7.Transat Quebec Saint-Malo 2008 - Ocean racing 2008

7.Transat Quebec Saint-Malo 2008
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Québec City, April 7, 2008
TRANSAT QUÉBEC SAINT-MALO – 7th EDITION
BOASTS RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING BOATS
- At the close of the registration period, the race committee of the Transat Québec Saint-Malo -- 7th edition is proud to announce that 36 boats, monohulls and multihulls ranging in length from 40 to 60 feet, will all be mooring at wharves 5 and 14 of Québec’s Old Port no later than July 10, ahead of the official race departure on Sunday, July 20.

For the Transat Québec Saint-Malo, it s a record in terms of crew participation, no doubt in part spurred by the first-time inclusion of Class’40 yachts. These boats account for more than half of the field, alongside entries in the 50’Open multihull, IMOCA 60’, ORMA 60’ and Open monohull classes. Altogether, seven countries will be represented at the event – namely, France, Italy, England, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Canada. (See attached list of entries.) With the official departure now nearly 100 days away, the Transat Québec Saint-Malo is already emerging as a success in terms of numbers of participating crews, comparing favourably with other major races such as France’s “La Route du Rhum” and “Transat Jacques-Vabre” and the UK’s “Artemis Transat.” The Transat Québec Saint-Malo is presented by the Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec, under the banner of “Fromages d’ici,” in collaboration with the Société générale de financement du Québec.

ENTRIES, TRANSAT QUÉBEC SAINT-MALO 2008
Skipper Class Boat
ANGOULVANT François CLASS'40 Fermiers de Loué-Sarthe CARPENTIER Patrice - LAJOYE Luc CLASS'40 Les Entreprises Lorraines CHATELIN Pierre-Yves CLASS'40 Destination Calais CLERTON Wilfrid CLASS'40 CGMER COATNOAN Christophe CLASS'40 Groupe Partouche CRIQUIOCHE Jean-Edouard CLASS'40 Océans Eleven DE LAMOTTE Tanguy CLASS'40 Cheekytatoo DOIN Pascal CLASS'40 Saint Glin Glin DUTOIT Gilles CLASS'40 Techneau FORCIER Luc CLASS'40 YME GALMARD Éric CLASS'40 Khat 7 GRINDA Alain CLASS'40 Rêv'86 GWENC'HLAN Catherine CLASS'40 Tchuda Popka HARDING Peter CLASS'40 40 Degrees HERRMANN Boris CLASS'40 Beluga Shipping KRAUSS Oliver CLASS'40 Mistral Loisirs NOBLET Yvan CLASS'40 Appart’ City PARNAUDEAU Benoît CLASS'40 Prévoir Vie PELLA Alex CLASS'40 Open Sea POUJOL Cécile CLASS'40 Alliance 100 SOLDINI Giovanni CLASS'40 Télécom Italia TABARDEL Éric CLASS'40 Bleu Voile Océanique VALLÉE Philippe CLASS'40 Groupe SEFICO ANTOINE Pierre Classe 50' OPEN Imagine CLÉRIS Herv é Classe 50' OPEN 50 Open Explorer DE CARLAN Hervé Classe 50' OPEN Délirium ERUSSARD Victorien Classe 50' OPEN Laiterie de Saint-Malo ESCOFFIER Franck-Yves Classe 50' OPEN Crêpes Whaou! QUINTIN Pascal Classe 50' OPEN Forget Formation BESTAVEN Yannick IMOCA Cervin enr BULLENS Christophe IMOCA Smiles - Red Sapphire DOUILLEZ Denis Open monocoque Iapuka LEBLANC Georges Open monocoque OCÉAN LÉPINE Yves Open monocoque Atlantix Express CAMMAS Franck ORMA Groupama II LAMIRÉ Gilles ORMA Horizon Loisirs

The only Transat towards the Old Continent
In 1534, Jacques Cartier and his companions took almost two months to return to Saint-Malo after discovering Canada. Two months of uncertain seas and permanent dangers, which the sailors will be thinking of, as they make their way at high speed over this route, which has not changed over the centuries... There are two particular features in this transatlantic race: firstly it is the only race from west to east, and secondly it’s a river race, as they sail down almost a third of the Saint Lawrence River, offering spectators the possibility of following them from land.

A little history
The historic route for the voyages of discovery of seafaring days, the Transat Quebec – Saint-Malo reminds us of the world imagined by Jules Verne and Herman Melville (Moby Dick) offering the competitors much more than a simple race, rather an extraordinary voyage over four centuries of seafaring adventures. It was on the 450th anniversary of the first voyage by Jacques Cartier, the sailor from Saint-Malo, in the Gulf of Saint-Lawrence in 1534, that the first Transat Quebec – Saint Malo took place in 1984.

It was for a long time reserved for large multihulls before opening up gradually to more “accessible” yachts. From a mere handful of these large yachts, we have gone this year to more than 35 entrants. 35 boats, which will once again be attracting this year large, enthusiastic crowds along the banks of the river in Quebec. The race record was set in 1996 by Fujicolor II, with Loïck Peyron at the helm with a time of 07 d. 20 h. 24 m to cover the 2950 miles.

Winners of the previous editions of the Transat Quebec – Saint-Malo

1984
1/ Royale / Loïc Caradec 8d 19h 57m 2/ Charente-Maritime / Pierre Follenfant 8d 20h 13m 3/ Fleury-Michon / Philippe Poupon 9d 15h 59m

1988
1/ Jet Services / Serge Madec 7d 21h 35m 2/ Lada Poch / Loïck Peyron 10d 23h 40m 3/ VSD Paca / Bruno Peyron – 10d 23h 58m

1992
1/ Primagaz / Laurent Bourgnon – 8d 5h. 49m. 2/ Groupe Pierre 1er / Florence Arthaud – 8d 7h 17m 3/ Haute-Normandie / Paul Vatine – 9d 14h 18m

1996
1/ Fujicolor II / Loïck Peyron – 7d 20h 24m 2/ Banque Populaire / Francis Joyon – 7d 23h 28m 3/ Région Haute-Normandie / Paul Vatine – 8d 0h 31m

2000
1/ Groupama / Franck Cammas – 9d 23h 16m 2/ Biscuits La Trinitaine / Marc Guillemot – 9d 23h 26m 3/ Bayer en France / Yvan Bourgnon – 9d 23h 43m

2004
1/ Sergio Tacchini / Karine Fauconnier – 7d 21h 00' 2/ Groupama / Franck Cammas – 7d 21h 59' 3/ Géant / Michel Desjoyeaux – 7d 22h 01'

07.08.2008 - Final meeting

06.08.2008 - Those fabulous sailors in Saint-Malo

05.08.2008 - Eleven teams now ashore

04.08.2008 - Some quick final stretches?

03.08.2008 - A Sunday in Saint-Malo... to the rhythm of the boats

03.08.2008 - Pogo Structures, winner in Class 40!

02.08.2008 - The next boats due to finish in Saint-Malo

01.08.2008 - Next boat expected, a multihull: tomorrow

31.07.2008 - CREPES WHAOU! OVERALL WINNER IN SAINT-MALO: ESCOFFIER DOES IT AGAIN

31.07.2008 - Franck-Yves Escoffier on his way to a great victory

31.07.2008 - NEWSFLASH: ESCOFFIER EXPECTED TO FINISH IN SAINT-MALO AT AROUND 18H GMT

30.07.2008 - CREPES WHAOU! EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST TOMORROW IN SAINT-MALO