1986 Route du Rhum

1986 Route du Rhum
Event title
Name	1986 Route du Rhum
Edition	3rd Edition
Sponsor	La Banque Postale
Host	Pen Duick SAS
Event details
Start location	St Malo (FRA)
Finish location	Guadeloupe
Course	Solo Non-Stop Transatlantic Race
Dates	Starts 1986
Yachts	32 Boats
Competitors
Competitors	32 Sailors
Competing nations	BEL 1, CAN 2,; FRA 25, GBR 2,; POL 1, USA 1
Classes
Class 1	Class 1 Multi
Class 2	Class 2 Multi
Class 3	Class 3 Multi
Class 4	Class 4 Multi
Class 5	Class 1 Mono
Class 6	Class 2 Mono
Class 7	Class 3 Mono
	← 1982 1990 →

Last updated May 03, 2023

The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic yacht race. The 1986 race was the 3rd edition and had seven classes^[1] with 32 boats taking part.^[2]

Results

Pos	Class	Boat Name	Type	Year / Designer	Name / Nationality		Finish Time	Delta %	Speed Rhum / Water	Distance Sailed
1		Fleury-Michon VIII	Tri 23m		Philippe Poupon (FRA)	m	14d 15h 57m 15s	0%	10.06 / 0	0
2		Ericsson	Cat 23m		Bruno Peyron (FRA)	m	16d 17h 04m 43s	13.96%	8.83 / 0	0
3	Multi 1	Hitachi	Cat 18m		Lionel Péan (FRA)	m	17d 07h 04m 43s	17.94%	8.53 / 0	0
4		TAG-Heuer			Mike Birch (CAN)	m	17d 09h 28m 40s	18.62%	8.48 / 0	0
5		Lada-Poch			Loïck Peyron (FRA)	m	18d 01h 44m 52s	23.24%	8.17 / 0	0
6	Multi 1	Elf-Aquitaine II	Cat 22.80m		Jean Maurel (FRA)	m	19d 10h 07m 28s	32.44%	7.6 / 0	0
7		Ker Cadelac			François Boucher (FRA)	m	20d 05h 08m 15s	37.84%	7.3 / 0	0
8		Dupon Duran			Pascal Herold (FRA)	m	21d 10h 14m 33s	46.11%	6.89 / 0	0
9		Tressitherm-Infractable			Stéphane Touloupe (FRA)	m	21d 22h 54m 55s	49.71%	6.72 / 0	0
10		Espace Gard			Gérard Montariol (FRA)	m	23d 00h 18m 03s	56.92%	6.41 / 0	0
11		EnergieCommunication			Florence Arthaud (FRA)	f	23d 00h 19m 56s	56.93%	6.41 / 0	0
12	Mono 1	Kriter 8	Kriter VIII		Pierre Lenormand (FRA)	m	23d 07h 50m 56s	59.07%	6.33 / 0	0
13	Multi 3	Sebago			Walter Green (USA)	m	23d 10h 14m 39s	59.75%	6.3 / 0	0
14		Leroy Hamel			Éric Cadro (FRA)	m	27d 09h 41m 08s	86.87%	5.39 / 0	0
TLE	Mono 3	Carteret Savings			Jack A. Boye (GBR)	m	Time Limit Exceeded
ABN		Grundig			Thierry Caroni (FRA)	m
ABN		Ville Audrain			Wojciech Kaliski (POL)	m
ABN	Multi 1	Côte d’Or II	Tri		Éric Tabarly (FRA)	m
ABN		Jeremy V			Jean-Jacques Vuylsteker (BEL)	m
ABN		CTL Evénement dujeudi			Jean-Yves Richard (FRA)	m
ABN		Jean Stalaven			Dominique Marsaudon (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 4	Gauloises IV - Roger Gallet	13.72m Tri	1979	Eric Loizeau (FRA)	m
ABN		Apricot			Tony Bullimore (GBR)	m
ABN		Poulain			Olivier de Kersauzon (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 1	Jet Services	22.86m Tri		Daniel Gilard (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 1	Charente Maritime 2			Pierre Follenfant (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 4	Barradal - FNAC	12.18m Cat	1983	Hervé Cléris (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 3	Avenir			Louise Chambaz (CAN)	f
ABN	Mono 1	Brioches Mary			Patrice Carpentier (FRA)	m
ABN		Nems Luang			Paul Vatine (FRA)	m
ABN		Seagull			Thierry Ledoux (FRA)	m
ABN		Royale Disparu			Loïc Caradec (FRA)	m

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References

↑ "Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe". Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.
↑ Roncin, Olivier (1986). "La cours au galons des sans-grade". Voiles et voiliers. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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[1] "Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe". Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.

[roncin-2] Roncin, Olivier (1986). "La cours au galons des sans-grade". Voiles et voiliers. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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