Transat Québec-Saint Malo - 6th edition Start 11.07.2004 - www.quebecsaintmalo.com - zur Übersicht Tuesday 6 July 2004 PRESS RELEASE N°2 Transat Québec-Saint Malo : D – 3 days! Sunday 11 July will see the start of the sixth edition of the one and only west to east transatlantic: the Québec-Saint Malo. Some weeks after the finish of The Transat, the 50 and 60 foot multihulls and the 50 foot monohulls return to their native Europe but this time in crew configuration. A hazardous course will lead them from the Saint-Laurent river to the North Atlantic before making the Corsaire town of Saint Malo 3 000 miles (5 556 km) away. 7 to 10 days of racing for this ocean sprint organised every four years and a record to beat that was established back in 1996 by Loïck Peyron aboard Fujicolor II in 7 days, 20 hours and 24 minutes. Rapid, often severe, convivial but hotly disputed, the Québec-Saint Malo is far from being uncomplicated with three different stretches of water: the Saint-Laurent, the North Atlantic and the Channel. Gripping stuff! In its 20 year history the Transat Québec-St Malo has always brought together the finest sailors of the time, whether they be in monohulls or multihulls. www.quebecsaintmalo.com The greatest ocean racers have had their names etched into the history of the race : Loïc Caradec and Philippe Facque, Hervé Perrin, Serge Madec, Titouan Lamazou, Laurent Bourgnon, Pierre Fehlmann, Loïck Peyron, Pierre Mas, Franck Cammas and Hervé Cléris, to name just the winners… Some of these skippers and their crews will be present in 2004, as is the case for the veteran of the event who hasn’t missed a single edition, Mike Birch who will be aboard his 50 foot multihull Nootka. A history written by the best of them! The best of their time… Also, to celebrate this anniversary edition, there will be twenty one taking the start: twelve 60 foot multihulls (routing forbidden to this Orma class) with 5 to 6 crew aboard, six multihulls and three 50 foot monohulls (class 2) who will have 3 to 5 crew. If we take a closer look at the list of participants, we see the pride of the Orma multihull fleet. For starters there is the recent winner of The Transat and the last Route du Rhum, as well as leader of the Orma championship 2004, Michel Desjoyeaux (Géant) ; similarly there is the Orma triple champion Franck Cammas, not to mention the only female skipper in the class, Karine Fauconnier (Sergio Tacchini). As for the 50 foot multihulls, Franck-Yves Escoffier (Crêpes Whaou !) and Anne Caseneuve (Atlantic Nature) figure amongst the favourites. But they will have to look out for the veteran and fanatic of the race Mike Birch (Nootka) who surely knows all the traps and secrets of the Saint Laurent. Finally amongst the 50 foot monohulls, there will be just three at the start. Difficult to say whether Luc Coquelin (Marina Fort Louis Saint Martin), Roger Langevin (Branec III) or the local of the leg Georges Leblanc (Ciment St-Laurent) will come off best. An action-packed event in terms of both weather and course! The Transat Québec-St Malo provides some very varied sailing conditions, both technically and tactically, much to the delight of today’s ocean racers who have become real regatta sailors. Initially there is the descent of the 400-mile long Saint-Laurent river with its numerous passage marks and pitfalls. Inevitably they have to slalom between the islands and the rocks, thwarting the currents, picking a way through the mist, reindexing calm in the light conditions and serene in the storm. Past the mouth of this river and the famous bay of the St Laurent, is the exit into the Atlantic ocean, the second large section of the course. It is not unheard of for the first to make it out of the St Laurent to be the first to arrive in Saint Malo. The game plan then consists of catching a depression and gliding with it as far as southern Ireland. Going in the direction of the depressions, the Atlantic is generally swallowed up within 3 to 4 days, downwind, surfing the isobars. This is where a number of 24 hour records have been beaten. The last stretch of the course is raced through the Channel, between the Fastnet and Saint Malo, and can easily shape up to be a difficult passage. In 1984, on glassy seas, Royale was but a few boat lengths ahead of Charente Maritime at the finish. Sixteen years later, Biscuits la Trinitaine, saw its 300 mile lead melt away on the approach to the finish line. In the calm of the last night of racing, five multihulls were battling for victory. It was Groupama that won it ultimately... Double take for the start! Two starts will be given on Sunday 11 July. The first at 12h35 Canadian time - 16h35 GMT- for the Class 2 multihulls and monohulls. The second, for the Orma multihulls, at 12h50 Canadian time -16h50 GMT. What this means is that besides the difficulties of the descent of the Saint-Laurent, the fleet of Orma multihulls should pass the nine 50 footers before reaching the open sea. Camille El Beze and Pierrick Garenne. Translation Kate Jennings. Liste des inscrits : Multi 60 Orma 1 Cammas Franck Groupama FRA 2 Coville Thomas Sodebo FRA 3 Desjoyeaux Michel Géant FRA 4 Fauconnier Karine Sergio Tacchini FRA 5 Gautier Alain Foncia FRA 6 Guillemot Marc Gitana X FRA 7 Le Peutrec Frédéric Gitana 11 FRA 8 Monnet Philippe Sopra Group FRA 9 Parlier Yves Médiatis-Région Aquitaine FRA 10 Ravussin Stève Banque Covefi SUI 11 Roucayrol Lalou Banque Populaire FRA 12 Soldini Giovanni TIM Progetto Italia ITA Multi 50 1 Birch Mike Nootka CAN 2 Bousquet Philippe Aquaera FRA 3 Caseneuve Anne Atlantic Nature FRA 4 Demachy Dominique GIFI FRA 5 Escoffier Franck-Yves Crêpes Whaou! FRA 6 Quintin Pascal Jean Stalaven FRA Mono 50 1 Coquelin Luc Marina Fort Louis Saint Martin FRA 2 Langevin Roger Branec III FRA 3 Leblanc Georges Ciment St-Laurent CAN Organisation & Media Device · Accreditations : We invite the journalists wishing to be accredited to click here to download the accreditation form. · In Québec : The Press Centre is located at the Centre d’Interprétation in the Vieux-Port and will be open from 30 June 2004. Communication / Press : Dominique Lebel (418) 521 37 85 communication@quebecsaintmalo.com Technical Director : Jean-Claude Maltais course@quebecsaintmalo.com A Saint Malo : · As regards the finish in Saint Malo and the monitoring of the race in France, the press service will be operational in Saint-Malo from the start of the race on the 11 July. · Les PC Course / PC Presse will be located (under mobile structures) in Saint-Malo, Quai Bajoyer (next to the Club House and next to the Bassin Vauban) throughout the event. It will be open from 11 July to 25 July. Opening times: 9h00 to 20h30 French time. Two press releases will be dispatched each day. The first will be sent at 0600 French time and the second towards 1700 French time, comprising an analysis of the situation, the résumé of the radio links and the ranking from 3h15 and 15h15. The radio chat sessions will be held everyday at 04h30 and 11h30 (French time) from 12 July. The session from 11h30 is open to the public. The sessions will be held in a reserved area – along from the press room. A weather and race flash will be made just before or during the session. Media conference© daily at 11h30 (French time) – Organisation Windreport. Number accessible from France : 0825 70 00 68 (« Press » Number - 0.15 euros/mn) This No. is only addressed at journalists and members of the Québec Saint-Malo family – it may not be communicated to the general public. Access to the Internet support (reserved for the press and boat crews) : http://www.windreport.com/mediaconference The sound recorded during these sessions will be distributed to the radio stations (and media) before the first morning and evening papers via Digital lines, MP3 files and put online on the Internet site. An internet site www.quebecsaintmalo.com will enable you to follow the fleet in elapsed time, as well as finding information on the race, crews, boats, partners, and start and finish sites for the race. Rankings will be broadcast at regular intervals (3h15, 7h15, 11h15, 15h15, 19h15), as will the day’s press releases, weather analysis, audio communications with the skippers, emails received from the boats, special newsflashes in the event of something important: this site will enable the live detailed monitoring of this sixth edition. The audiotel server 0892 55 14 55 (0,34€ TTC/min) : Access 24h/24, the latest rankings and latest interviews from your telephone. Service destined for the general public and journalists. Following the race in images (TV) : Video production will be assured by the Royale Production team. A team will go to Quebec to assure transmission of the feed right from the start and the scheduling will be defined below. The signal for the live from the start will be liberated to all channels for 20’ – The production of images in Canada will be assured by Radio Canada. We will be in contact again in the coming days to finalise the arrangements with you. Your contacts: Eric Viguié : 06 18 02 89 65 - ev@royale.fr Emmanuel Pairault : 06 64 12 86 64 - ep@royale Scheduling of transmission (subject to confirmation) Date : Sunday 11 July. Horaire :1625 - 1710 GMT Subject : Departure Origine du Signal : Radio Canada Québec - reception à BT Pont de Sèvres Destination : SERTE PARIS pour accès toutes chaines et sur le satellite NSS7 @338.5° EST EN 625 MPEG2 ':2:0 - FEC ??? -SR ??? MSYS/S XP ?? CH ??? DOWN LINK : ?? MHZ / POL ? Contact Eric Viguie : 06 18 02 89 65 These images will be available at the SERTE and will be subject to confirmation by mail and fax. PRESS SERVICE TEAM : Press Attaché: Laurence Dacoury Tel: +33(0)1 47 72 81 41 - +33(0)6 18 41 30 28 Email: ldacoury@wanadoo.fr head of the Press Department in the town of Saint-Malo: Françoise Hilaire Tel: +33(0)2 99 20 86 07 francoise.hilaire@ville-saint-malo.fr Press release writer + internet site: Camille Elbeze Tel: +33 (0)6 60 62 60 71 Email: camille.elbeze@wanadoo.fr Radio Chat Session host + writer, press releases and internet site: Pierrick Garenne Tel: +33 (0)6 16 99 03 33 Email: pgarenne@club-internet.fr Press release writer + internet site + international press relations: Kate Jennings Tel: +33 (0)6 16 43 80 08 Email: katejennings@free.fr Our correspondant in Quebec: Dominic Bourgeois Tel pc presse Saint Malo: 0299409961 Tel fax Saint Malo: 0299409043 In charge of the internet site, media conferences and press relations with the radio: the team from Windreport : Corentin Duroselle by email cod@windreport.com +33(0)2 40 84 27 28. quebecsaintmalo@windreport.com Aurélie Uchard +33 (0)1 55 37 03 76 au@windreport.com Carine Prost . +33 (0)6 86 00 97 91 cp@windreport.com Yannick Perrigot 33 (0)2 40 84 30 00 yp@windreport.com E-mail Press HQ : quebecsaintmalo@relationpresse.org Logistics contact for the Race HQ / Press HQ : Philippe Granier (Royale Production) : Tel : +33 6 22 15 00 10, e-mail : pgranier@royale.fr. 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