Thibaut Vauchel-Camus et Quentin Vlamynck, vainqueurs en Ocean Fifty sur Solidaires en Peloton
Ocean Fifty
Édition 2023 17 November 2023 - 01h09

Thibaut Vauchel-Camus et Quentin Vlamynck (Solidaires en Peloton), winners of Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre in the Ocean Fifty (before jury)

Thibault Vauchel-Camus and Quentin Vlamynck (Solidaires en Peloton) crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre off Fort de France, Martinique at 19:07:47hrs local time (00:07:47hrs UTC Friday) to take first place on the Ocean Fifty race. Their elapsed time for the 4200 nautical miles course from Le Havre to Martinique via Lorient, passing the Cape Verde Ile de Sal to starboard is 11d 11h 22m 47s. Their average speed for the theoretical course is 16.54kts. They actually sailed 5432.58 nms at a speed of 19.78kts.
The French duo have led the race since just before Cape Finisterre and were the first to cross an intermediate finish line off Lorient after the racers were required to stop there less 24 hours after the race started from Le Havre on 29th November

Their victory is the biggest ocean racing success for the co-skipper pairing who teamed up this year on the 2020 launched Romaric Neyhousser design which was previously raced by Vlamynck until his team’s long time sponsor stopped in March. 
Vlamynck is an ex Mini650 racer who sailed in the colours of Lalou Roucayrol and was very much mentored by the former Ocean Fifty racer and boatbuilder. He won the Ocean Fifty Pro Sailing Tour two years ago and finished second on last year’s Route du Rhum on this boat. 
 

Vauchel-Camus, who grew up in Gaudeloupe, was runner up in 2019 in a three boat Ocean Fifty class on this race and was previously a top Class40 racer who won the Transat Bakerly and finished fourth on the last Transat Jacques Vabre in the Ocean Fifty class. 
Widely tipped as pre-race favourites, their collective experience in the challenging Ocean Fifty multihulls especially showed during the very windy opening section to Lorient as well as preserving their well proven, well prepared boat through a major front on the Bay of Biscay which saw three of the six starters forced to abandon on the Bay of Biscay between 8th and 9th of November. 

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