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Official Jacques Vabre Press Release: "Spanish flagged 1876 came in to Puerto Limon in ninth place with Spain’s Pachi Rivero partnered by France’s Yves Parlier making a strong comeback in the last 36 hours. The pair lost more than 100 miles to Akena Verandas in recent days and fought back, gaining most of them back again.
Out of another squally, difficult evening peppered by torrential heavy tropical rain showers, Sam Davies and Sidney Gavignet brought Artemis across the finish line to complete their Transat Jacques Vabre in tenth place. Davies said she and Gavignet have no regrets at all about their strategic choice to go south, a choice which cost them any chance of a top result. She simply said they did not know the boat well enough to venture towards the northern routing. She said there were small things which cost them, making one small choice to tack south too late saw them lose miles to Akéna Vérandas. Otherwise it was the wearying battles with technical failures which ground them down and contributed to lost miles and small mistakes. Nevertheless the hugely talented duo sailed a solid race, showing great drive, spirit and good humour even when the odds had long since stacked up against them."
It has been a fascinating race to follow. The first week, especially, was absolutely gripping as the teams battled with the extreme weather. We congratulate all those teams that managed to complete the course.
W Hotels, Veolia Evironnement, Akena Verandas & Aviva all reached the finish line today. This leaves only 1876 and Artemis still en route.
It is W Hotels 5th place finish that has really been impressive today, as the following press release explains:
Press Release from Jacques Vabre:
"Finishing in fifth, bookending Foncia and Veolia Environnement, the Spanish duo of Pepe Ribes and Alex Pella sailed a remarkable race considering this was their first race together, and they are relative beginners in the IMOCA Open 60 Class.....
Fast learners. They had only sailed on W-Hotels for few days together before the start of this Transat Jacques Vabre Race. They had never raced two-handed together, and only learned the IMOCA Open 60 on the Istanbul Race in the summer.
But Pepe Ribes and Alex Pella pulled off the coup of the race when they clinched fifth place today by just four and a half minutes ahead of Roland Jourdain and Jean-Luc Nélias, getting the best of an exciting final tussle over the final 24 hours.
In squally, intermittent winds which prompted big gains and losses through the final hours of this scrap for fifth to eighth places, the intensity was more akin to an inshore regatta.
W-Hotels passed Veolia Environnement three times since yesterday, the final time just half a mile from the finishing line. Sportingly, Ribes was apologetic to the Veolia skipper when they docked in Peurto Limon, drenched from the torrential tropical rain.
Their margin was just four minutes and 16 seconds after over 5,500 miles of racing and just two hours less than 20 days of racing.
At one point, when all four emerged from Stealth mode this morning W-Hotels were over 5 miles behind Veolia Environnement.
The Spanish pair were especially quick downwind, hard driving in the trades and the Caribbean, learning quickly what makes the former Paprec-Virbac. Pella, previously a top Mini 650 sailor, admitted they missed the option to push west with the trio who took the top three places, and that they made many small mistakes on their learning curve." Source Jacques Vabre. All Rights Reserved.
Four of the remaining 6 IMOCA Open 60’s which are now into the final the miles of the Transat Jacques Vabre race: Aviva, Akena, Veolia & W Hotels, are now all in stealth mode. It seems to be the fashion in this Transat for the boats to go in to Furtiv mode during the final approach to Costa Rica. This may have tactical advantages for the teams, but it is frustrating for the spectators/followers/supporters.
Results are sourced from the Jacques Vabre website.
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"It was a mightily relieved and intensely happy Marc Guillemot who won the hard fought Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA Open 60 class when, along with co-skipper Charles Caudrelier they ended a mentally tortuous final 24 hours sailing over the finish line early this morning off Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.
Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier brought Safran across the finish line in the early hours of Tuesday morning (local time) off Peurto Limon, Costa Rica to complete an emotional victory in the IMOCA Open 60 class in the Transat Jacques Vabre transatlantic race from Le Havre to Costa Rica.
Although the duo had battled through an horrendous Atlantic storm, during which they took the lead of the 14 boat IMOCA Open 60 class back on Thursday 12th November, the hard bitten skipper from La Trinité confirmed on the dockside that the worst part of their race was the final 24 hours.
Because both they and their nearest rivals Groupe Bel (Kito de Pavant and François Gabart), who were just 90 miles behind, had chosen to go in ‘stealth’ mode – during which their positions are no longer publically broadcast – he spent the final miles fighting through unpredictable light winds, squalls and shifting breezes as they closed to the Costa Rica coast through the night, being eaten up by worry that De Pavant and Gabart might still catch them with their ‘Laughing Cow’ logo’d, an identical design from VPLP/Verdier partnership.
“The most difficult time was today, every time were battling under the clouds, the storms, the rain, with no wind I was imagining Kito and François with their Laughing Cow running down the slopes with 25 knots of wind, whereas we were stuck with three or four knots. It was hyper hard for the moral, very stressful. Even up to an hour before the line we were still very anxious. But the main thing is that we got in in front.” Grinned a relieved Guillemot.
Behind Safran when they finished into Puerto Limon are double Vendée Globe winner Michel Desjoyeaux, who was lying fourth before he and co-skipper Jérémie Beyou went into stealth mode, and 2004-5 Vendée winner Vincent Riou who lies ninth of the 14 boats which started in Le Havre on Sunday November 8th." Press release from official Jacques Vabre website. All Rights Reserved.
Multi50 winners, Franck Yves Escoffier and Erwan Le Roux, co-skippers of Crêpes Whaou!, arrive in Cosat Rica to big crowds and fireworks... Congratulations!
Newsflash: " At 08:52:10hrs GMT/UTC (02:52:10hrs local time Tuesday 24th) after 15 days 19 hrs 22 mins 10 secs on course Safran co-skippered by France’s Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier-Bénac crossed the finish line off Puerto Limon, Costa Rica to win the 14 boat IMOCA Open 60 Class in the Transat Jacques Vabre transatlantic race which started on Sunday 8th November from Le Havre. Safran sailed 5263 miles at an average speed of 12.46 knots."
Crêpes Whaou! took line honours in the Transat Jacques Vabre this morning
Press Release from Jacques Vabre:
"A huge, noisy Costa Rican welcome greeted Franck Yves Escoffier and Erwan Le Roux, co skippers of Crêpes Whaou! when they emerged out of the darkness, comprehensively winning the Multi 50 class and taking line honours for this ninth edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre race which started from Le Havre on Sunday 8th November.
Emerging out of the darkness to break the finish line off the historic port town of Peurto Limon at 2231hrs local time Monday 23rd (0431hrs UTC/GMT Tuesday) the French duo with their new build Crêpes Whaou! 3 maintained Escoffier’s remarkable unbeaten record in this biannual classic, also scooping the IMOCA Open 60’s to take line honours for the third consecutive edition. Escoffier and Le Roux took 15 days, 15 hours, 31 minutes and 50 seconds to complete the course which took the Multi 50 fleet south of Barbados on a course which for the winning pair was 5805 miles, which they completed at an average speed of 13.41 knots.
The new destination for the coffee route race, finishing in Costa Rica, served up a carnival greeting for the winners, Escoffier remarking immediately that without doubt the high point of their race was the warmth of finish. Sailing with Le Roux, a successful former Mini 650 Class 40 and multihull sailor who has completed two previous Transat Jacques Vabre races, Escoffier sailed a prudent race on a southerly routing to avoid the very worst of a very active depression before then building a big lead over their Multi50 Class rivals. "
Press release taken from Jacques Vabre website. All Rights Reserved.
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Video summary of yesterday from Andonnate TV. via YouTube
The first and second leading boats, Safran and Groupe Bel are now in stealth mode (Furtiv Mode). Groupe Bel has been chasing Safran for several days, but Safran appears to be uncatchable. Source: Jacques Vabre "Having opened a further 15 miles on Groupe Bel which has pursued them hard more than the last week, there was an element of relief in the voice of Safran skipper Marc Guillemot this morning. While his co-skipper Charles Caudrelier snatched some well deserved sleep, Guillemot admitted that now, with some 90 miles in hand and with 240 miles to the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica the pressure on them was slightly relieved. In 2007 there was the pain for the Safran duo of actually being able to see the race winner up ahead in the distance. These are the final miles that Guillemot, who had such an heroic Vendée Globe earlier this year, is savouring, on what he hopes is the brink of a great sporting win.
For the chasing pair, Kito de Pavant and Francois Gabart, on Groupe Bel, there is the final throw of the dice, perhaps a realisation that their chances of simply powering past their rivals on the same course in the same winds, was not going to happen. Instead they have headed further north, in the hope of gaining more breeze and a more favourable wind angle in to the finish. " Press release from Transat Jacques Vabre website. All Rights Reserved.
Both SAFRAN of the IMOCAs and CRÊPES WHAOU of the Multi50s seem to have completely dominated the Transat, and now it is only a matter of days before we will know if these teams will claim victory. Watch this space: Race Chart - See the latest positions on the map
20/11/2009 Press Release from Jacques Vabre website:
"The leaders will transit into the Caribbean today but the weather mood is far from idyllic. It's a tricky rhythm on board but the 15 knot easterly trade winds look quite well established once the West Indies islands chain is passed.
The rewards for breaking from the Atlantic in to the Caribbean may be promising, but meantime the transition for the Transat Jacques Vabre leaders has been energy sapping and, at times, difficult.
As they approach the passage between Guadeloupe and Martinique to break into the Caribbean where the return of a more regular E’ly trade wind is likely, the two leaders have been experiencing difficult, unpredictable squalls and long lulls, dark clouds with heavy rain showers and very unsettled winds. Charles Caudrelier, co-skipper on leading IMOCA Open 60 Safran, remarked early this morning how the worst squalls always seemed to arrive when he was finally ready to sleep. Having then gone on deck to make adjustments it can be several hours until the conditions remain settled enough to return below. A squall-lull one-two punished Safran with a 15 miles body blow, allowing Kito de Pavant and Francois Gabart to reduce their deficit to a very tenable 54.4 miles this morning.
In third place, making better speeds again early this morning after another electrical outage, Mike Golding and Javier Sanso on Mike Golding Yacht Racing acceded some more miles due to their problem. Sanso explained that the issue slowed them again for several hours, but they are back on track now, pursuing the French leader at 14.5 knots this morning.
1876 have strengthened their position overnight, reaching fast from their northerly position as the quickest boat in the fleet. Yves Parlier and Pachi Rivero have now opened a lead of the best part of 180 miles over sixth placed Veolia Environnement.
Roland Jourdain and Jean-Luc Nelias on Veolia Environnement are having a slow motion race with Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson’s Aviva as they try to extract themselves from a light winds ridge, with their French rivals just having the upper hand slightly further to the south and getting a little more favourable air this morning. But still this is the most engaging competition at the moment with only 23 miles – in DTF – separating the sixth placed French, seventh placed British and Spain’s W-Hotels in eighth. " Source Jacques Vabre. All Rights Reserved.
Latest video from Andonatte TV, with report in French from the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Source: Jacques Vabre. All Rights Reserved :
19/11/2009 : Currently in 7th spot, this is Aviva's news this morning
"We have just spent darkness coasting along in a dying breeze under a canopy of bright stars. Flat water and warm tempratures have made it an uneventful but also a wonderful night's sailing. As predicted we will be fighting light airs with those around us. If we can keep working hard and keep at the front of this little group then we will reach the stronger breeze in about 36 hours quicker. It is amazing getting a grib file now for weather information and realising how far we have come because we are also getting the Caribbean weather too now. To play tribute to this particularly tropical theme we also celebrated shower day onboard Aviva. So now she and her dynamic duo smell of roses as you would expect."
Sam & Sidney enjoying the Tropics onboard Artemis Ocean Racing. They are currently in 10th position, but the big question remains: will Sidney be the next one to take a shower?
Click here to read Sam's Diary Check out the sailing pages on the Telegraph website for Samantha Davies Exclusive diary from the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Onboard Aviva, Brain Thompson talks us through the race route using an ideal visual aid. It's very educational and informative ;)
Aviva are in 6th position at this moment:
Dee Caffari : " We have just had a beautiful night's sailing with no squalls or freaky wind and clear skies with stars all the way. Sleep has come easy to both Brian and I as we are working quite hard at the moment to stay on the pace in the dying wind and also fulfill jobs during the day. There is some great banter and shared jobs which has just highlighted how great two handed sailing is as there is always someone else there! The convergence of this second group is interesting as we all push hard in a South Westerly direction, there is still a long way to go and runway is running out which limts tactics until we begin the final stage of the race in the Caribbean Sea." Source Jacques Vabre.
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It is very hard to hear what Javier Sanso is saying because of the wind noise. However, you can see the boat and get an impression of what is going on. Mike & Javier are currently in 3rd place behind Group Bel and leaders Safran.
Today's Report from the Transat Jacques Vabre:
"Guillemot believes the podium places will be secured between Groupe Bel, Mike Golding Yacht Racing and he and Charles Caudrelier Bernac on Safran by tomorrow, but the final stage through the Caribbean will settle the order.
The small advantage, such as it is, is back with Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier-Bénac as the moods turn tropical and the Transat Jacques Vabre leaders plough onwards towards Costa Rica.
They have a spell of lighter 5-10 knots breezes to negotiate, but on board the leading trio of IMOCA Open 60’s, with Safran now under 2000 miles to go the finish line in Puerto Limon, thoughts during the long starlit nights and pleasant temperatures, are inevitably of a seemingly assured podium place.
Leading co-skipper Marc Guillemot of Safran said as much this morning:
“From now on the race will be played out between the three of us.”, he volunteered to the early morning radio vacs in Paris. Safran has re-built some small, but hard earned miles against the pursuing duo, 38.4 miles on sister-ship Groupe Bel while Mike Golding and Javier Sanso has successfully regained 20 miles since last night, and were 98 miles behind Safran and were 58 miles shy of second placed De Pavant and Gabart.
Aboard the leading boats there is the knowledge that every mile lost or gained may prove vital, but at the same time Guillemot emphasized how he and co-skipper Caudrelier Bérnac are trying to make sure they are mentally and physically rested as much as possible for the final push through the Caribbean. Forecasts for the final stage of the race show nothing by way of major meteorological potholes on the route in.
From Golding to fourth placed Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia there are now 300 miles, the best part of 20 hours behind, while Foncia has really underlined their speed and tactical strength moving 89 miles clear of Roland Jourdain and Jean Luc-Nelias on Veolia Environnement.
The changeable conditions have tested 1876’s duo Yves Parlier and Pachi Rivero, as their variable speeds over the last 24 hours show, but their overall averages remain competitive and they hang on to sixth place.
The battle rages between Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson’s Aviva and their Spanish rivals on W-Hotels. The British pair have actually eked out another twelve miles, more than doubling their lead since yesterday night, which will give the two Vendée Globe skippers some satisfaction.
Meanwhile the stricken IMOCA Open 60 BT was on the verge of making it into the safe haven of Victoria in the Azores but a very difficult passage into the harbour there, in big seas and winds, still stands between the salvage team and the completion of a very long and difficult mission with the very waterlogged Open 60.
Marc Guillemot (FRA) Safran: “It is pleasant, we can spend more time outside on the deck and things are less frenetic, we go a bit more slowly. This enables us to get some fresh air, and work on the deck. All is well on the boat and nothing slows us, we are all under control. The ink is far from dry on this race yet, but my view is that tomorrow it will be all but done. We cover our opponents carefully, Groupe Bel and Mike Golding. If there are no breakages the race will be between the three of us, the others are too far back. But meantime the conditions allow us to tackle the second stage more rested.” Sourced from the Transat Jacques Vabre website. All Rights Reserved.
It might not be possible for Foncia to catch the leading pack, but with this race, anything can happen.
Video of the helicopter rescue 13/11/09 of the BT co-skippers Jean-François Cuzon & Sébastien Josse. Thank goodness that they are now safe. It is not such a simple story concerning the salvage of the boat.
4 days after the co-skippers abandoned their boat, the operation to recover the BT Imoca boat is still ongoing and facing ongoing difficulties. Source: Jacques Vabre: "Last night the tow rope to BT broke and since then the tug has been standing by through the hours of darkness awaiting the best chance to re-attach a line. With a storm approaching due to bring big seas and 50 knot gusts then time is running out with the boat still 83 miles from safe haven."
We are big fans of watching the TJV through video footage from onboard the IMOCAs. It is the best way to understand what the race is really like for the skippers, and to get to know the boats and personalities.
Transat Jacques Vabre 16/11/2009
Video report summary of the day's sailing.
Storm Sailing with Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson on Aviva
Another TJV sailor that blogs on Yachtpals, is Artemis skipper Sam Davies. Sam is also managing to post regular updates from onboard Artemis, despite the rough sailing and running repairs!
Source: Transat Jacques Vabre. All Rights Reserved
" On inspection in daylight this morning (16/11/09) skipper Alex confirmed the damage is located on the starboard bow about four metres back and although fairly localised it is allowing a fair amount of water in the boat. The skippers are discussing the damage with their shore team to finalise a temporary fix which will allow them to make for the nearest land which is The Azores. Although the damage is small it will not be possible to stop the water until the area is free from water, something not possible in the ocean. Regrettably today at 1300 GMT Alex and Ross made the difficult decision to officially retire from the race. "
Source: Text taken directly from Transat Jacques Vabre. All Rights Reserved
"Alex Thomson and Ross Daniel suffered damage to the starboard bow of Hugo Boss yesterday evening and have slowed to assess their options. Safran leads with Groupe Bel now up to second.
When lying in fourth place in the Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre to Porto Limon, Costa Rica, the British IMOCA Open 60 Hugo Boss last night reported hitting an unidentified object in the water, damaging the starboard bow of the boat and causing them to take in water. They have slowed the boat right down, have a pump working, are managing the ingress of water.
Alex Thomson, the skipper, has reported that conditions are stable and they are not in any imminent danger. The British pair are in regular contact with TJV Race Director Jean Maurel. They have been in discussion with their shore team, and with a structural engineer from SP before they make any decisions as to what their options are.
Hugo Boss was approximately 400 miles south of the Azores.
Thomson said: "I am gutted, we have done the hard bit, been through the storms and the way ahead was looking very easy. We will monitor the situation overnight and assess in the morning what our options are,"
Further down the race course, abreast of the Canary Islands the three way battle at the front of the fleet continues with Safran still holding the upper hand as the trio negotiate the more tricky downwind conditions at the lower edge of a high pressure before breaking into a more stable SE’ly wind flow.
Safran hold a lead of just less than 34 miles, as the chasing pair squeeze up a little .
Now in third, after erring closer to the centre of the high and having less wind perhaps, Mike Golding Yacht Racing are less than five miles behind Kito de Pavant and Francois Gabart on Groupe Bel.
Golding said this morning that conditions for them remain tricky, quite unstable under spinnaker with a difficult seaway. Trying to keep the boat settled in course with their autopilots remains testing and so they continue to maximize their time spent hand steering.
Due to the Hugo Boss problems Spanish entry 1876 is now up to fourth whilst steady progress up the fleet continues for Michel Desjoyeaux and Jérémie Beyou who are up to seventh now on Foncia, overtaking Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson on Aviva during yesterday evening.
Foncia’s next target is Desjoyeaux’s long time friend and rival Roland Jourdain on Veolia Environnement, just 40 miles ahead, but Veolia Environnement still have some lighter airs to cross while Foncia who were quickest in the fleet this morning, making two knots faster than the leaders." text copyright website Jacques Vabre.
Rankings in the Transat Jacques Vabre 15/11/2009 à 14:00
IMOCA -
1 SAFRAN Marc Guillemot - Charles Caudrelier Benac
2 MIKE GOLDING YACHT RACING Mike Golding - Javier Sanso
3 GROUPE BEL Kito De Pavant - François Gabart
4 HUGO BOSS Alex Thomson - Ross Daniel
5 1876 Yves Parlier- Pachi Rivero
6 VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT Roland Jourdain - Jean Luc Nélias
7 AVIVA Dee Caffari - Brian Thompson
8 FONCIA Michel Desjoyeaux - Jérémie Beyou
9 W HOTELS Alex Pella - Pepe Ribes
10 AKENA VERANDAS Arnaud Boissières - Vincent Riou
11 ARTEMIS Samantha Davies - Sidney Gavignet
Abandoned BRIT AIR Armel Le Cleac'h - Nicolas Troussel Retired
Abandoned BT Sébastien Josse - Jean François Cuzon Retired
Abandoned DCNS Marc Thiercelin - Christopher Pratt Retired
Multi50
1 CRÊPES WHAOU ! Franck Yves Escoffier - Erwan Leroux
2 REGION AQUITAINE-PORT MEDOC Lalou Roucayrol - Amaiur Alfaro
3 GUYADER POUR URGENCE CLIMATIQUE Victorien Erussard - Loic Fecquet
4 PRINCE DE BRETAGNE Hervé Cleris - Christophe Dietsch
Abandoned ACTUAL Yves Le Blevec - Jean Le Cam Retired
Sam Davies & Sidney Gavignet have survived the storms, made their repairs and are still in the race.
Sidney Gavignet is quoted on the Jacques Vabre website: "We are set for another change, the wind is a bit all over the place but we are making miles towards the finish, between 17 and 20 knots of speed. Sam is on the deck and is taking care through the squalls. This morning my little British chum has lost her voice. There is a lot of tiredness on Artemis after the work caused by yesterday night and it has had an effect on us of course. We have done our sums and the loss to those in the north is about 300 miles. But that is the choice we made. The 20 hours we had fixing the mainsail did not help compared to those we are racing around us. Still, a certain satisfaction this grey Sunday morning we are still in the race. And we have the boat and the sails and are going, waiting for better days and hoping we will get an opportunity of getting back to the group. That’s it. We are last but that is just the way it is. The road is long."
Alex Thomson and Ross Daniel broadcast from HUGO BOSS in the North Atlantic on Day 5 of the Transat Jacques Vabre 209. The boat is currently sailing in 55 knots of breeze (Force 9) and both skippers are in survival mode. The lead boat, BT, has activated her distress beacon this morning, and are out of the race. The rescue operation is in progress.
We also have news from Sam & Sidney on Artemis Ocean Racing. The following information is taken from the Transat Jacques Vabre website: " Reports from Sam Davies and Sidney Gavignet's Artemis shore team suggest they are weighing up the idea of a pit stop in the Azores.
Sam Davies called the shore team at 1030 GMT this morning to report:
“We have lost a mainsail batten (third down from the top) which flew out of the sail, the third reef pin on the boom has gone and our main Iridium handset is broken, either water-logged or from the shock of the boat pounding through the waves.”
None of the damage is terminal, their press statement says, but the loss of the mainsail batten will compromise their race performance, and with 75% of the race remaining, Davies and Gavignet are said to be...
...."considering a pit stop either at the Azores, which lies 300nm upwind, or Madeira 400nm south-west which is a more comfortable course but further from the optimum race route." "
Official Race Positions - Ranking on 13/11/2009 à 17:00
IMOCA - 14 registered
Rank Boat / Sailor
1 SAFRAN Marc Guillemot - Charles Caudrelier Benac
2 MIKE GOLDING YACHT RACING Mike Golding - Javier Sanso
3 GROUPE BEL Kito De Pavant - François Gabart
4 HUGO BOSS Alex Thomson - Ross Daniel
5 VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT Roland Jourdain - Jean Luc Nélias
6 1876 Yves Parlier- Pachi Rivero
7 AVIVA Dee Caffari - Brian Thompson
8 W HOTELS Alex Pella - Pepe Ribes
9 FONCIA Michel Desjoyeaux - Jérémie Beyou
10 AKENA VERANDAS Arnaud Boissières - Vincent Riou
11 ARTEMIS Samantha Davies - Sidney Gavignet
12 DCNS Marc Thiercelin - Christopher Pratt
ABD BRIT AIR Armel Le Cleac'h - Nicolas Troussel - Retired
NL BT Sébastien Josse - Jean François Cuzon - Position unknown
Classe Multi50 - 6 registered
Rank Boat / Sailor Latitude Longitude Speed Cap Dist. But Dist. 1er
1 REGION AQUITAINE-PORT MEDOC Lalou Roucayrol - Amaiur Alfaro
2 GUYADER POUR URGENCE CLIMATIQUE Victorien Erussard - Loic Fecquet
3 PRINCE DE BRETAGNE Hervé Cleris - Christophe Dietsch
ABD ACTUAL Yves Le Blevec - Jean Le Cam - Retired
ABD FENETREA-CARDINAL Alain Maignan - Nicole Harel - Retired
The race is constantly changing as the skippers battle the extreme challenge of this harsh weather. We will keep watching the progress of the race. Watch this space...!
Race positions and Artemis quotes from the Jacques Vabre website - All Rights Reserved
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Latest video from Sam & Sidney onboard Artemis Ocean Racing as the team compete in the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Transat Jacques Vabre 2009
Latest Race Positions/Ranking 11/11/09 14:00:00 Locale PARIS
1 BT
2 SAFRAN
3 VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
4 MIKE GOLDING YACHT RACING
5 AVIVA
6 GROUPE BEL
7 HUGO BOSS
8 1876
9 W HOTELS
10 AKENA VERANDAS
11 ARTEMIS
12 DCNS
13 FONCIA
14 BRIT AIR
MULTI 50 - 11/11/09 13:30
1 CRÊPES WHAOU !
2 REGION AQUITAINE-PORT MEDOC
3 GUYADER POUR URGENCE CLIMATIQUE
4 PRINCE DE BRETAGNE
5 FENETREA-CARDINAL
