Amateur duo Olivier Roussey and Philippe Burger sailed Obportus 3 across the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre at 1642hrs 50” local time in Itajaí in Brazil (1842hrs 50” UTC) to finish in 20th place in Class 40, some 5d 19h 46′ 50” after the winner GDF SUEZ.

Their elapsed time is 26d 17h 28 ‘ 15”. Their average speed on the theoretical course 5,450 miles from Le Havre was 8.42 knots. And on the water Obportus 3 sailed 5,897 miles at an average speed of 9.19 knots.

The race of Obportus 3

For some a becalmed period would be frustrating but for us this morning it was an opportunity to have another go at freeing up that spinnaker. And success! 2.5 hours later an exhausted Pat lay next to a twisted spinnaker on the bow. Just in time too. No sooner was our solent free when the wind came in and we needed to use it. So for most of today we have had some glorious spinnaker runs. All day with the big spi. Now our beloved medium spi pulls us along into the blazing sunset. Watch out Obportus we are in hot pursuit! Michelle and Pat

Lionel Regnier and the youngest co-skipper ever to complete the course Tim Darni, 19, crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre line at 1538hrs 50” local time in Itajaí in Brazil, 1738hrs 50” UTC in 19^th place, some 4d 18h 42′ 50” after the winner GDF SUEZ. Their elapsed time is 25d 16h 24 ’15 ”.  Their average speed on the theoretical course of 5,450 miles from Le Havre was 8.76 knots. They sailed 5,713 miles on the water at an average speed of 9.27 knots.

Matouba
This duo took over the 2009 build Owen Clarke designed former Mare late. They were good to Roscoff, restarting ninth but Matouba accumulated losses after they wrapped their kite around the forestay during an unavoidable Chinese gybe when they were avoiding a cargo ship. But the duo always pushed hard and took satisfaction from passing competitors who were many miles ahead of them.

Catherine Pourre and Goulven Royer crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre line at 2358hrs 20” (local) time into Itajaí, Brazil (0158hrs 20” UTC) to finish 18th at 4d 03h 02′ 20” after the winner GDF SUEZ. Their elapsed time is 25j 00h 43 ‘ 45” . Their average speed on the theoretical course 5,450 miles from Le Havre was 8.99 knots. They sailed 5,801 miles on the water at an average speed of 9.66 knots.