The Transat New York Vendée - Les Sables d'Olonne is a solo transatlantic race aboard IMOCA 60 monohulls. It is part of the IMOCA Globe Series circuit. The 3,100 nautical miles route starts in New York City and finishes in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée Region, France.
This transatlantic, organised by SAEM Vendée, the organising company of the Vendée Globe. It is the last qualifying race for the solo tour around the world, without stopover and without assistance.
Its first edition in 2016 saw the victory of Frenchman Jérémie Beyou aboard Maître Coq. A second edition took place in May 2024.
History The race was created in 2015. One of the objectives is the internationalization of this type of race and to offer a final major test before the start of the Vendée Globe.
There was a race scheduled for 2020 that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the 2016 race onboard reporters were allowed, as long as they did not participate in the race. Due to some disagreements, eventually, only Fabrice Amédéo (Newrest-Matmut), Tanguy de Lamotte (Initiatives-Coeur) and Conrad Colman (100% Natural Energy) left with a journalist on board.
2016 Edition The first edition of the transat brings together fourteen skippers, of which it is the last major confrontation before the start of the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe. A fifteenth competitor, Finn Ari Huusela, could not make the start following the damage of Finnair on 13 May 2016 by Richard Tolkien, who was on board for The Transat.
The IMOCAs departed New York City on Sunday, May 29, 2016. The start of the U.S. coast race saw a number of competitors hit unknown floating objects. Five of them rerouted to Newport to repair: Yann Eliès (Quéguiner – Leukemia espoir), Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque populaire VIII), Morgan Lagravière (Safran), Jean-Pierre Dick (StMichel-Virbac) and Pieter Heerema (No Way Back). Tanguy de Lamotte on Initiatives-Coeur chose to continue despite the damage to the Sables-d'Olonne. There is a lot of debris on this busy coast.
Jérémie Beyou (Maître Coq) won his first major victory in the IMOCA, ahead of Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild) and Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). The three boats were all equipped with foils. +ClassificationPos.CompetitorBaotDesignerBuilderYearTime1Maître CoqVerdier / VPLPCDK Technologies20109d 16h 57m 49s2Gitana – Edmond de RothschildVerdier / VPLPMultiplast20159d 19h 26m 49s3Hugo Boss 6Verdier / VPLPGreen Marine20159d 21h 3m 33s4SMAVerdier / VPLPCDK Technologies201010d 12h 19m 27s5PRB 4Verdier / VPLPCDK Technologies201011d 10h 58m 53s6Initiatives-Cœur (2)Farr Yacht DesignCDK Technologies200611d 15h 38m 39s7Spirit of Yukoh IVBruce Farr Yacht DesignOffshore Challenges Sailing Team200712d 1h 21m 40s8Newrest-MatmutFarr Yacht DesignSouthern Ocean Marine200712d 6h 20m 15s9Safran IIIVerdier / VPLPCDK Technologies201513d 5h 59m 45s10StMichel-VirbacVerdier / VPLPMultiplast201513d 6h 21m 24s11Quéguiner – Leucémie EspoirVerdier / VPLPEyer200713d 6h 56m 36s12100% Natural EnergyArtech Design TeamArtech do Brasil200514d 6h 55m 57sDNFBanque populaire VIIIVerdier / VPLPCDK Technologies2015DNF (collision)DNFNo Way BackVerdier / VPLPPersian Marine2015DNF (collision)
2024 Edition A second edition took place in June 2024. +ClassificationPos.SkipperBoatTimeRef.Sail No.Boat nameYear1FRA 79MACIF Santé Prévoyance202310d 03h 44m 30s2MON 1297Malizia – Seaexplorer202210d 20h 52m 32s3FRA 3Charal (2)202212d 01h 11min 49s4FRA 112Groupe Dubreuil202112d 03h 02min 01s5FRA 59Vulnerable – For People202312d 03h 57min 10s6FRA 109Initiative Coeur 4202212d 10h 48min 29s7FRA 24Paprec Arkéa202312d 11h 11min 19s8FRA 8Teamwork.net201812d 16h 56min 55s9GBR 77Medallia201512d 23h 44min 22s10FRA 02Bureau Vallée (2)202013d 04h 46min 31s11FRA 85Holcim – PRB202213d 18h 20min 44s12FRA 53V and B – Monbana – Mayenne202213d 20h 05min 08s13FRA 09Guyot Environment – Water Family201514d 11h 59m 23S14FRA 10Fortinet – Best Western (2)201514d 18h 36m 23S15JPN 11DMG Mori Global One201914d 18h 38m 48S16FRA 15L’Occitane en Provence (2)201914d 19h 00m 40S17FRA 5Stand As One202314d 19h 50m 58S18FRA 01Devenir200714d 20h 10m 50S19Gentoo Sailing Team200714d 21h 47min 27s20FRA 17Maitre Coq V202214d 22h 08min 02s21NZL 64Ms. Amlin200714d 22h 47min 03s22CAN 80Be Water Positive201114d 23h 20min 03s23FRA 71Coup de Pouce – Giffard Manutention200714d 23h 31min 55s24SUI 49Olicer Heer Ocean Racing200715d 00h 01min 02s25BEL 207D'Ieteren Group201415d 01h 13min 04s26HUN 23New Europe200715d 01h 42min 02s27CHN 5Singchain Team Haikou200715d 02h 20min 55sDNFFRA 100Vulnerable – For the Planet2019
See also
IMOCA 60 Vendée Globe
External links
newyorkvendee.org (official website)
References