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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

1999 - Long Coffee

The Transat Jacques Vabre has always been innovative and thus it was that the 1999 edition offered the public and the twenty high-tech prototype yachts two staggered starts on different days. The monohulls were to have a distance of nearly 4,500 nautical miles, with the multis having to cover some 5,500 miles, the aim being for both fleets to reach Colombia simultaneously. Unfortunately the competitors were greeted by a terrible storm which led to the loss at sea of Paul Vatine. Thomas Coville and Hervé Jan were the eventual monohull winners from a compact group, with Loïck Peyron and Franck Proffit finally winning the multihull race after three participations.

		Monohulls

1.	T. Coville & H. Jan	Sodébo, Savourons la vie	19j 17h 31'	9,29
2.	C . Chabaud & L. Bartissol	Whirlpool	19J 18h 41'	9,27
3.	M. Golding & Ed Danby	Team Group 4	19j 19h 03'	9,26
4.	R. Jourdain & J. Le Cam	Sill Entreprise	19j 19h 21'	9,25
5.	M. Thiercelin & B. Mallaret	Somewhere	20j 04h 16'	9,09
6.	Y. Parlier & E. MacArthur	Aquitaine Innovations	21j 05h 25'	8,64
7.	J. Hall & A. Thomson	Gartmore	23j 01h 37'	7,95
AB :	H. Laurent & L. Ethevenard	JPG - Defi 14 PME
AB :	G. Broggi & B. Laurent	Fila
AB :	X. Lecoeur & C. Gasperin	Geb
		Monohulls Classe 2
1.	E. Richards & M. Merron	Pindar	25j 07h 54'	5,81
2.	F. Fineschi & M. Fineschi	Spirit of Race	27j 06h 00'	5,4

		Multihulls

1.	L. Peyron & F. Proffit	Fujicolor	15j 02h 08'	14,81
2.	F. Cammas & S. Ravussin	Groupama	15j 17h 07'	14,23
3.	Y. Bourgnon & L. Bourgnon	Foncia	15j 19h 26'	14,14
4.	L. Roucayrol & J. Caraes	Banque Populaire	17j 21h 16'	12,49
AB :	A. Gautier & M. Desjoyeaux	Brocéliande
AB :	M. Guillemot & JL. Nélias	Biscuits La Trinitaine
AB :	P. Vatine + & J. Maurel	Groupe André
AB :	H. Cléris & Ronan Delacou	Envergure (C2)