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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

2001 - Fine Vintage

The fifth edition of the Transat Jaques Vabre in 2001 was accompanied by a change of destination. Colombia gave way to Brazil, with Salvador de Bahia replacing Cartagena, meaning the competitors could no longer sail at full speed down the trade wind highway to the Caribbean! They would now have to go through the dreaded Doldrums to the Southern Hemisphere… The monohulls could take a direct route and the duo of Roland Jourdain and Armel Le Cléac'h managed to hold off a British attack as far as the finish line. Meanwhile the multihulls had to go past Ascension Island, with Franck Cammas and the Swiss Stève Ravussin finally pipping Alain Gautier and Ellen MacArthur to the post.

		Monohulls

1.	R. Jourdain & G. LeCleac'h	Sill Plein Fruit	16j 13h 23'	10,92
2.	M. Golding & M. Hutchinson	Ecover	16j 18h 40'	10,78
3.	N. Molloney & M. Turner	Casto-Darty-But	16j 20h 10'	10,74
4.	J. Sanso & E. Dumont	SME-Négocéane	17j 01h 23'	10,6
5.	B. Gallay & K. de Pavant	Voilà.fr	17j 03h 23'	10,55
6.	B. Laurent & M. Rufini	Fila	17j 04h 12'	10,53
7.	D. Wavre & M. Paret	Téménos	17j 05h 30	10,5
8.	B. Stamm & V. Riou	Bobst Group / Armor Lux	17j 16h 55'	10,21
9.	M. Merron & F. Brulé	Un Univers de Service	18j 07h 39'	9,87
10.	J. Seeten & E. Drouglazet	Sollac Atlantique	18j 08h 25'	9,85
11.	R. Tolkien & R. Wingate	This Times	18j 13h 12	9,75
AB :	Loic Pochet & P. Tabarly	La Rage de Vivre
		Classe 2
1.	Alex Bennet & P. Larsen	One Dream, One Mission	18j 16h 34'	9,67
2.	R. Le Youdec & JF. Pellet	Saving	18j 23h 29'	9,52
3.	JP Amblard & E. Denamiel	Setrabio	21j 00h 42'	8,6
4.	R. Langevin & H. Lemay	Branec 3	23j 13h 51'	7,67
5.	S. Accati & A. Stefani	Tredici	23j 16h 07'	7,64
6.	M. Taylor & A. Pajowska	Olympian Challenger	26j 11h 07'	6,83
AB :	B. Escoffier & C. Mace	Adecco - Etoile Horizon

		Multihulls

1.	F. Cammas & S. Ravussin	Groupama	14j 09h 03'	15,04
2.	A. Gautier & E. MacArthur	Foncia	14j 12h 35'	14,88
3.	L. Peyron & L. Le Mignon	Fujifilm	14j 22h 11'	14,49
4.	J. Le Cam & J. Caraes	Bonduelle	15J 09h 31'	14,04
5.	JL Nélias & M. Desjoyeaux	Belgacom	15j 15h 28'	13,82
6.	L. Roucayrol & Y. Parlier	Banque Populaire	16j 02h 21'	13,43
7.	G. Soldini & O. Lozachmeur	Fila	17j 01h 50'	12,66
8.	Y. Bourgnon & Y. Ravussin	Nautica	19j 15h 19'	11,01
9.	E. Richards & M. Von Koskull	Pindar	21j 22h 29'	9,86
AB :	B. de Broc & P. Bidegory	Banque Covéfi
AB :	K. Fauconnier & F. Proffit	Sergio Sacchini
AB :	M. Guillemot & Y. Guichard	Biscuits La Trintaine
AB :	T. Duprey & F. Denis	Gitana 9
AB :	F. Joyon & T. Coville	Eure et Loir