The latest race news from the race

Carac abandons

Louis Duc and Alexis Loison, the French skippers of the Class40, Carac, have been forced to abandon the race.

A short breath

Ignoring the forecasts, the Ultime have already entered the Doldrums without stopping, the two leaders jumped from one squall to the next and are already…

24-hour speed record broken stoking Anglo-Spanish and French rivalry

The ferocious pressure in the air, on the water and in the boats in this 13th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre saw the Class40, V and B, break the…

Touching records, dream gliding and concertinas – the race is on in all four classes

No change this morning in rankings in the four classes, but that doesn’t mean the sailors have been resting. The stormy depression south of the…

Dramatic Atlantic rescue after stunning Ultime lead switch

"The boat pitchpoled...There was a huge feeling of shock...the rescue was epic."

Defert and Pratt safe and sound after rescue from Drekan Groupe capsize

After capsizing in their 50ft trimaran, Drekan Groupe, in the North Atlantic just before 21:00 UTC last night (Wednesday), whilst competing in the Transat…

Rescue in progress for Drekan Groupe

MRCC Punta Delgada (Azores) and MRCC Lisbon have been coordinating the rescue operations since Drekan Groupe capsized 300 miles west of the island of…

Multi50 Drekan Groupe capsizes off the coast of Portugal

At around 21:00 UTC the Transat Jacques Vabre race office received a call from Christopher Pratt, co-skipper of the Multi50, Drekan Group, to inform them…

Sharp extends lead as Merron heads home

With all the fleet flying south, the Anglo-Spanish duo, Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde (Imerys Clean Energy) extended their lead at the front of the 40ft…

General situation on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 00:00 UTC

Anticyclone 1039 hPa at 45 north and 27 west, slowly shifting east. Stormy depression 1012 hPa at the Canary Islands, stationary. ITCZ at the 6 north.…

Fleet flying south as Merron nears land

The great descent to Salvador de Bahia has only been going for about 42 hours from the middle of the Bay of Biscay and already the leaders have passed…

Colombre XL (Class40) reçu le mercredi 8 novembre à 0h23 Massimo Juris et Pietro Luciani