Home > News > 2017 Edition The latest race news from the race Filter by Edition 2019 Edition 2017 Edition 11 November 2017 - 17h14 2537 News Carac abandons Louis Duc and Alexis Loison, the French skippers of the Class40, Carac, have been forced to abandon the race. 11 November 2017 - 15h09 2288 News 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… 10 November 2017 - 20h02 2508 News 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… 10 November 2017 - 10h39 1951 News 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… 09 November 2017 - 19h43 6505 News Dramatic Atlantic rescue after stunning Ultime lead switch "The boat pitchpoled...There was a huge feeling of shock...the rescue was epic." 09 November 2017 - 17h33 4050 News 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… 09 November 2017 - 11h36 1941 News 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… 08 November 2017 - 23h35 3194 News 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… 08 November 2017 - 19h18 2226 News 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… 08 November 2017 - 16h52 1516 Weather 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.… 08 November 2017 - 12h27 1773 News 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… 08 November 2017 - 08h40 1847 Newswires Colombre XL (Class40) reçu le mercredi 8 novembre à 0h23 Massimo Juris et Pietro Luciani Show more news