Transatlantic Regatta

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A transatlantic regatta (especially in English and French regatta names often shortened to transat ) is a race across the Atlantic and is therefore one of the high seas regattas. The word is usually - and so also in this article - used for regattas on sailboats or sailing ships . The Atlantic Challenge is a rowing competition across the Atlantic.

The first transatlantic regatta took place in 1866, in the meantime there are not only one-time regattas but also several regularly organized (recurring) regattas. The first transatlantic regattas were mostly held in a west-east direction between the east coast of the USA and Europe (often England) across the North Atlantic. The route of modern transatlantic regattas mostly runs in an east-west direction, with French regattas in particular often leading not to the USA, but to the Caribbean or South America.

One-time regattas

Recurring regattas

East-West direction

  • Single-Handed Transatlantic Race (STAR ​​for short; originally " Observer Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race", OSTAR for short; since 1980 changing sponsors), since 1960 every four years from Plymouth (England) to the USA; after 2000 divided into:
    • The Transat - four-yearly regatta for sailing professionals (since 2004)
    • OSTAR (Original Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race) - biennial regatta for amateurs (since 2005)
  • Two-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (TwoSTAR) - from 1981 to 1994 about every four years held regatta for two-man teams with the same route as the OSTAR (see above), for single and multi-hull boats
  • Mini-Transat (also: Transat 650 ) - biennial one-handed regatta across the Atlantic for monohulls, originally from England, since 1985 from France to the Antilles, since 1977
  • Atlantic Rally for Cruisers - an annual race since 1986 for regatta and cruising sailors from Gran Canaria to the Lesser Antilles
  • Route du Rhum - one-handed regatta that takes place every four years from France (near Saint-Malo ) to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe , single and multi-hull boats, since 1978
  • Transat Jacques Vabre - every two years from Le Havre to South or Central America (2009: Costa Rica), single and multi-hull yachts with a crew of two, since 1993
  • Transat AG2R - every two years from France to the Antilles, on monohull boats ( Figaro Bénéteau type ) with a crew of two, since 1992
  • Transquadra - transatlantic stage regatta from Nantes / Saint-Nazaire to Madeira and a few months later to Martinique for amateurs aged 40 and over, every three years since 1993
  • Transat BPE (formerly Trophée BPE) - biennial regatta from France to the Antilles since 2001; 2001 and 2003 for two-person teams, 2005 to 2009 for single-handed sailors; Boats: Figaro Bénéteau
  • Atlantic Challenge , rowing, since 2013

West-East direction

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Barbara Lloyd (April 27, 1986). YACHT RACE TO SALUTE LIBERTY. New York Times (accessed February 16, 2011)
  2. ↑ The Transat bakerly. In: www.thetransat.com. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ OSTAR 2013 | The Original Single Handed Trans-Atlantic Race. In: ostar.rwyc.org. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Transquadra website ( memento of the original from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.transquadra.com

literature

  • Ludwig Dinklage: Ocean races, 70 years of transatlantic regattas, 1866–1936. Bremen 1936.