Transat Québec–Saint-Malo

The Transat Québec–Saint-Malo is a sailing transoceanic race taking place every four years, from Quebec City, Canada, to Saint-Malo, France.

The first edition, in 1984, was organized to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's voyage from Saint-Malo to Quebec.

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 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.

Middle estuary of St. Lawrence River , passage of couriers from Transat [ 1 ] at Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 2000
Start of the 2004 transat.
Ships moored in the Port of Quebec , in July 2008.