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4th Place in Mini Transat Leg 2
Nicko arrived today in Bahia at 15:27 after completing the 2nd leg in 18 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes and 3 seconds. This left him in 4th place on Leg 2 of the Mini Transat. Coupled with his first leg he finishes overall in 5th place out of the 89 competing boats.
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Mini Transat Start
After being delayed by bad weather, the first leg of the Mini Transat 2007 finally got underway on September 18th headed from La Rochelle to Madeira. You can check out the race website and also the real time race tracker. The second leg from Madeira to Salvador in Brazil begins on October 6th.
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Race Entry Lists Are Out
This week saw the release of the the final entry list for many of this years races. We made applications for entries in five races and ended up securing place in four of those. They were the We are currely in 32nd place on the waiting list for the Mini Fastnet. All of this year’s…
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And we’re in…
The official entry list has now been released. This is the document that finally confirms our position in the Mini Transat 2007. This year required 3,100 miles to make it into the final 75 (up from 72 last Transat). This compares with 1,240 miles that was required to make the cut for the Transat 05. Our…
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Paris Boat Show and AG
The Paris Boat Show (Salon Nautique de Paris) traditionally marks the official opening of entries for the following years’s Mini Transat. It was again the case this year and many mini sailors gathered to submit their entries of the Mini Transat 2007. The first weekend of the show also sees the hosting of the Assemblee…
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Les Sables – Acores – Leg 2
On August 25th, after 9 days 06h 58’ 01’’ we crossed the line in 8th place on Leg 2. This gave us an overall placing for the entire race of 7th out 69 boats – a fantastic result and also the top placed rookie. After the downwind flyer that comprised the first leg, the second…
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Les Sables – Acores – Leg 1
Finally after a summer of light wind and upwind sailing we havd a race with fast downwind sailing. The first two days of sailing were upwind and spiced up by a breezy cold front which came through giving the fleet 30+ knots. After passing Cape Finisterre we were freed off and were reaching and then…
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Demi-Cle 2006
The Demi-Cle is a 950 mile double-handed race of 3 legs that starts from Locmiquelic near Lorient. The legs are Locmiquelic->Brest (via Belle Ile), Brest->St Quai Portrieux (via Lundy Island in the mouth of the Bristol Channel) and then St Quai back to Locmiquelic. Unforunately, this years race was plagued with the same light winds…
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Trophee MA Peron
For a few of us, the Trophee MA Perron began in Pornichet as we waited for the wind to ease so we could get our boats up to Douarnenez in time for the start. We waited half a day after I had arrived for the winds and seas to subside – the previous night, Woody…
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Qualifying Sail Report
Day 1 – May 5thWe started out from Pornichet on a lovely evening with about 8 knots of breeze. I was already regretting not bringing the tonic to accompany the gin that was onboard from our delivery. However by the time we reached Belle Ile the wind had turned off completely. We spent of the…