Mini 650 - Mini Transat - Les Sables d'Olonne FRA - Leg 1 - Day 7

The exceptional racing continues ! After the passage of the storm front, the participants left the ports of refuge on the Iberian coast. ----- Melvin Fink GER was the only Series Mini to stay out, and he mastered the partly more than 40kn wind. Pulling away considerably, the leg victory can hardly be taken away from him. Approaching the finish line is the group of four at the head of the Protos that escaped the storm. A lull zone has brought the leading trio closer together: Tanguy Bouroullec FRA, Pierre Le Roy FRA and Fabio Muzzulini FRA are just 6 miles apart this morning UTC. ETA this afternoon. Irina Gratcheva RUS follows 75 miles behind in 4th place, well ahead of Piers Copham GBR sailing in 5th place already 650 miles (!) behind. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.