitana XI | 11 days 09 hours 20 min |
| 10 |  Steve Ravussin (SUI)
|
Banque Covefi | 12 days 04 hours 27 min |
| 11 | Yves Parlier (FRA)
|
Mediatis Region Aquitaine | 13 days 07 hours 11 min |
| RET | Marc Guillemot (FRA)
|
Gitana X | retired – broken centerboard |
| IMOCA 60 Monohulls | |||
| 1 |  Mike Golding (GBR)
|
Ecover 2 | 12 days 15 hours 18 min |
| 2 | Dominique Wavre (SUI)
|
Temenos (1) | 12 days 18 hours 22 min |
| 3 |  Mike Sanderson (NZL)
|
Pindar Alphagraphics | 12 days 20 hours 54 min |
| 4 |  Nick Moloney (AUS)
|
Skandia | 13 days 09 hours 13 min |
| 5 | Conrad Humphreys (GBR)
|
Hellomoto | 13 days 20 hours 24 min |
| 6 | Marc Thiercelin (FRA)
|
Pro-Form | 14 days 01 hours 41 min |
| 7 | Hervé Laurent (FRA)
|
UUDS | 14 days 03 hours 58 min |
| 8 | Sebastien Josse (FRA)
|
VMI | 14 days 10 hours 02 min (corrected) |
| 9 | Karen Leibovici (FRA)
|
Atlantica-Charente Maritime | 17 days 17 hours 12 min |
| 10 |  Norbert Sedlacek (AUT)
|
Austria One | 17 days 18 hours 35 min |
| 11 | Charles Hedrich (FRA)
|
Objectif 3 | 18 days 04 hours 12 min |
| 12 | Anne Liardet (FRA)
|
Quicksilver | 19 days 14 hours 27 min |
| RET | Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)
|
Virbac-Paprec (1) | retired – dismasted |
| RET | Vincent Riou (FRA)
|
PRB 2 | dismasted |
| RET | Bernard Stamm (SUI)
|
Cheminees Poujoulat Armour Lux | capsized |
| ORMA 50 Multihulls | |||
| 1 | Éric Bruneel (FRA)
|
Trilogic | 14 days 01 hours 23 min |
| 2 |  Rich Wilson (USA)
|
Great American II | 15 days 00 hours 19 min |
| 3 | Dominique Demachy (FRA)
|
Gify | 15 days 13 hours 13 min |
| 4 | Etienne Hochede (FRA)
|
PiR2 | 19 days 13 hours 45 min |
| RET | Franck-Yves Escoffier (FRA)
|
Crepes Whaou! | retired – broke daggerboard |
| RET |  Mike Birch (CAN)
|
Nootka | retired – broken autopilot |
| IMOCA 50 Monohulls | |||
| 1 | Kip Stone (USA)
|
Artforms | 15 days 05 hours 20 min |
| 2 | Joe Harris (USA)
|
Wells Fargo | 16 days 14 hours 21 min |
| 3 | Jacques Bouchacourt (FRA)
|
Okami | 17 days 23 hours 17 min |
| DNF | Roger Langevin (FRA)
|
Branec III | over time limit |
The Artemis Transat, 2008[edit]
The 2008 Transat race was named after its sponsor, Artemis. On Thursday 15 May, Frenchman Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) had to retire from the race after a collision with a whale. Sebastien Josse (BT), who was leading, had to retire owing to damage to the mainsail carriage on Saturday 17 May, leaving Vincent Riou (PRB) take the lead on the Sunday morning. Loïck Peyron, on Gitana Eighty, caught up with Vincent Riou, who had to abandon the race due to serious keel damage after a collision with a basking shark on the night of Monday 12 / Tuesday 13 May. The race jury decided to grant two and a half hours of bonus time to Loïck Peyron after he rescued Vincent Riou. Starting on 11 May from Plymouth, Peyron spent 12 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes and 35 seconds (not including the time bonus) to cover the 2,992 miles of the race (averaging 8.7 knots), thus improving previous record of 12 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes and 8 seconds, which was held by Mike Golding (Ecover).
| Position | Skipper | Boat | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMOCA 60 Monohulls | |||
| 1 | Loïck Peyron (FRA)
|
Gitana Eighty | 12 days 08 hours 45 min |
| 2 | Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA)
|
Brit Air | 12 days 12 hours 28 min 40 s |
| 3 | Yann Eliès (FRA)
|
Generali | 13 days 14 hours 30 min 22 s |
| 4 | Marc Guillemot (FRA)
|
Safran (2) | 14 days 21 hours 18 min 47 s |
| 5 | Samantha Davies (GBR)
|
Roxy (2) | 15 days 10 hours 00 min 51 s |
| 6 | Yannick Bestaven (FRA)
|
Cervin EnR | 15 days 14 hours 31 min 17 s |
| 7 | Arnaud Boissières (FRA)
|
Akena Vérandas (2) | 15 days 16 hours 00 min 03 s |
| 8 | Dee Caffari (GBR)
|
Aviva | 16 days 02 hours 05 min 34 s |
| 9 | Steve White (GBR)
|
Spirit Of Weymouth | 16 days 15 hours 04 min 54 s |
| DNF | Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
|
Foncia | retired – broken skeg |
| DNF | Sébastien Josse (FRA)
|
BT | retired – sail damage |
| DNF | Vincent Riou (FRA)
|
PRB 3 | retired – broken keel |
| DNF |  Unai Basurko (ESP)
|
Pakea Bizkaia | |
| Class40 Monohulls | |||
| 1 | Giovanni Soldini (ITA)
|
Telecom Italia | 16 days 22 hours 11 min 27 s |
| 2 |  Boris Herrmann (GER)
|
Beluga Racer | 17 days 12 hours 09 min 47 s |
| 3 | Thierry Bouchard (FRA)
|
Mistral Loisirs – Pole Santé ELIOR | 17 days 21 hours 42 min 57 s |
| 4 | Louis Duc (FRA)
|
Groupe Royer | 18 days 02 hours 51 min 15 s |
| 5 | Halvard Mabire (FRA)
|
Custo Pol | 18 days 03 hours 05 min 7 s |
| 6 | Alex Bennett (GBR)
|
Fujifilm | 18 days 05 hours 53 min 2 s |
| 7 | Miranda Merron (GBR)
|
40 Degrees | 18 days 19 hours 19 min 34 s |
| 8 | Benoît Parnaudeau (FRA)
|
Prévoir Vie | 18 days 21 hours 21 min 02 s |
| 9 | Christophe Coatnoan (FRA)
|
Groupe Partouche | 19 days 00 hours 28 min 20 s |
| 10 | Simon Clarkes (GBR)
|
Clarke Offshore Racing | 19 days 06 hours 15 min 36 s |
| RET | Yvon Noblet (FRA)
|
Appart City | |
The Transat Bakerly 2016[edit]
| Pos. | Skipper | Boat | Time | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMOCA 60 Monohulls | ||||
| 1 | Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA)
|
Banque Populaire VIII | 12d 02h 28m 39s | [2][3] |
| 2 | Vincent Riou (FRA)
|
PRB (4) | [2] | |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)
|
St.Michel-Virbac | [2] | |
| 4 | Paul Meilhat (FRA)
|
SMA | [2] | |
| DNF | Sebastien Josse (FRA)
|
Edmond De Rothschild | [2] | |
| DNF | Richard Tolkien (FRA)
|
88 | Abandoned boat[4] | [2] |
| Class40 Monohulls | ||||
| 1 | Thibaut Vauchel-Camus (FRA)
|
No.137 – Solidaires en peloton ARSEP | 17 days 12 hrs 42 mins 56 secs | [5][3] |
| 2 | Louis Duc (FRA)
|
No.65 – CARAC | [5] | |
| 3 | Phil Sharp (GBR)
|
No.130 – IMERYS | [5] | |
| 4 | Edouard Golbery (FRA)
|
No.135 – NORMANDIE | [5] | |
| 5 | Robin Marais (FRA)
|
No. 81 – ESPRIT SCOUT | [5] | |
| 6 | Anna-Maria Renken (GER)
|
No.138 NIVEA | [5] | |
| 7 | Hiroshi Kitada (FRA)
|
No. 146 KIHO | [5] | |
| DNF | Maxime Sorel (FRA)
|
No.144 – VANDB | [5] | |
| DNF | Isabelle Joschke (FRA)
|
No. 131 – GENERALI-HORIZON MIXITE | [5] | |
| DNF | Armel Tripon (FRA)
|
No. 134 – BLACKPEPPER | [5] | |
| Ultim Multihull | ||||
| 1 | François Gabart (FRA)
|
MACIF | 8-day 8 hours 54 min 39 secs | [5][3] |
| 2 | Thomas Coville (FRA)
|
SODEBO | [5] | |
| 3 | Yves Le Blevec (FRA)
|
Actual | [5] | |
| Multi 50 | ||||
| 1 | Gilles Lamiré (FRA)
|
La French Tech Rennes Saint-Malo | 12 days 7 hrs 51 min 17 secs | [5] |
| 2 | Lalou Roucayrol (FRA)
|
[5] | ||
| 3 | Pierre Antoine (FRA)
|
[5] | ||
| 4 | Erik Nigon (FRA)
|
[5] | ||
| DNF | Erwan Le Roux (FRA)
|
[5] | ||
The Transat CIC 2020[edit]
The 2020 races were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
The Transat CIC 2024[edit]
The start of the 15th edition of the race is announced for the 28th of April 2024.[7]
IMOCA 60, Class40 as well as a vintage sailboat category was announced to participate.[7][8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Records Tumble in Classic Transat Race Archived 2005-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, from the official web site
- ^ a b c d e f "Transat CIC Website Results". 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ a b c "NEWSFLASH: Gabart takes line honours in The Transat bakerly 2016". www.thetransat.com.
- ^ "Newsflash: Richard Tolkien boards cargo ship in mid-Atlantic". www.thetransat.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Transat CIC Website Results". Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Organisers officially cancel The Transat CIC 2020". thetransat.com. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ a b "The Transat CIC 2024 will race from Lorient to New York". www.thetransat.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ LOTTON, Alexis (2024-03-15). "The Transat CIC, un plateau prestigieux et de sacrées promesses". THE TRANSAT CIC (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "The Transat CIC". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "The Transat CIC - Class40". www.class40.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
External links[edit]
- thetransat.com (official website)