Event title | |
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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 - ![]() |
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 |
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]
Pos | Class | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year / Designer | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Rhum Speed | Distance Sailed | Ref. | ||
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1 | Multi 1 ORMA 60 | Primagaz | 1990 VPLP | ![]() | m ![]() | 14d 06h 28m 29s | 0% | 10.34 | 4353 | [4] [5] [6] | ||
2 | Multi 1 ORMA 60 | 276 | Région Haute-Normandie | 1994 Nigel Irens | ![]() | m ![]() | 14d 09h 38m 56s | 0.93% | 10.25 | 4159 | ||
3 | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | Cacolac d'Aquitaine | ![]() | m ![]() | 15d 19h 23m 35s | 10.78% | 9.34 | 3731 | ||||
4 | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | Bagages Superior | 1992 Finot | ![]() | m ![]() | 16d 00h 33m 18s | 12.29% | 9.21 | 3927 | |||
5 | Lakota | ![]() | m ![]() | 17d 08h 08m 52s | 21.51% | 8.51 | 5025 | |||||
6 | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | 1993 | Groupe LG | ![]() | m ![]() | 18d 17h 51m 17s | 31.35% | 7.87 | 3782 | |||
7 | Dupon Duran III | ![]() | m ![]() | 19d 05h 44m 29s | 34.82% | 7.67 | 4399 | |||||
8 | Wilson Sportswear | ![]() | m ![]() | 20d 03h 16m 39s | 41.11% | 7.33 | ||||||
9 | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | La Vie Auchan | 1992 Bouvet-Petit | ![]() | m ![]() | 20d 22h 38m 56s | 46.77% | 7.05 | 4088 | |||
10 | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | FRA 85 | PRB Vendée | 1991 Lucas | ![]() | m ![]() | 21d 19h 02m 41s | 52.73% | 6.77 | 4028 | ||
11 | Laiteries de Saint-Malo | ![]() | m ![]() | 21d 23h 32m 39s | 54.04% | 6.71 / 0 | 3808 | |||||
12 | Casino d'Etretat | ![]() | m ![]() | 22d 08h 58m 21s | 56.79% | 6.6 / 0 | 4063 | |||||
13 | Claussejardin | ![]() | m ![]() | 22d 22h 25m 15s | 60.72% | 6.44 / 0 | 3922 | |||||
14 | Mono 3 | 14 ans-Friskies | ![]() | m ![]() | 0d 0h 0m 0s | 0% | 0 / 0 | 4016 | ||||
ABN | Multi 2 | Saint-Malo Entreprises | 1990 Nigel Irens | ![]() | m ![]() | |||||||
ABN | Multi 1 | Nootka | 1989 VPLP | ![]() | m ![]() | |||||||
ABN | Multi 1 | Fujicolor II | 1990 Irens | ![]() | m ![]() | Dismasted | ||||||
ABN | Multi 1 | Biscuits-La-Trinitaine | 1988 Iren | ![]() | m ![]() | |||||||
ABN | Multi 1 | 8 | Banque Populaire | 1994 Nigel Irens | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||
ABN | Multi 2 | Brocéliande | 1992 Joubert-Nivelt | ![]() | m ![]() | |||||||
ABN | Multi 1 | 971 | Twinsea DEFI GUADELOUPE | 1987 Alan Williams | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||
ABN | Multi 1 | Omapi | 1984 Ollier | ![]() | m ![]() | |||||||
ABN | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | Amnesty Internationale | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||||
ABN | Mono 2 - IMOCA 60 | Cherbourg Technologies | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||||
ABN | Mono 1 | Etoile Molène | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||||
DID NOT START | ||||||||||||
DNS | Multi 2 | Cote de Gaspe | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||||
DNS | Multi 3 | - | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||||
DNS | Multi 3 | Severalles Challenges | ![]() | m ![]() | ||||||||
DNS | Mono 1 | Pen Duick VI | 1973 Mauic | ![]() | m ![]() |
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