| Distance | 1000 milles (1 852 km) |
|---|---|
| Race track | Douarnenez - Fastnet Rock – Cascais |
| Race director | Jacques Caraës |
| Organizer | Sea to See |
| IMOCA reference time | Paul Meilhat, SMA, 2018, 3j 8h 34m 51s |
A relative newborn among the races that make up the IMOCA calendar, the Bermudes 1000 Race - Douarnenez / Cascais saw the light of day in 2018 thanks to a shared desire of Sea to See and the IMOCA class.
On the programme, a 1,000-mile singlehanded race, setting out from Douarnenez, bound for the Portuguese coast, as far as Cascais, to the west of Lisbon. In Portugal, it was Paul Meilhat on SMA who bagged the win in 2018, after 3 days, 8 hours, 34 minutes and 51 seconds of racing, just 13 minutes ahead of Sam Davies on her Initiatives-Coeur.
| Rank | Skipper | Boat | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 
Paul MEILHAT
SMA | SMA | 3j 8h 34min 51s |
| 02 | 
Sam DAVIES
Initiatives-Coeur | Initiatives-Coeur | 3j 8h 47min 36s |
| 03 |
Damien SEGUIN
Jean LE CAM
GROUPE APICIL | GROUPE APICIL | 3j 16h 41min 20s |
| 04 |
Fabrice AMEDEO
Newrest - Art & Fenêtres | Newrest - Art & Fenêtres | 3j 19h 51min 25s |
| 05 |
Manuel COUSIN
Groupe SETIN | Groupe SETIN | 4j 1h 22min 12s |
|
Louis BURTON
Bureau Vallée 2 | Bureau Vallée 2 | Abandon |
With the arrival of Jérémie Beyou this weekend in Les Sables d'Olonne, the IMOCA Class can now confirm the winner and the top-10 of the 2018-21 IMOCA Globe Series Championship*.
•••The Grand Prix Guyader and the Bermudes 1000 Race, the two inaugural events of the 2018 season, have provided a backdrop for some great clashes between the IMOCA skippers…
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