Transat Jacques Vabre

The Transat Jacques Vabre is a yachting race that follows the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil.

The course was drawn up back in 1993[1] to follow in the wake of the clippers transporting coffee from Brazil to France.

Classements Skippers Bateaux Temps de course Again a two-handed race between Le Havre and Cartagena.

Storm Force 10 winds in the English Channel caused the postponement of the start to 7 November.

The race was won by the MOD 70 Edmond de Rothschild skippered by Sebastien Josse and Charles Caudrelier.

View of multihulls during the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005, Le Havre
Banque populaire , the start day of the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005
Gitana XI , Start day of the Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 November 2005