French skipper Pierre Le Roy, who had led the Mini-Transat fleet for several days, won the second and last stage of the race on Friday November 12 in Saint-François, Guadeloupe.
The 87 competitors still in the running in this crossing of the Atlantic which is contested alone on small 6.50 m monohulls, had left Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands) on Friday 29 October to join Guadeloupe.
Pierre Le Roy, on Teamwork, lined up in the category of “prototype” boats. It took 13 days 23 hours 2 minutes and 9 seconds to complete the 2,700 miles of the course between Santa Cruz de La Palma and Saint-François, with an average speed of 7.65 knots.
The other competitors have not yet arrived but, in recent hours, Pierre Le Roy was in a position to achieve the double stage-event.
The Mini-Transat in a few figures
23
This is the 23e edition of the Mini-Transat, solo offshore race on small boats, divided into two categories: production boats (66 skippers) and prototypes (24), some of which are equipped with foils.
4,050
That is, in number of miles (approximately 7,500 kilometers), the distance covered during the two stages of the race between Les Sables-d’Olonne, in Vendée, and Santa Cruz de La Palma, in the Canaries (1,350 miles), then between Santa Cruz de La Palma and Saint-François, in Guadeloupe (2,700 miles).
90
They were 90 sailors (76 men and 14 women) to take the start this year of the race, a record number. The Frenchman Georges Kick, who already took part in “the Mini” two years ago, is the oldest solo sailor: 67 years old. In contrast, the two youngest (the German Melwin Kink and the French Basile Bourgnon, son of Laurent Bourgnon) are only 19 years old.