Transat Québec–Saint-Malo


The Transat Québec–Saint-Malo is a sailing transoceanic race taking place every four years, from Quebec City, Canada, to Saint-Malo, France.
The first edition, in 1984, was organized to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's voyage from Saint-Malo to Quebec. The race is opened to crewed monohulls and multihulls of 40, 50 and 60 feet.
It has two particularities: It is the only west-to-east transatlantic race at this level, and it starts by going down the Saint Lawrence River for roughly 12% of its length.
In 2016 a new course record of 6 days, 1 hour and 17 minutes was set by Spindrift 2 skippered by :fr:Yann Guichard and Donna Bertarelli. This new time beats by almost 2 days the previous course record held by Loïck Peyron for 20 years.

1984

  1. Loïc Caradec on Royale in 8 d 19 h 57 min
  2. Pierre Follenfant on Charente-Maritime in 8 d 20 h 13 min
  3. Philippe Poupon on Fleury Michon in 9 d 15 h 59 min

1988

  1. Serge Madec on Jet Services in 7 d 21 h 35 min
  2. Loïck Peyron on Lada Poch in 10 d 23 h 40 min
  3. Bruno Peyron on VSD Paca in 10 d 23 h 58 min

1992

  1. Laurent Bourgnon on Primagaz in 8 d 5 h 49 min.
  2. Florence Arthaud on Groupe Pierre 1er in 8 d 7 h 17 min
  3. Paul Vatine on Haute-Normandie in 9 d 14 h 18 min

1996

  1. Loïck Peyron on Fujicolor II in 7 d 20 h 24 min
  2. Francis Joyon on Banque Populaire in 7 d 23 h 28 min
  3. Paul Vatine on Région Haute-Normandie in 8 d 0 h 31 min

2000

  1. Franck Cammas on Groupama in 9 d 23 h 16 min
  2. Marc Guillemot on Biscuits La Trinitaine in 9 d 23 h 26 min
  3. Yvan Bourgnon on Bayer en France in 9 d 23 h 43 min

2004

  1. Karine Fauconnier on Sergio Tacchini in 7 d 21 h 00 min
  2. Franck Cammas on Groupama in 7 d 21 h 59 min
  3. Michel Desjoyeaux on Géant in 7 d 22 h 01 min

2008

2020

Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic