The Transat Québec–Saint-Malo is a sailing transoceanic race taking place every four years, from
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...
, Canada, to
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast.
The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...
, 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
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...
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.
Winners
1984
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Loïc Caradec
Loïc Caradec (1948–1986) was a French engineer, born in Paris. He died in the 1986 Route du Rhum
The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Ma ...
on ''Royale'' in 8 d 19 h 57 min
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Pierre Follenfant on ''Charente-Maritime'' in 8 d 20 h 13 min
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Philippe Poupon
Philippe Poupon, is a French professional offshore yachtsman, born on 23 October 1954 in Quimper, France. He competed 1989–1990 Vendée Globe where he was rescued by Loick Peyron he then went on to finish 3rd in the 1992–1993 Vendée Glob ...
on ''
Fleury Michon'' in 9 d 15 h 59 min
1988
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Serge Madec on ''Jet Services'' in 7 d 21 h 35 min
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Loïck Peyron
Loïck Peyron (born 1 December 1959 in Nantes) is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron.
He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran ''Fujicolor''.
Among his notable achievemen ...
on ''Lada Poch'' in 10 d 23 h 40 min
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Bruno Peyron on ''VSD Paca'' in 10 d 23 h 58 min
1992
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Laurent Bourgnon
Laurent Bourgnon (April 16, 1966 – June 24, 2015) was a Swiss sailor and motorsports. He was an offshore sailing winning both the prestigious transadltanic races the Route du Rhum in 1994 and 1998 and the Transat Jacques-Vabre in 1997. He di ...
on ''Primagaz'' in 8 d 5 h 49 min.
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Florence Arthaud
Florence Arthaud (28 October 1957 – 9 March 2015) was a French sailor from Boulogne-Billancourt. She was the daughter of Jacques Arthaud, director of the Arthaud publishing house.
Biography
At age 17, she was in a serious car accident, which ...
on ''Groupe Pierre 1er'' in 8 d 7 h 17 min
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Paul Vatine on ''Haute-Normandie'' in 9 d 14 h 18 min
1996
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Loïck Peyron
Loïck Peyron (born 1 December 1959 in Nantes) is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron.
He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran ''Fujicolor''.
Among his notable achievemen ...
on ''Fujicolor II'' in 7 d 20 h 24 min
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Francis Joyon
Francis Joyon (born 28 May 1956) is a French professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. Joyon and his crew currently hold the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation, on ''IDEC SPORT'' (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds), nearly five days les ...
on ''Banque Populaire'' in 7 d 23 h 28 min
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Paul Vatine on ''Région Haute-Normandie'' in 8 d 0 h 31 min
2000
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Franck Cammas
Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, ...
on ''Groupama'' in 9 d 23 h 16 min
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Marc Guillemot
Marc Guillemot is a French professional offshore sailor born on 25 June 1959 in Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Admi ...
on ''Biscuits La Trinitaine'' in 9 d 23 h 26 min
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Yvan Bourgnon on ''Bayer en France'' in 9 d 23 h 43 min
2004
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Karine Fauconnier on ''Sergio Tacchini'' in 7 d 21 h 00 min
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Franck Cammas
Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, ...
on ''Groupama'' in 7 d 21 h 59 min
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Michel Desjoyeaux
Michel Desjoyeaux (born 16 July 1965 in Concarneau) is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09, making him the only person to win t ...
on ''Géant'' in 7 d 22 h 01 min
2008
* Classe 50 feet Open (Multi50) :
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Franck-Yves Escoffier on ''Crêpes Whaou!'' in 11 d 3 h 19 min
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Pierre Antoine on ''Imagine''
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Hervé Cléris on ''Prince de Bretagne''
*
Class40
Class40 is a class of monohull sailboat and a yacht primarily used for short handed offshore and coastal racing. The class is administered by International Class40 Association which is recognised by the World Sailing.
Background
In 2004 forme ...
:
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Halvard Mabire on ''Pogo Structures''
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Oliver Krauss on ''Mistral Loisirs - Pôle santé Elior''
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Tanguy de Lamotte
Tanguy de Lamotte is a French sailor born on 6 May 1978 in Versailles, Yvelines
Yvelines () is a Departments of France, department in the western part of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a popu ...
on ''NOVEDIA Group - S.E.T. environnement''
* FICO :
*# Christophe Bullens on ''An Ocean of Smiles''
*#
Yannick Bestaven
Yannick Bestaven (born 28 December 1972 in Saint-Nazaire in the Loire-Atlantique region) is a French offshore sailor. He won the Transat 6.50 in 2001, was twice winner of the Transat Jacques-Vabre, and won the Vendee Globe in 2020-21.
Biography
...
on ''Cervin ENR''
*#
Denis Douillez on ''Saint Malo Team''
2012
Mono Class 40:
[Quebec-St Malo 2012 Official results]
* 1
Campagne de France
Halvard Mabire & Miranda Merron
France
03/08/2012 10:50
11j 17h 30m
3028,2
10,18
* 2
Mare
Jörg Riechers
Allemagne
03/08/2012 12:21
11j 19h 1m
3094,5
10,13
* 3
Eole Generation - GDF-SUEZ
Sébastien Rogues
France
03/08/2012 16:04
12j 0h 44m 43s
3098,9
9,93
* 4
Geodis
Fabrice Amedeo & Armel Tripon
France
03/08/2012 17:52
12j 2h 32m 50s
3036,2
9,87
* 5
Roaring forty 2
Michel Kleinjans
Belgique
03/08/2012 22:13
12j 4h 53m 8s
3043,8
9,79
* 6
Comiris-Elior
Thierry Bouchard
France
03/08/2012 23:04
12j 5h 44m 5s
3063,7
9,76
* 7
IXBlue
Stéphane Le Diraison
France
03/08/2012 23:07
12j 5h 47m 50s
3036,8
9,76
* 8
Jack in the box
Aloys Le Claquin
France
04/08/2012 05:08
12j 11h 48m 58s
3102,1
9,56
* 9
Groupe Picoty
Jacques Fournier
France
04/08/2012 07:04
12j 13h 44m 27s
3071,1
9,50
* 10
Red
Mathias Blumencron
Allemagne
04/08/2012 07:56
12j 14h 36m 2s
3033,6
9,47
* 11
Partouche
Christophe Coatnoan
France
04/08/2012 08:25
12j 15h 5m 33s
3087,9
9,46
* 12
Bodacious Dream
David Rearick
Etats-Unis
04/08/2012 11:11
12j 17h 51m 45s
3074,8
9,37
* 13
Sevenstar Yachttransport
Jean-Édouard Criquioche / Anna-Maria Renken
France
04/08/2012 14:59
12j 21h 39m 06s
3046
9,26
* 14
Latitude Neige / Longitude Mer
Aurélien Ducroz
France
04/08/2012 15:32
12j 22h 12m 13s
3054
9,24
* 15
EDF Energies Nouvelles
David Augeix
France
05/08/2012 03:44
13j 10h 24m 25s
3047
9,45
* 16
Bleu
Éric Tabardel
Canada
05/08/2012 07:20
13j 14h 00m 08s
3111
8,79
* 17
Transport COHERENCE
Benoit Parnaudeau
France
05/08/2012 10:44
13j 17h 24m 02s
3037
8,70
* 18
Avis immobilier
Louis Duc
France
05/08/2012 12:17
13j 18h 57m 11s
3060
8,66
* 19
Proximedia
Denis Van Weynbergh
Belgique
05/08/2012 22:57
14j 05h 37m 09s
3047
8,39
* 20
Persévérance
Robert Patenaude
Canada
06/08/2012 16:45
14j 23h 25m 37s
3031
7,97
Open:
[
* 1
Multi50
FenêtréA Cardinal 3
Erwan Leroux
France
01/08/2012 01:56
9j 14h 21m 5s
3287,6
12,59
* 2
Multi60
Défi Saint-Malo Agglo
Gilles Lamiré
France
02/08/2012 14:09
11j 2h 34m 4s
3224,3
10,88
* 3
Multi50
Vers un Monde sans SIDA
Erik Nigon
France
02/08/2012 14:30
11j 2h 55m 23s
3159,6
10,86
* 4
Mono50
Vento di Sardegna*
Andrea Mura
Italie
03/08/2012 02:35
11j 15h 0m 59s
3086,9
10,39
* 5
Mono65
Océan Phénix
Georges Leblanc
Canada
05/08/2012 14:36
14j 03h 1m 16s
3124
8,55
]
References
External links
Transat Quebec-Saint-Malo official site
Transat Quebec-Saint-Malo organization changes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Transat Quebec-Saint-Malo
Transatlantic sailing competitions
Sailing competitions in Canada
Sailing competitions in France
Recurring sporting events established in 1984