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Pogo 40, Bingo completes RORC Transatlantic Race 2014

by Louay Habib, Race Reports on 18 Dec 2014
Bingo, Pogo 40 crosses the line - RORC Transatlantic Race 2014. RORC/Arthur Daniel and Orlando K Romain
RORC Transatlantic Race 2014 - Yves and Isabelle Haudiquet's French Pogo 40, Bingo crossed the finish line of the 2014 RORC Transatlantic Race, off Quarantine Point, Grenada at 17:35:31 UTC on Wednesday 17th December 2014 with an elapsed time of 17 days, 07 hours, 35 minutes and 31 seconds.



Isabelle Haudiquet was on the helm as the bright yellow hull blasted through the finish line. Having safely moored Bingo after 17 days at sea, the French crew enjoyed a cold beer dockside at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina:

'For me to sail with three men in a boat is normal. We have sailed together so many times, so the atmosphere on board is no different, even when we cross an ocean. We are an agreeable crew; we eat together, sail together and laugh together. This is my second transatlantic with Bingo, but the first time from east to west, and it was very different. Sailing from Lanzarote to Grenada is far easier than the other way!'


At 1800 UTC Wednesday 17th December, the last yacht still racing is Denis Villotte's JNP 12, Sérénade. The French team of three is 211 miles from the finish and expected to arrive on Friday morning.

The inaugural RORC Transatlantic Race, in association with the International Maxi Association (IMA), started on Sunday 30 November 1000 UTC from Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands bound for Grenada, West Indies, 2,995 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Sail No.
Yacht Type Class TCC Owner Sailed By
GBR 23 Lupa Of London Baltic 78 CK 1.426 Jeremy Pilkington


Class Total: 1




MLT 14742 Nomad IV (RETIRED) Finot 100 Z 1.713 FC CUBE LTD Jean-Paul Riviere
MLT 7777 Windfall Southern Wind 94 Z 1.516 WF Services Ltd Fabrizio Oddone
GBR 3671 Spirit of Adventure Volvo 60 Z 1.407 Derek Hatfield


Class Total: 3




USA 118 Oakcliff Racing Class40 1 1.301 Hobie Ponting
FRA 26 Sensation Class 40 Class40 1 1.251 Marc Lepesqueux
GBR 68007 Yacana Swan 68 1 1.208 Aref Lahham
FRA 37573 Bingo Pogo 40 1 1.178 Yves Haudiquet


Class Total: 4




GBR 133 Apollo 7 J/133 2 1.092 Nigel Passmore
FRA 35390 Optim'X X 40 2 1.066 Frank Lang


Class Total: 2




FRA 36541 Sérénade JNP 12 Biquille 3 1.010 Denis Villotte


Class Total: 1






Total: 11