Transatlantic Jacques Vabre Race
Irish Skipper Pam Lee Leads Class40 International Reactions
20th November 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
Irish sailor Pam Lee has led the international reaction as Class40 finishers arrived in Fort-de-France after a demanding Transat Café L’Or. Lee and co-skipper Jay Thompson finished 19th on #EmpowHer. Both said the race pushed them technically and mentally. Thompson…
Class40 Leaders Face Critical 36 Hours in Transat Café L’Or Race, Ireland's Pam Lee Lying 15th
13th November 2025 Class40
At the head of the Class40 fleet today on the Transat Café L’Or, with less than 1000 miles to go to the finish in Martinique, the leaders Corentin Douguet and Axel Tréhin (SNSM Faites un don) are still holding out…
Charal Leads Transat Cafe L'Or IMOCA Race; Intense Battles for Podium Places
6th November 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
After Tom Laperche and Franck Cammas crossed the Fort-de-France Transat Cafe L'Or finish line last night in first place in the ULTIMs on SVR Lazartigue, followed just over four hours later by Thomas Coville and Benjamin Schwartz (Sodebo Ultim 3),…
Laperche and Cammas Triumph in ULTIM Division of Transat Café L'Or 2025
6th November 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
This Wednesday, November 5, at 22 h 13 min 58 sec local time (3 h 13 min 58 in Paris), Tom Laperche and Franck Cammas were the first to cross the ULTIM finish line in Fort-de-France Bay for the 17th…
Pamela Lee's Class40 #EMPOWHER Suffers Major Sail Damage Mid‑Atlantic in Transat Café L'Or
5th November 2025 Pamela Lee
Irish skipper Pamela Lee of Greystones and US co‑skipper Jay Thompson aboard their Class40 #EMPOWHER (hull 178) are now limping through the Atlantic in the Transat Café L'Or after heavy seas and serious sail damage, off the Azores, approximately 1500…
Atlantic Weather Throws Up Big Questions for Transat Café L’Or Fleet
2nd November 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
Unsettled weather is complicating the early stages of the Transat Café L’Or. Each of the four classes — ULTIM, Ocean Fifty, IMOCA and Class40 — face uncertainty over the finish in Martinique. In the ULTIM class, the fleet’s course has…
At 08:05 hrs UTC this Wednesday morning, Corentin Douguet and Axel Tréhin (SNSM Make a donation!) crossed the Class40 finish line first in La Coruña, NW Spain, for what has become the first leg of the Transat Café L'Or Le Havre…
Adventurous Start for Transat Café L’Or in Strong Winds
26th October 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
After tens of thousands of well-wishers and spectators gathered around Le Havre’s Vauban docks to send off the skippers in perfect sunshine, the three divisions which started the Transat Café L’Or Normandie Le Havre this afternoon were then greeted with muscular…
Paprec Arkéa Suffers Damage After Buoy Collision in Le Havre
26th October 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
This Sunday at 4:08 p.m., while in 7th place in the Transat Café L'Or, Yoann Richomme and Corentin Horeau collided with a buoy off Le Havre. The IMOCA Paprec Arkéa was travelling at over 16 knots when the impact damaged…
Class40 Fleet Stops in La Coruña Due to Weather Conditions
26th October 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
Because of an incoming frontal system, deterioration in weather conditions is forecast at the entrance to the Bay of Biscay in the coming days. Transat Cafe L'Or ace management has decided to alter the Class40 course. The 42 boats in…
Multiple Ocean Fifty Trimarans Capsize in Transat Race
26th October 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
Three Ocean Fifty multihulls capsized within hours of each other during the opening stages of the Transat Café L’OR race. Lazare X Hellio overturned three miles north of La Hague shortly after 20:27 UTC on Saturday. Race organisers said skippers…
Le Cléac'h and Josse Ready for Transat Café L'OR Challenge: “We’ll Set off at Full Speed!”
25th October 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
This Sunday at 2:10 p.m., Armel Le Cléac'h and Sébastien Josse will set sail to defend their title in the Transat Café L'OR between Le Havre and Fort-de-France. From the start, the skippers of the Maxi Banque Populaire XI will…
High-Stakes Transat Café L'Or: 18 IMOCA Duos Race Across Atlantic
25th October 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
Eighteen duos are competing in the IMOCA class on the Transat Café L'Or, a healthy number for a post-Vendée Globe year. The level is very high and includes two brand new boats - Association Petits Princes-Queguiner and Les P’tits Doudous…
Irish offshore sailor Pamela Lee will be on the start line this Sunday, 26 October, as the Transat Café L’OR (formerly the Transat Jacques Vabre) Le Havre Normandie gets underway. The Greystones, County Wicklow skipper will race her Class40 yacht…
Transat Café L’Or to Begin October 26 with Staggered Starts
14th February 2025 Transatlantic Jacques Vabre
On Sunday, October 26, the ULTIM, the Ocean Fifty, the IMOCA, and the Class40 divisions will start their TRANSAT CAFÉ L’OR, formerly the Transat Jaques Vabre, at 15-minute intervals. Four consecutive starts will ensure the excitement and drama is prolonged…
Pamela Lee of Greystones is “Sailor of the Month (Offshore)” for November
1st December 2023 Sailor of the Month
The short-handed long-distance offshore racing scene from France is recognised as the world peak in a very specialised area. Design development at all boat sizes is at such a pace that in a hyper-hot division such as Class40, anyone racing…
