Transat Café L’Or : les dernières infos Tip & Shaft

The Transat Café L’Or has delivered part of its verdict with victories for the duos Tom Laperche/Franck Cammas in Ultim, Baptiste Hulin/Thomas Rouxel in Ocean Fifty, and Jérémie Beyou/Morgan Lagravière in Imoca. Sailorz looks back at the end of the week, in the company of weather router Dominic Vittet, Matthieu Souben, winner of the transatlantic race in 2021 in Ocean Fifty, Erwan Tabarly, coach at the Port-la-Forêt offshore racing hub, Yves Le Blevec, director of Team Actual, and journalist Pierre-Marie Bourguinat, editor in charge of covering the race for the organization.

The start of the Transat Café L’Or was given in two stages last weekend, Saturday for the Ocean Fifty, Sunday for the three other classes (to follow on our website). Sailorz looks back at the first few days and discusses the current weather challenges, in the company of Jean-Yves Bernot, weather specialist and router, Imoca skipper Nicolas Lunven, Erwan Le Draoulec, who capsized last Saturday on the Ocean Fifty Lazare x Hellio, and Erwan Israël, member of the Gitana Team.

On October 26, 74 duos will start the Transat Café L’Or. As before every major race, Sailorz has gathered a panel of experts to discuss the contenders. This week, the focus is on the Ocean Fifty and the Class40 with four former winners, the defending champions Quentin Vlamynck (Ocean Fifty) and Nicolas Andrieu (Class40), Matthieu Souben (Ocean Fifty 2021) and Antoine Carpentier (Ocean Fifty 2019, Class40 2017 and 2021), as well as Alexis Loison, winner of the Solitaire du Figaro 2025, and Léonard Legrand, a newcomer to Ocean Fifty in 2026.

The organisers of the Transat Café L’Or unveiled the key features of the 2025 edition’s budget on Monday. A rising budget of 5.9 million euros, to which must be added the cost for the arrival destination, around 1.4 million. Sailorz tells you more.