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5.27.19
The first 3 boats on the finish line of the Bermudes 1000 Race
A look back at the arrivals of Sébastien Simon, Yannick Bestaven and Giancarlo Pedote during the Bermudes 1000 Race 2019 !
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| Coefficient | 2 |
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| Distance | 2000 milles (3 700 km) |
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| Race track | Douarnenez - Fastnet Rock – Les Açores - Brest |
| Race director | Jacques Caraës |
| Organizer | SEA to SEE |
| IMOCA reference time | Sébastien Simon, Arkéa-Paprec, 17 mai 2019, 7j 17h 34mn |
The Bermudes 1000 Race is a singlehanded race reserved for the class’ monohulls and forms part of the programme for the IMOCA Globe Series Championship2018-2021. Created in 2018, the first edition was won by Paul Meilhat. The 2019 edition, which serves as a qualification race for the Vendée Globe 2020, set sail from Douarnenez on Thursday 9 May.
On the programme, a 2,000-mile course, leading the 17 skippers towards the Azores, before a long climb to round the famous Fastnet lighthouse, followed by a drop down towards the finish line off Brest. After 7 days, 17 hours and 34 minutes of racing, it was Sébastien Simon who took victory in the colours of Arkéa-Paprec in what was his first IMOCA race, ahead of Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ) and Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian Group).
A look back at the arrivals of Sébastien Simon, Yannick Bestaven and Giancarlo Pedote during the Bermudes 1000 Race 2019 !
•••Look back at the major lessons from this race, which took the skippers from Douarnenez to Brest via the Fastnet Rock and a virtual mark off the Azores...
•••A skilled observer of this first event in the IMOCA Globe Series in which he was unable to take part due to the timing, Romain Attanasio gives us his analysis of the first five days of racing...
•••At 0715hrs (UTC) on Saturday 11th May, Sébastien Simon was the first to round the Fastnet rock to the south of Ireland, the first waymark in the Bermudes 1000 Race between Douarnenez and Brest.
•••It was at 1700hrs local time on Thursday 9th May that the start was given for the Bermudes 1000 Race, the first event in the 2019 Globe Series.
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