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At the start in Le Havre in late October, a series of powerful low-pressure systems were sweeping across the Atlantic. One storm came after another and upset the arrangements. The organisers and Race Directors faced a tricky weather situation which offered no way out and were forced to modify the shape of the sixteenth Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre. Their goal was to ensure that all four fleets would be able to compete, while guaranteeing that the whole race would be a fair sporting event. We look back at the four separate races that were orgabnised in the 2023 Coffee Race.