Take a look at these picture hightlights from the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre which started on Sunday. The 42 double-handed crews, 20 of which are racing on IMOCAs, will navigate the 5400 mile journey from Le Havre, France to Itajai in Brazil.
Our Contributing Editor Pip Hare is sailing onboard Class 40 yacht Concise 2 with co-skipper Phillippa Hutton-Squire. She is blogging about their experience, take a read here.
Photos courtesy DPPI ( Olivier Blanchet and Jean Marie Liot )
Multi 50 Rennes Metropole – St Malo Agglo – La French Tech, skippers Gilles Lamire (FRA) and Yvan Bourgnon (SUI).
Multi 50 Fenetrea Prysmian, skippers Erwan Le Roux (FRA) and Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)
Class 40 Solidaires en Peloton Arsep, skippers Thibaut Vauchel Camus (FRA) and Victorien Erussard (FRA)
IMOCA Hugo Boss, skippers Alex Thomson (GBR) and Guillermo Altadill (ESP)
Fleet start during the Transat Jacques Vabre start
Multi 50 Rennes Metropole – St Malo Agglo – La French Tech, skippers Gilles Lamire (FRA) and Yvan Bourgnon (SUI)
IMOCA Edmond de Rothschild, skippers Sebastien Josse (FRA) and Charles Caudrelier (FRA)
IMOCA SMA, skippers Paul Meilhat (FRA) and Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
Action during the Transat Jacques Vabre start
Ultime Sodebo Ultim’, skippers Thomas Coville (FRA) and Jean Luc Nelias (FRA)
Ultime Macif, skippers Francois Gabart (FRA) and Pascal Bidegorry (FRA)
IMOCA Le Souffle du Nord, skippers Thomas Ruyant (FRA) and Adrien Hardy (FRA)
IMOCA Le Souffle du Nord, skippers Thomas Ruyant (FRA) and Adrien Hardy (FRA)
Ultime Actual, skippers Yves Le Blevec (FRA) and Jean Baptiste Le Vaillant (FRA)
Startline Multi 50 Fenetrea Prysmian, skippers Erwan Le Roux (FRA) and Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)
Ultime Sodebo Ultim’, skippers Thomas Coville (FRA) and Jean Luc Nelias (FRA), and Ultime Actual, skippers Yves Le Blevec (FRA) and Jean Baptiste Le Vaillant (FRA)
IMOCA Newrest – Matmut, skippers Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) and Eric Peron (FRA)
Startline for IMOCA Newrest – Matmut, skippers Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) and Eric Peron (FRA)
Multi 50 Rennes Metropole – St Malo Agglo – La French Tech, skippers Gilles Lamire (FRA) and Yvan Bourgnon (SUI)
Ultime Sodebo Ultim’, skippers Thomas Coville (FRA) and Jean Luc Nelias (FRA), and Multi 50 Fenetrea Prysmian, skippers Erwan Le Roux (FRA) and Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)
Ultime Actual, skippers Yves Le Blevec (FRA) and Jean Baptiste Le Vaillant (FRA)
Ultime Sodebo Ultim’, skippers Thomas Coville (FRA) and Jean Luc Nelias (FRA)
Class 40 Le Conservateur, skippers Yannick Bestaven (FRA) and Pierre Brasseur (FRA)
IMOCA Hugo Boss, skippers Alex Thomson (GBR) and Guillermo Altadill (ESP)
IMOCA Hugo Boss, skippers Alex Thomson (GBR) and Guillermo Altadill (ESP)
IMOCA SMA, skippers Paul Meilhat (FRA) and Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
IMOCA Newrest – Matmut, skippers Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) and Eric Peron (FRA)
IMOCA Edmond de Rothschild, skippers Sebastien Josse (FRA) and Charles Caudrelier (FRA)
IMOCA MACSF, skippers Bertrand de Broc (FRA) and Marc Guillemot (FRA)
General view of the startline beyond during the Transat Jacques Vabr
Action multihulls during the Transat Jacques Vabre
General view during the Transat Jacques Vabre
IMOCA Edmond de Rothschild, skippers Sebastien Josse (FRA) and Charles Caudrelier (FRA)
Action Class 40 Bretagne – Credit Mutuel, skippers Nicolas Troussel (FRA) and Corentin Horeau (FRA)
Action IMOCA SAFRAN, skippers Morgan Lagraviere (FRA) and Nicolas Lunven (FRA)
General view during the Transat Jacques Vabre
Startline with IMOCA SAFRAN, skippers Morgan Lagraviere (FRA) and Nicolas Lunven (FRA) and Class 40 Bretagne – Credit Mutuel, skippers Nicolas Troussel (FRA) and Corentin Horeau (FRA)
General view with Multi 50 Fenetrea Prysmian, skippers Erwan Le Roux (FRA) and Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)
IMOCA Newrest – Matmut, skippers Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) and Eric Peron (FRA)
Class 40 Solidaires en Peloton Arsep, skippers Thibaut Vauchel Camus (FRA) and Victorien Erussard (FRA)
Class 40 Solidaires en Peloton Arsep, skippers Thibaut Vauchel Camus (FRA) and Victorien Erussard (FRA)
Multi 50 CIELA Village, skippers Thierry Bouchard (FRA) and Oliver Krauss (FRA)
IMOCA SMA, skippers Paul Meilhat (FRA) and Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
IMOCA Newrest – Matmut, skippers Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) and Eric Peron (FRA)
IMOCA Queguiner – Leucemie Espoir, skippers Yann Elies (FRA) and Charlie Dalin (FRA)
Multi 50 Fenetrea Prysmian, skippers Erwan Le Roux (FRA) and Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)
Ultime Macif, skippers Francois Gabart (FRA) and Pascal Bidegorry (FRA), in front of Etretat cliffs during the Transat Jacques Vabre start.
Fleet action with IMOCA SAFRAN during the Transat Jacques Vabre start
IMOCA Newrest – Matmut, skippers Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) and Eric Peron (FRA)
Start line with no wind and Marine Nationale pluvier in the middle during the Transat Jacques Vabre start
Start line
Start line
Startline during the Transat Jacques Vabre start on october 25, 2015 in Le Havre, France – Photo Jean Marie Liot / DPPI
Startline
Action Ultime Macif, skippers Francois Gabart (FRA) and Pascal Bidegorry (FRA)
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