The 2013 Transat Jacques Vabre was the 11th edition and was raced from Le Havre, France, to Itajai, Brazil a course distance of 5395 Nautical Miles. [1]
Storm Force 10 winds in the English Channel caused the postponement of the start to 7 November. The race was won by the MOD 70 Edmond de Rothschild skippered by Sebastien Josse and Charles Caudrelier. First monohull was PRB skippered by Vincent Riou and Jean Le Cam.
| Pos. | Crew | Boat Name | Date Finish | Elapsed Time | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Josse  | Edmond de Rothschild | 11d 05h 03m 54s | 22,00 | ||
| Charles Caudrelier | ||||||
| 2 | Sidney Gavignet | Oman Air-Musandam | 11d 10h 04m 09s | 21,70 | ||
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| Pos. | Crew | Boat Name | Boat Age | Date Finish | Elapsed Time | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Riou (FRA) Jean Le Cam (FRA) | PRB (4) | 17d 00h 41m 47s | 14,12 | |||
| 2 | Marc Guillemot (FRA) Pascal Bidégorry (FRA) | Safran (2) | 17d 04h 43m 23s | 13,93 | |||
| 3 | Jérémie Beyou (FRA) Christopher Pratt (FRA) | Maître CoQ III | 17d 05h 15m 07s | 13,90 | |||
| 4 |  Bernard Stamm (SUI) Philippe Legros (FRA) | Cheminées Poujoulat (3) | 17d 12h 19m 44s | 13,68 | |||
| 5 | Louis Burton (FRA) Guillaume Le Brec (FRA) | Bureau Vallée (1) | 20d 02h 18m 45s | 12,28 | |||
| 6 | Bertrand de Broc (FRA) Arnaud Boissières (FRA) | Votre Nom autour du Monde | 20d 04h 34m 05s | 12,14 | |||
| 7 |  Zbigniew Gutkowski (POL) Maciej Marczewski (POL) | Energa | 20d 10h 47m 17s | 12,23 | |||
| 8 | Tanguy de Lamotte (FRA) François Damiens (BEL) | Initiatives Cœur (2) | 21d 03h 55m 46s | 11,55 | |||
| 9 |  Alessandro Di Benedetto (ITA) Alberto Monaco (ITA) | Team Plastique | 21d 03h 55m 55s | 11,32 | |||
| DNF | François Gabart (FRA) Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) | Macif | 21 Abandon [2] | ||||
| Pos. | Boat. | Crew | Elapsed Time | Delta | % | Rhum Knots | Distance Sailed | Water Knots | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S/N | Boat Name | Model | Age | Name | |||||||||
| 1 | FRA 130 | GDF Suez | Mach 40 | 2013 | Sébastien Rogues (FRA) Fabien Delahaye (FRA) |  | 20d 21h 41m 25s | d 0h 0m 0 | 0 | 10.75 | 5578.7 | 11.12 | [3] |
| 2 | 123 | Tales Santander 2014 | Botin | 2013 |  Alex Pella (ESP) Pablo Santurde (ESP) | | 21d 01h 22m 15s | 0d 03h 40m 50 | 0.73 | 10.68 | 5661.5 | 11.2 | |
| 3 | FRA 115 | Mare | Mach 40 | 2012 |  Jörg Riechers (GER) Pierre Brasseur (FRA) | | 21d 03h 21m 55s | 0d 05h 40m 30 | 1.13 | 10.63 | 5668.7 | 11.17 | |
| 4 | FRA 98 | Watt&Sea, Région Poitou-Charentes | Tyker 40 Evolution 2 | 2010 | Yannick Bestaven (FRA) Aurélien Ducroz (FRA) | | 22d 08h 14m 46s | 1d 10h 33m 21 | 6.89 | 10.06 | 5620.7 | 10.48 | |
| 5 | FRA 85 | Groupe Picoty | Pogo 40S2 | 2010 | Jean-Christophe Caso (FRA) Aymeric Chappellier (FRA) | | 22d 10h 26m 47s | 1d 12h 45m 22 | 7.33 | 10.02 | 5637.8 | 10.47 | |
| 6 | FRA 81 | SNCF - Geodis | Akilaria RC2 | 2009 | Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) Armel Tripon (FRA) | | 22d 10h 54m 39s | 1d 13h 13m 14 | 7.42 | 10.01 | 5638.7 | 10.46 | |
| 7 | FRA 131 | ERDF - Des pieds et des mains | Akilaria RC 3 | 2013 | Damien Seguin (FRA) Yoann Richomme (FRA) | | 22d 12h 14m 14s | 1d 14h 32m 49 | 7.68 | 9.99 | 5601.2 | 10.37 | |
| 8 | MLT 125 | Vaquita | Custom Humphreys | 2013 |  Christof Petter (AUT) Andreas Hanakamp (AUT) | | 22d 13h 39m 33s | 1d 15h 58m 08 | 7.97 | 9.96 | 5697.9 | 10.52 | |
| 9 | FRA 101 | Campagne de France | Pogo 40S2 | 2011 | Halvard Mabire (FRA) Miranda Merron (GBR) |  | 22d 23h 47m 47s | 2d 02h 06m 22 | 9.99 | 9.78 | 5610.4 | 10.17 | |
| 10 | 65 | Phoenix Europe | Akilaria Mk2 (Proto) | 2008 | Louis Duc (FRA) Stéphanie Alran (FRA) | | 23d 02h 40m 07s | 2d 04h 58m 42 | 10.56 | 9.73 | 5679.4 | 10.24 | |
| 11 | FRA 107 | Solidaires en Peloton | Kiwi 40FC | 2011 | Victorien Erussard (FRA) Thibaut Vauchel-Camus (FRA) | | 23d 10h 02m 05s | 2d 12h 20m 40 | 12.03 | 9.6 | 5858.3 | 10.42 | |
| 12 | ITA 117 | BET1128 | BM40 | 2012 | Gaetano Mura (ITA) Sam Manuard (FRA) | | 23d 10h 29m 48s | 2d 12h 48m 23 | 12.12 | 9.59 | 5637.2 | 10.02 | |
| 13 | 126 | Fantastica | Owen C | 2009 | Stefano Raspadori (ITA) Pietro D'Ali (ITA) | | 23d 11h 43m 40s | 2d 14h 02m 15 | 12.37 | 9.57 | 5798.2 | 10.29 | |
| 14 | 132 | Caterham Challenge | Akilaria RC 3 | 2013 | Mike Gascoyne (GBR) Brian Thompson (GBR) | | 23d 16h 36m 10s | 2d 18h 54m 45 | 13.34 | 9.49 | 5709.8 | 10.04 | |
| 15 | 79 | Matouba | Owen C | 2009 | Bertrand Guillonneau (FRA) Sébastien Audigane (FRA) | | 24d 22h 12m 15s | 4d 00h 30m 50 | 19.24 | 9.02 | 5810.4 | 9.71 | |
| 16 | 104 | Proximedia - Sauvez mon enfant | Mach40 | 2011 | Denis Van Weynbergh (BEL) Jean-Edouard Criquioche (FRA) | | 24d 22h 24m 21s | 4d 00h 42m 56 | 19.28 | 9.02 | 5809.1 | 9.71 | |
| 17 | 109 | Mr Bricolage | Pogo 40S2 | 2011 | Damien Rousseau (FRA) Matthieu Alluin (FRA) | | 24d 23h 40m 40s | 4d 01h 59m 15 | 19.53 | 9 | 5918.1 | 9.87 | |
| 18 | 88 | Eärwen | Tyker 40 Evolution 2 | 2010 | Catherine Pourre (FRA) Goulven Royer (FRA) | | 25d 00h 43m 45s | 4d 03h 02m 20 | 19.74 | 8.98 | 5801 | 9.66 | |
| 19 | 105 | April-Deltacolor | Akilaria | 2011 | Lionel Reginer (FRA) Tim Darni (FRA) | | 25d 16h 24m 15s | 4d 18h 42m 50 | 22.87 | 8.75 | 5714.3 | 9.27 | |
| 20 | 60 | Obportus 3 | JPK40 | 2007 | Philippe Burger (FRA) Olivier Roussey (FRA) | | 26d 17h 28m 15s | 5d 19h 46m 50 | 27.86 | 8.41 | 5898.4 | 9.2 | |
| 21 | 64 | Croix du Sud | Akilaria | 2007 |  Michelle Zwagerman (AUS) Patrick Conway (AUS) | | 26d 23h 23m 28s | 6d 01h 42m 03 | 29.04 | 8.33 | 5673.4 | 8.76 | |
| 22 | 10 | EcoÉlec - Fantronic | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Eric Darni (FRA) Florent Bernard (FRA) | | 28d 04h 49m 20s | 7d 07h 07m 55 | 34.91 | 7.97 | 5864.4 | 8.66 | |
| 23 | 90 | 11th hour racing | Jaz | 2009 | Hannah Jenner (GBR) Rob Windsor (GBR) | | 30d 04h 28m 25s | 9d 06h 47m 00 | 44.41 | 7.45 | 6298.8 | 8.69 | |
| ABN | 119 | Dunkerque - Planète Enfants | Tyker Evolution 3 | 2012 | Bruno Jourdren (FRA) Thomas Ruyant (FRA) | | 14 November 2013 | Medical Isuesd | 1073 | ||||
| ABN | 129 | Concise 8 | McConaghy Ker40 | 2013 | Ned Collier Wakefield (GBR) Sam Goodchild (GBR) | | 13 November 2013 Abandon (Perte d'un safran) | 712 | |||||
| ABN | 89 | Marie-Galante | Akilaria | 2010 | Wilfrid Clerton (FRA) Dominique Rivard (FRA) | | 10 November 2013 Abandon (Bôme endommagée) | 371 | |||||
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