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The Race

History of the Route du Rhum

1994 :

Twelve multihulls, twelve monohulls and for the first time separate rankings. 24 participants for another edition that was to prove difficult in its first week with several of the top names being forced to retire, such as Peyron, Birch, Joyon and Mabire. The presence of 60-foot Open monohulls from the Vendée Globe was to worry for a time the multihull leaders in the unpredictable weather conditions. However, in the end there was to be a relentless duel between Laurent Bourgnon on Primagaz and Paul Vatine on Région Haute-Normandie, which led to the victory of Laurent Bourgnon, who improved on Florence Arthaud’s race record by 2 hours with a time of 14 days and 6 hours. Only 14 boats would complete the race. We can add that the third best time was achieved by a monohull with Yves Parlier aboard Cacolac d’Aquitaine, the category winner, who with the runner-up Alain Gautier on Bagages Superior, showed the clear progress made by monohulls in terms of sheer speed.

1994 : the rankings
PositionSkipperBoatTime
1Laurent BourgnonPrimagaz14d 06h28'29"
2Paul VatineRégion Haute-Normandie14d 09h38'56"
3Yves ParlierCacolac d'Aquitaine15d 19h23'35"
4Alain GautierBagages Superior16d 00h33'18"
5Steve FossettLakota17d 08h08'52"
6Gerry RoufsGroupe LG18d 17h51'17"
7Pascal HeroldDupon Duran III19d 05h44'29"
8Jean MaurelHarris Wilson Sportswear20d 03h16'39"
9Patrick TabarlyLa Vie Auchan20d 22h38'56"
10Jean-Yves HasselinPRB Vendée21d 19h02'41"
11François-René CarluerLaiteries de Saint-Malo21d 23h32'39"
12Eric DumontCasino d'Etretat22d 08h58'21"
13Fred DahirelClausse Jardin22d 22h25'15"
14Jean-Jacques VuylstekerFriskiesHors temps

Final Rankings

Final Ranking

Monohulls
IMOCA
Roland JourdainSill et Veolia
Classe 1
Philippe ChevallierAntilles-Sails.com
Classe 2
Kip StoneArtforms
Classe 3
Michel KleinjansRoaring Forty
Classe 40
Phil Sharpphilsharpracing.com
Multihulls
ORMA
Lionel lemonchoisGitana 11
Classe 2
Franck-Yves EscoffierCrêpes Whaou !
Classe 3
Pierre AntoineImagine-Institut des Maladies Génétiques
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Breaking news

  • 02/11/2006 à 10:06:00News from Bolands Mill at 9 am

    Last night was not good for me. I ended up with the small spi in the sea, getting it back out took me about 2 hrs, I think it is undamaged but the snuffer is in a bad way and I had some ropes wrapped around the rudders. I lost the halyard for it so I am going to have to work out a plan for putting a spare up there and fashining some kind of repair to the snuffer. In these kind of conditions I expect to lose a lot of time on the other boats.
    Ian Munslow

  • 30/10/2006 à 08:06:00Family reasons force Jérémie Beyou to leave race.

    Jérémie Beyou, skipper of the monohull DELTA DORE, has informed Jean Maurel, the director of the Race, that he has had to decide to quit the race for family reasons: The state of his wife, who is pregnant, has worsened and has required the skipper to rejoin her rapidly. His sponsor and his technical team support his decision unanimously.

  • 29/10/2006 à 15:01:00Franck Cammas first at Cape Frehel

    Leading the entire fleet, Franck Cammas (Groupama) passed Cape Frehel at 14h56min35" followed by Michel Desjoyaux (Géant) at 15h08min11", Lionel Lemonchois (Gitana XI) at 15h02min08, Thomas Coville (Sodeb'O) at 15h02min23" and Pascal Bidégorry (Banque Populaire) 15h02min30"

  • 28/10/2006 à 18:02:00THE ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW

    Mark Turner (co-owner of Offshore Challenge, with E. MacArthur: "I believe people do not realize what an outstanding event the Route du Rhum is. There is not an event that gathers as many people (mostly non sailors) on the docks. They come over here to watch the boats in an harbour that I’d compare to a theatre, and at night the streets of St Malo are so lively ! No other place or sailing competition can provide that."

  • 27/10/2006 à 18:27:00Ellen MacArthur in St Malo

    This is the first time I am at the start of a race without actually racing or with an entry in a race to come. In addition I will not even be in St Malo tomorrow for the start. That’s a bizarre feeling and I am a bit sad, I must say ! I remember that in 2002, I was nervous before the start and during the low pressure system, but I really enjoyed sailing the race.

    In regards to the start, it will be interesting to see how the new boats perform in a low -pressure system. I will be looking at their speeds and sailing angles without drawing any quick conclusions! If some of the boats seem to under perform, it might be because their skippers are still fine-tuning their manoeuvres.

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