| 2002 Route du Rhum | |
| Edition: | 7th Edition |
| Sponsor: | La Banque Postale |
| Start: | St Malo (FRA) |
| Finish: | Guadeloupe |
| Course: | Solo Non-Stop Transatlantic Race |
| Dates: | Starts 2002 |
| Host: | Pen Duick SAS |
| Competitors: | 58 Sailors |
| Yachts: | 58 Boats |
| Nations: | AUS 1, BEL 1, CAN 1,FRA 48,GBR 4, ITA 1SUI 2 |
| Linehonours: | Michel Desjoyeaux - Géant |
| Class1: | ORMA 60 |
| Class2: | Multi |
| Class3: | IMOCA 60 |
| Class4: | Class 1 Mono |
| Class5: | Class 2 Mono |
| Class6: | Class 3 Mono |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2002 race was the 7th edition and had seven classes[1] with 58 boats taking part.[2]
| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Designer | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed Rhum | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | VPLP | m | 13d 07h 53m 00s | 0% | 11.07 | ||||
| 2 | Aug. 1998 | Nigel Irens | m | 13d 19h 36m 18s | 3.66% | 10.68 | ||||
| 3 | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret | m | 14d 07h 01m 00s | 7.23% | 10.33 | ||||
| RET | 1998 | VPLP | m | Day 1 - Capsized towed to port | [3] [4] | |||||
| RET | 1990 | Nigel Irens | m | Day 2 - Retired due to fatigue | ||||||
| RET | May. 2001 | VPLP | m | |||||||
| RET | Jun. 2002 | Ollier McLane Schmidt | m | |||||||
| RET | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret | m | |||||||
| RET | 1994 | Nigel Irens | m | |||||||
| RET | 1990 | VPLP | m | |||||||
| RET | Apr. 2002 | Lombard | m | |||||||
| RET | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard | m | |||||||
| RET | 0 | m | ||||||||
| RET | Apr. 2002 | VPLP | m | |||||||
| RET | 2001 | VPLP | m | |||||||
| RET | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard | f | |||||||
| RET | Sept. 2000 | VPLP | m | Day 1 - Collision retired to port | ||||||
| RET | 23 | 1997 | VPLP | m | ||||||
| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed | Distance | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 888 | 2000 | 13d 13h 31m 47s | 0% | 10.88 / 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 1998 | 13d 22h 49m 35s | 2.86% | 10.58 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | 1998 | 16d 00h 51m 51s | 18.23% | 9.2 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | 1999 | 16d 05h 14m 28s | 19.57% | 9.1 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | 1997 | 17d 13h 17m 28s | 29.42% | 8.41 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | 1996 | 18d 00h 20m 04s | 32.81% | 8.19 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | 1992 | 20d 05h 21m 58s | 49.1% | 7.3 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | 1992 Finot | 20d 22h 33m 57s | 54.38% | 7.05 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | 1989 | 21d 11h 31m 08s | 58.36% | 6.87 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | 1992 | 22d 21h 30m 00s | 68.8% | 6.45 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | 1992 | 23d 13h 04m 43s | 73.59% | 6.27 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | 1990 | 24d 06h 12m 54s | 78.85% | 6.08 / 0 | 0 | |||||
| DNF | 1999 | Abandon | ||||||||
| DNF | 1998 | Abandon | ||||||||
| DNF | 1998 | Abandon | ||||||||
| DNF | 2000 | Abandon | ||||||||
| DNF | 2002 | Abandon | ||||||||