As the mini class grows within the UK and more British boats with active training sessions and interest in the 2013 transat the latest official mini race on the calendar, the UK Solent 650 ran over the bank holiday weekend. Keith WILLIS, member of the Lymington Town Sailind Club and main organiser of the UK …
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Great success for the first editions of La Trinité – Plymouth !
La Trinité-Plymouth 6.50, second double handed race of the year after the Demi-Clé 6.50, has benefited from exceptional weather conditions that have made the skippers cross the English channel very fast with a lot of fun. This first edition has been prepared in a very warm atmosphere on the pontoons of La Trinité sur Mer. …
Pornichet Select 650
The Select proved to be a hard race for the fleet with many retirements. PHOTOS (Bruno Bouvry imagesdemer.com) PODIUM Proto Series RESULTS …
Demi Clé 2012
The first Atlantic race has gathered 55 boats; the result a great race! Proto podium with Guénolé, Giancarlo Nicolas and accompanied Henry Bacchini – VicePresident of FFV. Demi Clé 2012 video The results: Info: Demi-Clé 650.
Grand Prix d´Italia 2012
Classe Mini Italia has sucsesfully organized another great event! The GPI is a double handed race which covers 540 nautical miles along the Mediterranean coast . VIDEO The start of this magnificent race. RESULTS
Arcipelago 6.50
While in the Atlantic everyone is getting ready for the Demi Cle the Med keeps on with its calendar. Prototype Num Bateaux Equipage Classement Temps 342 FONTANOT Michele ZAMBELLI Enrico PODESTA 1 38h 43′ 01 811 KEY-PAX Pacifico D’ETTORRE Renzo GROTTESI 2 41h 08′ 25 631 MA VIE Andrea FARINA Gianluca GELMINI 3 42h …
The season has started
The first 100 miles of Mini racing have been sailed already and here you can see the results. Prototype Num Bateaux Equipage Classement Temps 339 ELIMA Edwin THIBON 1 17:12:00 395 C2O Marine FEUERSTEIN 2 18:22:00 Production boat Num Bateaux Equipage Classement Temps 658 MATCH BOX Ronan DREANO 1 16:47:00 746 PETIT COLIBRI Mathieu …
RG650 training in VLC
The new RG 650 has been training in Valencia. Here you can see a short video of the boat sailing in light airs… RG 650 sailing in Valencia. copyright Katabatic Sailing. Soon more about the racing calendar!
AIR: The new Spanish event in Valencia
AIR 2012 or Around Islands Race 2012 has been finally confirmed as part of the official races this year! The race is scheduled for September 28th in Valencia (Spain) just before the Mini Barcelona and leaving enough time in between to participate in both races! This new singlehanded category C event covers 300miles starting from …
Brush with death steels sailor for Sydney to Hobart attempt
IT TAKES 20 minutes for an ocean tanker to turn from a speck on the horizon to a roaring, 100,000-tonne brute about to steamroll your boat in the middle of the Atlantic. So, as the only person aboard a 6.5-metre yacht floating days away from the South American coast, sleep was a luxury in which …