The Transat

After the 2000 event, The Royal Western Yacht Club, organizer of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, decided to split the race into two separate events. As a result, in 2004 professional edition of the race featured a new title The Transat.

The professional event has been run as The Transat from 2004, while the race smaller boats is run as the OSTAR. Throughout its history, however, the essentials of the race have remained the same. It has also become known as a testbed for new innovations in yacht racing; many new ideas started out in "the STAR".

The 2004 professional edition of the race featured a new title — The Transat — and a new finish, at Boston, Massachusetts. 37 boats entered, in four classes: ORMA 50 and 60-foot (18 m) multihulls; and IMOCA 50 and 60-foot (18 m) monohulls. Despite stormy conditions, all four classes of boats broke records; seven of the Open 60 monohulls broke the previous monohull record. Of the first four IMOCA Open 60's, Ecover, Pindar AlphaGraphics and Skandia (ex Kingfisher) were all designed by the British designers, Owen Clarke Design. This office also designed the first IMOCA 50, Artforms, which broke the 'Class 2' record. Several boats suffered damage, however.^[1]

Pos.	Skipper	Boat	Time
ORMA 60 Multihulls
1	Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)	Geant	8 days 08 hours 29 m
2	Thomas Coville (FRA)	Sodebo	8 days 10 hours 38 m
3	Franck Cammas (FRA)	Groupama	8 days 14 hours 16 m
4	Alain Gautier (FRA)	Foncia	9 days 07 hours 05 m
5	Karine Fauconnier (FRA)	Sergio Tacchini	9 days 12 hours 36 m
6	Lalou Roucayrol (FRA)	Banque Populaire	9 days 14 hours 05 m
7	Giovanni Soldini (ITA)	TIM Progetto Italia	10 days 06 hours 26 m
8	Philippe Monnet (FRA)	Sopra	10 days 09 hours 28 m
9	Fred Le Peutrec (FRA)	Gitana XI	11 days 09 hours 20 m
10	Steve Ravussin (SUI)	Banque Covefi	12 days 04 hours 27 m
11	Yves Parlier (FRA)	Mediatis Region Aquitaine	13 days 07 hours 11 m
RET	Marc Guillemot (FRA)	Gitana X	retired – broken centerboard
IMOCA 60 Monohulls
1	Mike Golding (GBR)	Ecover 2	12 days 15 hours 18 m
2	Dominique Wavre (SUI)	Temenos (1)	12 days 18 hours 22 m
3	Mike Sanderson (NZL)	Pindar Alphagraphics	12 days 20 hours 54 m
4	Nick Moloney (AUS)	Skandia	13 days 09 hours 13 m
5	Conrad Humphreys (GBR)	Hellomoto	13 days 20 hours 24 m
6	Marc Thiercelin (FRA)	Pro-Form	14 days 01 hours 41 m
7	Hervé Laurent (FRA)	UUDS	14 days 03 hours 58 m
8	Sebastien Josse (FRA)	VMI	14 days 10 hours 02 m (corrected)
9	Karen Leibovici (FRA)	Atlantica-Charente Maritime	17 days 17 hours 12 m
10	Norbert Sedlacek (AUT)	Austria One	17 days 18 hours 35 m
11	Charles Hedrich (FRA)	Obdectif 3	18 days 04 hours 12 m
12	Anne Liardet (FRA)	Quicksilver	19 days 14 hours 27 m
RET	Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)	Virbac-Paprec (1)	retired – dismasted
RET	Vincent Riou (FRA)	PRB 2	dismasted
RET	Bernard Stamm (SUI)	Chemees Poudoulat Armour Lux	capsized
ORMA 50 Multihulls
1	Éric Bruneel (FRA)	Trilogic	14 days 01 hours 23 m
2	Rich Wilson (USA)	Great American II	15 days 00 hours 19 m
3	Dominique Demachy (FRA)	Gify	15 days 13 hours 13 m
4	Etienne Hochede (FRA)	PiR2	19 days 13 hours 45 m
RET	Franck-Yves Escoffier (FRA)	Crepes Whaou!	retired – broke daggerboard
RET	Mike Birch (CAN)	Nootka	retired – broken autopilot
IMOCA 50 Monohulls
1	Kip Stone (USA)	Artforms	15 days 05 hours 20 m
2	Joe Harris (USA)	Wells Fargo	16 days 14 hours 21 m
3	Jacques Bouchacourt (FRA)	Okami	17 days 23 hours 17 m
DNF	Roger Langevin (FRA)	Branec III	over time limit

The 2008 Transat race was named after its sponsor, Artemis. On Thursday 15 May, Frenchman Michel Desdoyeaux (Foncia) had to retire from the race after a collision with a whale. Sebastien dosse (BT), who was leading, had to retire owing to damage to the mainsail carriage on Saturday 17 May, leaving Vincent Riou (PRB) take the lead on the Sunday morning. Loïck Peyron, on Gitana Eighty, caught up with Vincent Riou, who had to abandon the race due to serious keel damage after a collision with a basking shark on the night of Monday 12 / Tuesday 13 May. The race dury decided to grant two and a half hours of bonus time to Loïck Peyron after he rescued Vincent Riou. Starting on 11 May from Plymouth, Peyron spent 12 days, 11 hours, 15 mutes and 35 seconds (not including the time bonus) to cover the 2,992 miles of the race (averaging 8.7 knots), thus improving previous record of 12 days, 15 hours, 18 mutes and 8 seconds, which was held by Mike Golding (Ecover).

Position	Skipper	Boat	Time
IMOCA 60 Monohulls
1	Loïck Peyron (FRA)	Gitana Eighty	12 days 08 hours 45 m
2	Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA)	Brit Air	12 days 12 hours 28 m 40 s
3	Yann Eliès (FRA)	Generali	13 days 14 hours 30 m 22 s
4	Marc Guillemot (FRA)	Safran (2)	14 days 21 hours 18 m 47 s
5	Samantha Davies (GBR)	Roxy (2)	15 days 10 hours 00 m 51 s
6	Yannick Bestaven (FRA)	Cervin EnR	15 days 14 hours 31 m 17 s
7	Arnaud Boissières (FRA)	Akena Vérandas (2)	15 days 16 hours 00 m 03 s
8	Dee Caffari (GBR)	Aviva	16 days 02 hours 05 m 34 s
9	Steve White (GBR)	Spirit Of Weymouth	16 days 15 hours 04 m 54 s
DNF	Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)	Foncia	retired – broken skeg
DNF	Sébastien Josse (FRA)	BT	retired – sail damage
DNF	Vincent Riou (FRA)	PRB 3	retired – broken keel
DNF	Unai Basurko (ESP)	Pakea Bizkaia
Class40 Monohulls
1	Giovanni Soldini (ITA)	Telecom Italia	16 days 22 hours 11 m 27 s
2	Boris Herrmann (GER)	Beluga Racer	17 days 12 hours 09 m 47 s
3	Thierry Bouchard (FRA)	Mistral Loisirs – Pole Santé ELIOR	17 days 21 hours 42 m 57 s
4	Louis Duc (FRA)	Groupe Royer	18 days 02 hours 51 m 15 s
5	Halvard Mabire (FRA)	Custo Pol	18 days 03 hours 05 m 7 s
6	Alex Bennett (GBR)	Fudifilm	18 days 05 hours 53 m 2 s
7	Miranda Merron (GBR)	40 Degrees	18 days 19 hours 19 m 34 s
8	Benoît Parnaudeau (FRA)	Prévoir Vie	18 days 21 hours 21 m 02 s
9	Christophe Coatnoan (FRA)	Groupe Partouche	19 days 00 hours 28 m 20 s
10	Simon Clarkes (GBR)	Clarke Offshore Racing	19 days 06 hours 15 m 36 s
RET	Yvon Noblet (FRA)	Appart City

The 2020 races were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

The start of the 15th edition of the race is announced for the 28th of April 2024.^[7]

IMOCA 60, Class40 as well as a vintage sailboat category was announced to participate.^[7][8]

Indicated competitors

Pos.	Skipper	Boat	Year	Time	Ref.
IMOCA 60 Monohulls[9]
1	Yoann Richomme (FRA)	Paprec Arkéa	2023	8d 6h 53m 32s	[10]
2	Boris Herrmann (GER)	Malizia - Seaexplorer	2022	8d 9h 12m 31s	[11]
3	Sam Davies (GBR)	Initiative Coeur 4	2022	8d 12h 41m 37s	[11]
4	Charlie Dalin (FRA)	MACIF Santé Prévoyance	2023	8d 14h 44m 28s	[11]
5	Maxime Sorel (FRA)	V and B - Monbana - Mayenne	2022	8d 15h 34m 03s	[11]
6	Yannick Bestaven (FRA)	Maitre Coq V	2022	8d 18h 38m 16s	[11]
7	Justine Mettraux (SUI)	Teamwork.net	2018	8d 19h 41m 20s	[11]
8	Damien Seguin (FRA)	Group Apecil 2	2015	9d 03h 29m 32s	[11]
9	Louis Burton (FRA)	Bureau Vallée (2)	2020	9d 04h 37m 38s	[11]
10	Sébastien Simon (FRA)	Groupe Dubreuil	2021	9d 20h 02m 35s	[11]
11	Tanguy Le Turquais (FRA)	Lazare	2008	9d 22h 35m 34s	[11]
12	Isabelle Joschke (GER) (FRA)	MACSF	2007	9d 23h 19m 49s	[11]
13	Alan Roura (SUI)	Hublot	2019	9d 23h 34m 36s	[11]
14	Nicolas Lunven (FRA)	Holcim - PRB	2022	10d 08h 55m 57s	[11]
15	Paul Meilhat (FRA)	Biotherm	2022	10h 15h 02m 19s	[11]
16	Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN)	DMG Mori Global One	2019	10d 16h 53m 22s	[11]
17	Guirec Soudée (FRA)	Freelance.com	2007	10d 19h 08m 02s	[11]
18	Violette Dorange (FRA)	Devenir	2007	10d 19h 20m 23s	[11]
19	James Harayda (GBR)	Gentoo Sailing Team	2007	11d 07h 38m 26s	[11]
20	Eric Bellion (FRA)	Stand As One	2023	11d 09h 01m 07s	[11]
21	Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)	Prysmian Group	2015	11d 10h 37m 57s	[11]
22	François Guiffant (FRA)	Partage	2004	11d 14h 30m 54s	[11]
23	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)	Nexans - Wewise	2007	12d 02h 08m 52s	[11]
24	Denis Van Weynbergh (BEL)	D'Ieteren Group	2014	12d 03h 02m 26s	[11]
TBC	Oliver Heer (SUI)	Oliver Heer Ocean Racing	2007
TBC	Clarisse Cremer (FRA)	L’Occitane en Provence (2)	2019
DNF	Benjamin Ferré (FRA)	Monnoyeur Duo For A dob	2011		[11]
DNF	Jérémie Beyou (FRA)	Charal (2)	2022		[11]
DNF	Louis Duc (FRA)	Fives Group - Lantana Environment	2006		[11]
DNF	Antoine Cornic (FRA)	Human Immobilier	2005		[11]
DNF	Arnaud Boissières (FRA)	La Mie Câline	2010		[11]
DNF	Sébastien Marsset (FRA)	Foussier - Mon courtier énergie	2006		[11]
DNF	Jean Le Cam (FRA)	Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-lux	2023		[11]
Class40 Monohulls[12]
1	Ambrogio Beccaria (ITA)	Alla Grande - Pirelli		11d 16h 17m 55	[13]
2	Ian Lipinski (FRA)	Crédit Mutuel		11d 18h 38m 06	[13]
3	Fabien Delahaye (FRA)	Legallais		11d 21h 28m 56	[13]
4	Nicolas D'Estais (FRA)	Café doyeux		11d 23h 56m 55	[13]
5	Alberto Bona (FRA)	IBSA Group		12d 04h 35m 37	[13]
6	Vincent Riou (FRA)	Pierreval		12d 22h 31m 35	[13]
7	Amelie Grassi (FRA)	La Boulangère Bio		13d 12h 30m 27	[13]
TBC	Anatole Facon (FRA)	Good Morning Pouce
DNF	Thimote Polet (FRA)	ZEISS - WeeeCycling
DNF	Axel Trehin (FRA)	Prodect Rescue Ocean
DNF	Goulven Marie (FRA)	Qwanza
DNF	Quentin le Nabour (FRA)	Bleu Blanc Planète Location
DNF	Aurelien Ducroz (FRA)	Crosscall
Vintage
	Patrick Isoard (FRA)	Uship pour Enfants du Mekong
	Rémy Gerin (FRA)	Faiaoahe

• Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race
• IMOCA 60

• thetransat.com (official website)