The Transat Café L'OR, formerly known as the Transat Jacques Vabre and also known as the « Coffee Route », is a two-person transatlantic sailing race. Starting from Le Havre in France, the Transat Jacques Vabre connects with Itajaí in Brazil on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

The city of Itajaí in Brazil is the destination for the second consecutive time of a long route, filled with obstacles to navigate, covering 5,400 nautical miles or approximately 6,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Previous finishing cities include Cartagena in Colombia from 1993 to 1999, Salvador de Bahia in Brazil (from 2001 to 2007), and Puerto Limón in Costa Rica (in 2009 and 2011).

The Transat Jacques Vabre takes place every 2 years, with the start scheduled for around the beginning of November: the latest edition was held in 2021. The next edition starts on October 29, 2023, from the city of Le Havre in France.

Monohulls and multihulls compete in this race in different categories:

• For multihulls:
  • ORMA (60-foot multihulls)
  • Multi 50: 50-foot multihulls
• For monohulls:
  • IMOCA (60-foot monohulls)
  • Class 2 (50-foot monohulls)
  • Class40 (40-foot monohulls)

• 1st Ultime Multihull: François Gabart and Pascal Bidégorry (Macif)
• 1st IMOCA Monohull: Vincent Riou and Sébastien Col (PRB)
• 1st Class 50' Multihull: Erwan Le Roux and Giancarlo Pedote (FenêtréA Prysmian)
• 1st Class40 Monohull: Yannick Bestaven and Pierre Brasseur (Le Conservateur)

• 1st Ultime Multihull: Thomas Coville and Jean-Luc Nelias (Sodebo Ultim)
• 1st IMOCA Monohull: Jean-Pierre Dick and Yann Elies (St Michel - Virbac)
• 1st Class 50' Multihull: Lalou Roucayrol and Alex Pella (Arkema)
• 1st Class40 Monohull: Maxime Sorel and Antoine Carpentier (V&B)

• 1st IMOCA Monohull: Charlie Dalin and Yann Eliès (APIVIA) in 13d 12h 08min 00s
• 1st Class 50' Multihull: Gilles Lamiré and Antoine Carpentier (Groupe GCA – Mille et un sourires) in 11d 16h 34min 41s
• 1st Class40 Monohull: Ian Lipinski and Adrien Hardy (Crédit Mutuel) in 17d 16h 21min 23s

• 1st Ultime Multihull: Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rotschild) in 16d 1h 49min 16s
• 1st IMOCA Monohull: Thomas Ruyant and Morgan Lagraviere (LinkedOut) in 18d 1h 21min 10s
• 1st Class 50' Multihull: Sebastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben (Primonial) in 15d 13h 27min 14s
• 1st Class40 Monohull: Antoine Carpentier and Pablo Santurde (Redman) in 21d 22h 33min 30s

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