Mini-Transat La Boulangère 2019

The leaders at the midway mark, Ferré excels

François Jambou (865 – Team BFR Marée Haute Jaune) and Ambrogio Beccaria (943 – Geomag), the respective leaders in the Prototype and Production boat category in this 2^nd leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère 2019, are at the midway mark in the course between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Le Marin in Martinique after just five days of racing. At the 16:00 UTC position report, they are respectively 1,314.8 and 1,348.1 nautical miles from Le Marin in...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/08/the-leaders-at-the-midway-mark-ferre-excels/

Start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère 2019 postponed

Thursday 19 Septembre 2019

To note:

– Start of the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère postponed due to the weather conditions expected in the Bay of Biscay

– Festivities will continue on Sunday with a prologue in the bay of La Rochelle 

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/09/19/start-of-the-mini-transat-la-boulangere-2019-postponed/

Proto, four-way match, and some?

Among the 87 sailors competing in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère 2019, 22 are competing in the prototype category. Though four sailors stand out as firm favourites (François Jambou, Axel Tréhin, Erwan Le Méné and Tanguy Bouroullec), there are also some solid outsiders and skippers sailing on ‘vintage’ prototypes.

The Mini 6.50 is very particular in that it is available as both a production boat, built in over ten copies, and a prototype, the majority of which...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/09/18/proto-four-way-match-and-some/