1994 Route du Rhum

1994 Route du Rhum

Event title
Name	1994 Route du Rhum
Edition	5th 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 1994
Yachts	Boats
Competitors
Competitors	Sailors
Results
Line honours	Primagaz -   Laurent Bourgnon  (SUI)
Classes
Class 2	Class 1 Multi ORMA 60
Class 3	Class 2 Multi
Class 4	Class 3 Multi
Class 6	Class 1 Mono
Class 7	Class 2 Mono IMOCA 60
Class 8	Class 3 Mono
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The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic yacht race. The 1994 race was the 5th edition and had eight classes ^[1] with 35 boats taking part. ^{[2] [3]}

Results

Pos	Class	Sail No.	Boat name	Year / Designer	Name / Nationality		Finish Time	Delta %	Rhum Speed	Distance Sailed	Ref.
1	Multi 1 ORMA 60		Primagaz	1990 VPLP	Laurent Bourgnon  (SUI)	m	14d 06h 28m 29s	0%	10.34	4353	[4] [5] [6]
2	Multi 1 ORMA 60	276	Région Haute-Normandie	1994 Nigel Irens	Paul Vatine  (FRA)	m	14d 09h 38m 56s	0.93%	10.25	4159
3	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60		Cacolac d'Aquitaine		Yves Parlier  (FRA)	m	15d 19h 23m 35s	10.78%	9.34	3731
4	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60		Bagages Superior	1992 Finot	Alain Gautier  (FRA)	m	16d 00h 33m 18s	12.29%	9.21	3927
5			Lakota		Steve Fossett  (USA)	m	17d 08h 08m 52s	21.51%	8.51	5025
6	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60	1993	Groupe LG		Gerry Roufs  (CAN)	m	18d 17h 51m 17s	31.35%	7.87	3782
7			Dupon Duran III		Pascal Herold  (FRA)	m	19d 05h 44m 29s	34.82%	7.67	4399
8			Wilson Sportswear		Jean Maurel Harris  (FRA)	m	20d 03h 16m 39s	41.11%	7.33
9	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60		La Vie Auchan	1992 Bouvet-Petit	Patrick Tabarly  (FRA)	m	20d 22h 38m 56s	46.77%	7.05	4088
10	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60	FRA 85	PRB Vendée	1991 Lucas	Jean-Yves Hasselin  (FRA)	m	21d 19h 02m 41s	52.73%	6.77	4028
11			Laiteries de Saint-Malo		François-René Carluer  (FRA)	m	21d 23h 32m 39s	54.04%	6.71 / 0	3808
12			Casino d'Etretat		Eric Dumont  (FRA)	m	22d 08h 58m 21s	56.79%	6.6 / 0	4063
13			Claussejardin		Fred Dahirel  (FRA)	m	22d 22h 25m 15s	60.72%	6.44 / 0	3922
14	Mono 3		14 ans-Friskies		Jean-Jacques Vuilstreker  (BEL)	m	0d 0h 0m 0s	0%	0 / 0	4016
ABN	Multi 2		Saint-Malo Entreprises	1990 Nigel Irens	Hervé Cléris  (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 1		Nootka	1989 VPLP	Claude Develay  (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 1		Fujicolor II	1990 Irens	Loïck Peyron  (FRA)	m	Dismasted
ABN	Multi 1		Biscuits-La-Trinitaine	1988 Iren	Mike Birch  (CAN)	m
ABN	Multi 1	8	Banque Populaire	1994 Nigel Irens	Francis Joyon  (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 2		Brocéliande	1992 Joubert-Nivelt	Dominique Marsaudon  (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 1	971	Twinsea DEFI GUADELOUPE	1987 Alan Williams	Claude Bistoquet  (FRA)	m
ABN	Multi 1		Omapi	1984 Ollier	Hervé Laurent  (FRA)	m
ABN	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60		Amnesty Internationale		Thierry Dubois  (FRA)	m
ABN	Mono 2 - IMOCA 60		Cherbourg Technologies		Halvard Mabire  (FRA)	m
ABN	Mono 1		Etoile Molène		Bob Escoffier  (FRA)	m
DID NOT START
DNS	Multi 2		Cote de Gaspe		Augustin Cotton  (CAN)	m
DNS	Multi 3		-		Patrick Coulombel  (FRA)	m
DNS	Multi 3		Severalles Challenges		Brian Thompson  (GBR)	m
DNS	Mono 1		Pen Duick VI	1973 Mauic	Arnaud Dhallenne  (FRA)	m

External links

• Official website
• Official YouTube Channel
• 1994 Route du Rhum on Facebook

References

1. "Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe". Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.
2. "17 pilotes s'envolent ..." Voiles et voiliers. November 1994. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
3. "Route du Rhum 1994".
4. "sailing-1994-multihulls-la-route-du-rhum".
5. "Final Results".
6. "Performance States".