Destination coffee

History

Having existed now for fourteen years, the Transat Jacques Vabre has established a rhythm and a format, convinced racers and excited the public, while confirming its legitimacy and strengthening its alliances. The basic idea in the beginning was a simple one: a major race based around a historic route. Like a good coffee, a race is a delicate mixture of flavours, tastes and aromas. A winning formula for this transatlantic race... espresso!

Records for the route: record times for the Transat Jacques Vabre

Orma trimarans: Groupama (Franck Cammas & Franck Proffit) in 11 days 23 hours 10 minutes 41 seconds or in other words 16.49 knots
Imoca monohulls: Virbac-Paprec (Jean-Pierre Dick & Loïck Peyron) in 13 days 09 hours 19 minutes 02 seconds or in other words 13.51 knots
50-foot multihulls: Crêpes Whaou ! (Franck-Yves & Kevin Escoffier) in 12 days 06 hours 13 minutes 59 seconds or in other words 14.75 knots
50-foot monohulls: Gryphon Solo (Joe Harris & Josh Hall) in 19 days 09 hours 05 minutes 45 seconds or in other words 9.33 knots

Previous editions:
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005

Edition 1995 - Double Coffee

The single-handed did not prove to be entirely satisfactory, given the serious competition from the Route du Rhum and the Ostar. Given that the great double-handed transatlantics of the eighties had nearly all disappeared, Gérard Petipas and Pen Duick decided to relaunch the format with the support of Jacques Vabre: 1995 would be a double year with a second consecutive victory for Paul Vatine, partnered by Roland Jourdain in the multihull class, with Jean Maurel and Fred Dahirel coming home first in the monohull race.

		Monohulls

1.	J.Maurel & F.Dahirel	Côtes d'Or	21j 08h 40'
2.	J.Y Hasselin & H. Besson	PRB Vendée	22j 12h 05'
3.	P. de Radigues é Y. Le Cornec	La Novia	22j 23h 47'
AB :	E. Dumont & G. Campan	Casino d'Etretat (Démâtage)
AB :	J.L Collet & Y. Costollec	Claude Philippe Création

		Multihulls

1.	P.Vatine & Roland Jourdain	Région Haute Normandie	14j 12h 25'
2.	F. Joyon & J. Vincent	Banque Populaire	14j 13h 01'
3.	L. Bourgnon & C. Lewis	Primagaz	14j 16h 12'
4.	J.L. Miquel & L. Roucayrol	La Teste de Buch	19j 20h 17'
AB :	M. Guillemot & G. Chapelain	Groupe Larzul
AB :	L. Peyron & F. Proffit	Fujicolor II (Démâtage)