Home > News > 2019 Edition The latest race news from the race Filter by Edition 2019 Edition 2017 Edition 19 October 2019 - 18h33 3382 News “I didn’t choose Joan because she is a woman” The progress of equality in sailing can often resemble the turning of an oil tanker rather than a carbon fibre racing boat, but there are some new grounds… 19 October 2019 - 12h43 1583 News Race village inauguration honours Paul Vatine The inauguration of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre race village on Saturday at 11:00 honoured Paul Vatine, the French sailor who disappeared… 18 October 2019 - 19h51 1636 News Breakages shake up 10-day countdown to start of Route du Café in Le Havre The countdown to the start of the 14thedition ofthe Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre – the world’s longest and toughest two-handed… 17 September 2019 - 11h46 2477 News 60 boats on the start line and a major new partner for the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre The 14th edition of the “Route du Café” – the world’s longest and toughest two-handed transatlantic sailing race - will… 16 July 2019 - 08h59 3021 News Countdown begins for the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre The entries have closed and 67 teams with 134 skippers in three classes (Class40, Mulit50 and IMOCA) will depart from Le Havre on October 27 for… 11 April 2019 - 11h11 2319 News Record number of skippers with seven months to the start Forty-six competitors have already confirmed their entry for the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre with seven months to the start in Le Havre. The 14th edition… 08 December 2018 - 12h47 2856 News Braving the Atlantic double-handed On Sunday, October 27 2019, three classes of boats: the Class40, Muli50 and Imoca60, will leave Le Havre for Salvador de Bahia, Brazil’s land of…