Jean−Pierre Dick and Jérémie Beyou crossed the finish line of the tenth edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre at 08h 15mn 54s, UTC/GMT this Friday morning, or 02h 15mn 54s local time on the finish line in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. The French duo set a new monohull record for the race course from Le Havre − Puerto Limon. They improve the previous 2009 record by one hour and seven minutes.
The two men hugged each other, Dick is now a three times winner of this race and twice winner of the double handed Barcelona World Race round the world. He is unbeaten in IMOCA Open 60 double handed races. Local Caribbean bands greeted the winners of the 2011 edition in the very early hours of the morning.
Their elapsed time is 54s 15d 18h 15mm. Their average speed course on the theoretical course of 4730 miles is 12.51 knots. They have traveled 5167 miles on the water at an average speed of 13.66 knots.
Source: Transat Jacques Vabre
Photo: © A. Courcoux/Transat Jacques Vabre
