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Transat 650
70 minis at the beginning of the La Rochelle on next 7 September
Christophe Vieux, commissaire général of the Grand Pavois (organiser Transat 650), presented to the press the fourteenth edition Mini Transat, now called Transat 650 Charente Maritime - Bahia. For the second time, the race will leave the port of La Rochelle (Fort Boyard) and will arrive at Brazil (El Salvador de Bahia). 70 competitors will be (...) -
Kiwi minis
One year after, Chris Sayer’s new mini going to be back up the blue
The New Zealander Chris Sayer was the big surprise of the ’99 Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat . At the helm of his safe 6.50, Navtec, a home build in strong and heavy wood mini, the tall man took third place of the race behind Sébastien Magnen (double winner) and Pierre-Yves Moreau. He is now going to be back in the Mini Open (...) -
Mini Serie Division
Photos : New Pogo 2 first sails
Structures boat builder in Ste Marine Marine Marine nationale (South of Brittany, France) continues its first tests of the new Pogo 2, the one design production for the serie division of the Class Mini. Erwan Tymen from the shipyard comments the first miles : "The boat is nice to steer. Her large cockpit makes now possible to sail her with (...) -
Mini Serie division
New Pogo 2 passes through stability and insubmersibility tests
Everybody is talking about her for monthes. And we will not stop talking or writing about her in 2003! The new Pogo, from Sructures shipyard and designed by Finot, will be at the start of the next Transat 650... For sure. -
Video
New Mini 650 videos on SeaSailSurfTV
Have you ever seen a mini 650, the 5.60 metres long open class monohulls, sailing downwind under skiff Skiff #skiff style maxi spinnakers? Watch some of them sailing in the bay of Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. (Brittany - France) on (...) -
MINI BARCELONA
Sébastien Roubinet and Jean-Pierre Balmes win the Mini Barcelona
The second edition of the Mini Barcelona 2002 took place between the 11th and 18th May, last week. A total of 23 boats participated in this 530 miles non-stop-race. The race consisted of sailing from Barcelona heading to Menorca, and then Formentera leaving all Balearic Isles starboard side, then proceeding to Denia and back to Barcelona. The (...) -
Mini-Transat
Chris Sayer has launched his new mini 650
Chirs Sayer did finished third of the Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat 1999, just behind Sébastien Magnen (double winner and yacht designer) and Pierre-Yves Moreau. Now, he is going to be back in France to enter again in the single handed transatlantic race from La Rochelle to Brazil which will start in september 2003. With his new (...) -
SeaSailSurfer of the year
Yannick Bestaven elected SeaSailSurfer of the year 2001
Photo: Ch.GuiguenoAfter ten weeks of polling and 422 votes, the visitors of SeaSailSurf.com have elected Yannick Bestaven as the SeaSailSurfer of the year 2001. He finishes ahead of Bernard Stamm by three votes and Yves Parlier by 111. -
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3 Questions Net To
Leo Voornevelt : "it can bring the transat back to be the experimental class"
In the french version of SeaSailSurf.com, you can read Sébastien Magnen, Pierre Rolland, Ollivier Bordeau and Denis Glehen’s answers about the possible change in the prototype division of the mini 650 class rules Rules #irc #ims . This time, it is to Leo Voornevelt to answer to thoses question. Leo followed the last Transat 650 (...)
Toute l’actualité des monocoques open de 6,50 mètres de long.