2002 Route du Rhum
| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Name | 2002 Route du Rhum |
| Edition | 7th Edition |
| Sponsor | La Banque Postale |
| Host | Pen Duick SAS |
| Event details | |
| Start location | St Malo (FRA) |
| Finish location | Guadeloupe |
| Course | Solo Non-Stop Transatlantic Race |
| Dates | Starts 2002 |
| Yachts | 58 Boats |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 58 Sailors |
| Competing nations | AUS 1, BEL 1, CAN 1,
FRA 48,GBR 4, ITA 1 SUI 2 |
| Results | |
| Line honours | Michel Desjoyeaux - Géant |
| Classes | |
| Class 1 | ORMA 60 |
| Class 2 | Multi |
| Class 3 | IMOCA 60 |
| Class 4 | Class 1 Mono |
| Class 5 | Class 2 Mono |
| Class 6 | Class 3 Mono |
← 1998 2006 → | |
The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2002 race was the 7th edition and had seven classes[1] with 58 boats taking part.[2]
Results[edit]
ORMA 60 Multihulls[edit]
| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Designer | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed Rhum |
Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Géant | 2002 | VPLP |  Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) |
m  |
13d 07h 53m 00s | 0% | 11.07 | ||
| 2 | Biscuit La Trinitaine | Aug. 1998 | Nigel Irens | Marc Guillemot (FRA) |
m |
13d 19h 36m 18s | 3.66% | 10.68 | ||
| 3 | Banque Populaire IV | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret |
Lalou Roucayrol (FRA) |
m |
14d 07h 01m 00s | 7.23% | 10.33 | ||
| RET | Groupama | 1998 | VPLP | Franck Cammas (FRA) |
m |
Day 1 - Capsized towed to port | [3][4] | |||
| RET | Banque Covefi | 1990 | Nigel Irens | Bertrand de Broc (FRA) |
m |
Day 2 - Retired due to fatigue | ||||
| RET | TIM | May. 2001 | VPLP |  Giovanni Soldini (ITA) |
m |
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| RET | Gitana X | Jun. 2002 | Ollier McLane Schmidt |
Lionel Lemonchois (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Bayer Cropscience | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret |
Fred Le Peutrec (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Eure & Loir - Lorénove | 1994 | Nigel Irens | Francis Joyon (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Rexona Men | 1990 | VPLP |  Yvan Bourgnon (SUI) |
m |
|||||
| RET | Sopra Group | Apr. 2002 | Lombard | Philippe Monnet (FRA) |
m |
|||||
| RET | Fujifilm | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard |
Loïck Peyron (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Sodebo | 0 | Thomas Coville (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Foncia | Apr. 2002 | VPLP | Alain Gautier (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Belgacom | 2001 | VPLP | Jean-Luc Nélias (FRA) |
m |
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| RET | Sergio Tacchini | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard |
Karine Fauconnier (FRA) |
f  |
|||||
| RET | Bonduelle | Sept. 2000 | VPLP | Jean Le Cam (FRA) |
m |
Day 1 - Collision retired to port | ||||
| RET | 23 | Techno Marine | 1997 | VPLP | Stève Ravussin (FRA) |
m |
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Multihulls[edit]
IMOCA 60[edit]
| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed | Distance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 888 | Kingfisher | 2000 |  Ellen MacArthur (GBR) |
13d 13h 31m 47s | 0% | 10.88 / 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Ecover (1) | 1998 | Mike Golding (GBR) |
13d 22h 49m 35s | 2.86% | 10.58 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Arcelor-Dunkerque | 1998 | Joé Seeten (FRA) |
16d 00h 51m 51s | 18.23% | 9.2 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Sill | 1999 | Roland Jourdain (FRA) |
16d 05h 14m 28s | 19.57% | 9.1 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | L'Héeautontimorouménos | 1997 | Antoine Koch (FRA) |
17d 13h 17m 28s | 29.42% | 8.41 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Garnier | 1996 |  Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) |
18d 00h 20m 04s | 32.81% | 8.19 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 60 ème Sud | 1992 | Didier Munduteguy (FRA) |
20d 05h 21m 58s | 49.1% | 7.3 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | UUDS | 1992 Finot | Miranda Merron (GBR) |
20d 22h 33m 57s | 54.38% | 7.05 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Tir Groupé - Montres Yema | 1989 |  Mike Birch (CAN) |
21d 11h 31m 08s | 58.36% | 6.87 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Millimages Gédéon | 1992 | Patrick Favre (FRA) |
22d 21h 30m 00s | 68.8% | 6.45 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Dinan Pays d'entreprises | 1992 | Frédéric Lescot (FRA) |
23d 13h 04m 43s | 73.59% | 6.27 / 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Ciments St Laurent Océan | 1990 | Georges Leblanc (FRA) |
24d 06h 12m 54s | 78.85% | 6.08 / 0 | 0 | ||
| DNF | VMI | 1999 | Sébastien Josse (FRA) |
Abandon | |||||
| DNF | La rage de vivre | 1998 | Loïc Pochet (FRA) |
Abandon | |||||
| DNF | Temenos | 1998 | Dominique Wavre (SUI) |
Abandon | |||||
| DNF | Virbac (0) | 2000 | Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) |
Abandon | |||||
| DNF | Leasecom | 2002 | Elie Canivenc (FRA) |
Abandon | |||||
Monohulls - Class 1,2 & 3[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe". Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.
- ^ "Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe". the-sports.org.
- ^ "Second capsize in Rhum race". 2022-11-12.
- ^ "Photo of Grouparma Capsized".