Two Handed Transatlantic Race

The Two Handed Transatlantic Race or TwoSTAR is a transatlantic regatta for sailboats with two sailors on board. First organized in 1981, the regatta course ran from Plymouth (England) to Newport (USA) approximately every four years , ie over approximately 2820 nautical miles (approximately 5222.6 kilometers). Depending on the weather and ice situation, the yachts sail a 5% to 20% longer distance to their destination. The race is a parallel event to the one -handed regatta Observer Single-Handed Transatlantic Race (OSTAR), which has been held since 1960 and also takes place every four years .

In 1986 the Italian yacht Berlucchi with crew members Giuseppe Beppe Panada and Roberto Kramar was lost during the race. The yacht was later found floating upside down with the keel broken off.

German participants were Dieter Kowalewski / Ralf Steinhardt on Snowball (1986) in 27d 14h 24m, Wolfgang Quix / Herbert Weingärtner on Jeantex III (1986) in 25d 12h 11m. and Uwe Röttgering / Asia Pajkowska on Rote 66 (2017) in 20d 22h 43m.

The regatta paused from 1994 due to the increasing number of other - especially French - transatlantic regattas.

In 2012 there was a new edition of the race. Of nine starters, only five made it to the port of destination Newport. In 2017 the race started together with the OSTAR. Of the seven starters, only two made it to the finish. Three yachts gave up due to technical problems, two sank in a storm. The crews could be saved.

The Twostar planned for 2020 has been postponed to 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

The individual regattas

• 2017, overall ranking

• • 1st place Rote 66 , yacht type: Class 40 , (20 days 22 hours 43 minutes)
  • 2nd place Midnight Summer Dream , yacht type: Morgan 54, (28 days 10 hours 04 minutes)

• 2012, overall ranking

• • 1st place Vento Di Sardegna , yacht type: Open 50 , (13 days 12 hours 47 minutes, VMG 8.6 knots)
  • 2nd place Roaring Forty 2 , yacht type: Class 40 , (14 days, 4 hours 20 minutes)
  • 3rd place Perseverance III , yacht type: Class 40 of type Pogo 40, (18 days 23 hours 43 minutes)

• 1994, overall rating:
  • 1st place: Laurent Bourgnon & Cam Lewis on Primagaz (9 days, 8 hours 58 minutes; new transatlantic record in east-west direction for boats with two people sailed during the regatta: from Plymouth to Newport 9 days, 8 hours, 5 minutes , 20 sec, i.e. average speed 12.49 knots)
  • 2nd place: Loïck Peyron & Franck Proffit on Fujicolor (9 days 10 hours 18 minutes)
  • 3rd place: Pascal Hérold & Lionel Péan on Dupon Duran 3 (13 days 2 hours 40 minutes)

• 1990, overall rating:
  • 1st place: Jean Maurel & Michel Desjoyeaux in Elf Aquitaine (10 days, 23 hours 15 minutes)
  • 2nd place: Mike Birch & Didier Munduteguy on Fujicolor (11 days 3 hours 14 minutes)
  • 3rd place: Florence Arthaud & Patrick Maurel on Pierre 1 ^er
  • a total of 37 starting boats

• 1986, departure June 8th
  • 1st place (overall rating): Loïc Caradec & Olivier Despaigne in Royale (13 days 6 hours 12 minutes)
  • 2nd place (overall rating): Mike Birch & Olivier Monssy on Formula Tag
  • a total of 49 starting boats, 35 of which reached the finish within the time limit; Sponsor: Carlsberg

• 1981
  • Overall rating:
    • Chay Blyth & Robert James on the trimaran Brittany Ferries GB (14 days 13 hrs 54 mins)
    • Marc Pajot & Paul Ayasse on the Elf Aquitaine catamaran (16 days 6 hours 3 minutes)
    • Eric Loizeau & Halvard Mabire on the Gauloise 4 trimaran (15 days 6 hrs 53 mins)
  • fastest monohulls :
    • Bacilieri & Valin on Faram Serenissima (16 days 1 hour 24 minutes)
    • Florence Arthaud & François Boucher on Monsieur Meuble (16 days 3 hours 56 minutes)
    • Alain Gabbay & Berranger on Charles Heidsieck III (class 1; 16 days 5 hours 58 minutes)
  • a total of 76 participating yachts; Presumably sponsor of The Observer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beppe e Roberto on memorialsportnautici.it, accessed on February 9, 2015 (Italian)
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 7, 2017 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. 
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 7, 2017 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. 
4. ^ Royal Western Yacht Club. on sailingnetworks.com, accessed February 15, 2011
5. ↑ http://rwyc.org/ostar/
6. ↑ http://rwyc.org/ostar/results/
7. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 11, 2017 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. 
8. ↑ http://www.voileenligne.com/perseverance-iii-de-robert-patenaude-la-troisieme-equipe-quebecoise-de-class-40/
9. ↑ Ocean Race Records on sailspeedrecords.com, accessed February 23, 2008 (English)
10. ↑ ^{a b c} About the Race. at twostar.rwyc.org, accessed February 15, 2011

Web links

• Side of the organizer in 2012 (English)
• Participant report (probably 1990, English)