Transat Québec–Saint-Malo

Transat Québec-Saint-Malo
First held1984
OrganizerVoile Internationale Québec
Typeoffshore race
StartQuébec
FinishSaint-Malo
Middle estuary of St. Lawrence River, passage of couriers from Transat[1] at Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 2000
Start of the 2004 transat.

The Transat Québec–Saint-Malo is a sailing transoceanic race taking place every four years, from Quebec City, Canada, to Saint-Malo, France. The first edition, in 1984, was organized to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's voyage from Saint-Malo to Quebec. The race is opened to crewed monohulls and multihulls of 40, 50 and 60 feet.

It has two particularities: It is the only west-to-east transatlantic race at this level, and it starts by going down the Saint Lawrence River for roughly 12% of its length.

In 2016 a new course record of 6 days, 1 hour and 17 minutes was set by Spindrift 2 skippered by fr:Yann Guichard and Donna Bertarelli. This new time beats by almost 2 days the previous course record held by Loïck Peyron for 20 years.

Ships moored in the Port of Quebec, in July 2008.

1984

  1. Loïc Caradec on Royale in 8 d 19 h 57 min
  2. Pierre Follenfant on Charente-Maritime in 8 d 20 h 13 min
  3. Philippe Poupon on Fleury Michon in 9 d 15 h 59 min

1988

  1. Serge Madec on Jet Services in 7 d 21 h 35 min
  2. Loïck Peyron on Lada Poch in 10 d 23 h 40 min
  3. Bruno Peyron on VSD Paca in 10 d 23 h 58 min

1992

  1. Laurent Bourgnon on Primagaz in 8 d 5 h 49 min.
  2. Florence Arthaud on Groupe Pierre 1er in 8 d 7 h 17 min
  3. Paul Vatine on Haute-Normandie in 9 d 14 h 18 min

1996

  1. Loïck Peyron on Fujicolor II in 7 d 20 h 24 min
  2. Francis Joyon on Banque Populaire in 7 d 23 h 28 min
  3. Paul Vatine on Région Haute-Normandie in 8 d 0 h 31 min

2000

  1. Franck Cammas on Groupama in 9 d 23 h 16 min
  2. Marc Guillemot on Biscuits La Trinitaine in 9 d 23 h 26 min
  3. Yvan Bourgnon on Bayer en France in 9 d 23 h 43 min

2004

  1. Karine Fauconnier on Sergio Tacchini in 7 d 21 h 00 min
  2. Franck Cammas on Groupama in 7 d 21 h 59 min
  3. Michel Desjoyeaux on Géant in 7 d 22 h 01 min

2008

2012

Mono Class 40:[2]

Pos. Boat Crew Time Ref.
Sail No. Name Year Name Finish Time Elapsed Distance
Sailed		 Speed
1 Campagne de France  Halvard Mabire (FRA)
&  Miranda Merron (GBR) 		03/08/2012 10:50 11d 17h 30m 3028,2 10,18
2 Mare  Jörg Riechers (GER) 03/08/2012 12:21 11d 19h 1m 3094,5 10,13
3 Eole Generation - GDF-SUEZ  Sébastien Rogues (FRA) 03/08/2012 16:04 12d 0h 44m 43s 3098,9 9,93
4 Geodis  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)
&  Armel Tripon (FRA) 		03/08/2012 17:52 12d 2h 32m 50s 3036,2 9,87
5 Roaring forty 2  Michel Kleinjans (BEL) 03/08/2012 22:13 12d 4h 53m 8s 3043,8 9,79
6 Comiris-Elior  Thierry Bouchard (FRA) 03/08/2012 23:04 12d 5h 44m 5s 3063,7 9,76
7 IXBlue  Stéphane Le Diraison (FRA) 03/08/2012 23:07 12d 5h 47m 50s 3036,8 9,76
8 Jack in the box  Aloys Le Claquin (FRA) 04/08/2012 05:08 12d 11h 48m 58s 3102,1 9,56
9 Groupe Picoty  Jacques Fournier (FRA) 04/08/2012 07:04 12d 13h 44m 27s 3071,1 9,50
10 Red  Mathias Blumencron (GER) 04/08/2012 07:56 12d 14h 36m 2s 3033,6 9,47
11 Partouche  Christophe Coatnoan (FRA) 04/08/2012 08:25 12d 15h 5m 33s 3087,9 9,46
12 Bodacious Dream  David Rearick (USA) 04/08/2012 11:11 12d 17h 51m 45s 3074,8 9,37
13 Sevenstar Yachttransport  Jean-Édouard Criquioche (FRA) / |  Anna-Maria Renken (FRA) 04/08/2012 14:59 12d 21h 39m 06s 3046 9,26
14 Latitude Neige / Longitude Mer  Aurélien Ducroz (FRA) 04/08/2012 15:32 12d 22h 12m 13s 3054 9,24
15 EDF Energies Nouvelles  David Augeix (FRA) 05/08/2012 03:44 13d 10h 24m 25s 3047 9,45
16 Bleu  Éric Tabardel (CAN) 05/08/2012 07:20 13d 14h 00m 08s 3111 8,79
17 Transport COHERENCE  Benoit Parnaudeau (FRA) 05/08/2012 10:44 13d 17h 24m 02s 3037 8,70
18 Avis immobilier  Louis Duc (FRA) 05/08/2012 12:17 13d 18h 57m 11s 3060 8,66
19 Proximedia  Denis Van Weynbergh (BEL) 05/08/2012 22:57 14d 05h 37m 09s 3047 8,39
20 Persévérance  Robert Patenaude (FRA) 06/08/2012 16:45 14d 23h 25m 37s 3031 7,97

Open:[2]

Pos. Boat Crew Time Ref.
Sail No. Name Year Name Finish Time Elapsed Distance
Sailed		 Speed
1 Multi50 FenêtréA Cardinal 3  Erwan Leroux (FRA) 01/08/2012 01:56 9d 14h 21m 5s 3287,6 12,59
2 Multi60 Défi Saint-Malo Agglo  Gilles Lamiré (FRA) 02/08/2012 14:09 11d 2h 34m 4s 3224,3 10,88
3 Multi50 Vers un Monde sans SIDA  Erik Nigon (FRA) 02/08/2012 14:30 11d 2h 55m 23s 3159,6 10,86
4 Mono50 Vento di Sardegna*  Andrea Mura (ITA) 03/08/2012 02:35 11d 15h 0m 59s 3086,9 10,39
5 Mono65 Océan Phénix  Georges Leblanc]] (CAN) 05/08/2012 14:36 14d 03h 1m 16s 3124 8,55

2016

2020

Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2024

References

  1. ^ Kate Jennings (19 July 2008). "A four part course between Quebec and Saint Malo". Sail-World. Retrieved 22 April 2024. The immense Saint Lawrence estuary emerges on the second part of the course, a veritable anti-chamber prior to the open ocean and the Atlantic.
  2. ^ a b Quebec-St Malo 2012 Official results Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
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