One of the most famous offshore races on earth, the Transat Jacques Vabre, also got underway on Sunday in Le Havre on the northern coast of France. The doublehanded race will take teams out of the English Channel and finish more than 5,000 miles later in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Four classes are taking part, with a trio of 'Ultime' maxi-trimarans, 13 IMOCA 60s, six Multi-50 trimarans and 15 Class 40s. Most eyes are focused on the battle at the front of the Ultime fleet, where Seb Josse and Thomas Rouxel onboard Maxi Edmond de Rothschild — aka Gitana 17 — is making her ocean-racing debut, the first transoceanic attempt by any racing yacht that was designed from the ground up to be fully foiling. Edmond de Rothschild currently leads over Thomas Coville and co-skipper Jean-Luc Nélias on Sodebo Ultim'.
November 06, 2017
Transat Jacques Vabre '17
One of the most famous offshore races on earth, the Transat Jacques Vabre, also got underway on Sunday in Le Havre on the northern coast of France. The doublehanded race will take teams out of the English Channel and finish more than 5,000 miles later in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Four classes are taking part, with a trio of 'Ultime' maxi-trimarans, 13 IMOCA 60s, six Multi-50 trimarans and 15 Class 40s. Most eyes are focused on the battle at the front of the Ultime fleet, where Seb Josse and Thomas Rouxel onboard Maxi Edmond de Rothschild — aka Gitana 17 — is making her ocean-racing debut, the first transoceanic attempt by any racing yacht that was designed from the ground up to be fully foiling. Edmond de Rothschild currently leads over Thomas Coville and co-skipper Jean-Luc Nélias on Sodebo Ultim'.
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