Transat 650 Underway
After a brief postponment, the minis are underway and the weather for the start couldn’t have been more perfect. The low pressure system that caused the postponment has stabilized and the fleet started in a north breeze of 15 knots.
As of this morning, Isabelle Joschke is in the lead, which makes me smile. While Isabelle has had an amazing season and is a favorite to win the race, she is still a bit of an underdog. Some of the others who are favorites for the race, had a really rough start, but are now getting things sorted and out and back into the positions they “should” be in.
It’s been a bit tough finding news for this race, so I thought I would provide a few links. If you have found another good source of news please post the link in the comments.
The official site is here. The race tracker is under “cartography”.
The best mini blog out there is the Adria4oceans team blog. This is a two skipper/boat team and they are also favorites for the race over all. Unforetunately Andraz had a collision with a press boat at the start and damaged a dagger board, but he is pressing on.
Yachting World also has had tonnes of good coverage.
Finally there are a few threads with news and opinions worth watching. Here on Leo’s forum, and here on Sailing Anarchy.
For weather, checkout the NOAA Atlantic Briefing.