Published July 22, 2010 | 
The last race of the Mini Transat 650 starts August 1st at 13:02 from Les Sables d’Olonne to the Isle of Faial, one of the islands of the Archipelago de los Acores, somewhere in the Atlantic in the direction of the Caribbean in about 1/3 of the distance.
It is generally foreseen that the distance towards Los Acores will mostly be upwind (a course which is not popular with the Mini Transat). Distance is about 1350 Nautical Miles.
The second “escale”, from the Acores back to Les Sables, will be more in running conditions and take about 7 days.
The NED602 is already 2 months in Les Sables D’Olonne and like for the TRANSAT 2009 to Brasil, the boat is getting prepared there intensively.
This WE I will arrive in Les Sables to do the last intensive preparations and prepare for the security checks during the last week before the start at 13:02 hrs Sunday August 1st, 2010.
We have trackers on board. The information the trackers submit every few hours automatically via satellite to the organisation -f.e. our progress and racing positions- will be displayed on the site of the organisation (first site below).
Sites:
http://www.lessables-lesacores.com/
http://www.classemini.com/
www.ned602.org.
I am very happy to announce that there is an adapted structure within the Stichting Ocean Speed Challenge, with some new people in it. This will result in a more professional set up. When the organisation has its form, foreseen in September, more will be published about this subject and project.
