Mini 650 - Mini-Transat - La Rochelle FRA - Leg 1 - Day 1

Yesterday at 15h UTC, the 81 Mini-Transat Solo-Skippers started to the first leg of their Atlantic Crossing adventure in La Rochelle FRA in rain, but an ideal 10-15 kn wind during the first 12 hours of the race.
In the Protos Minis, the undisputed favorite Ian Lipinski POL with his round-bow design has already taken the lead one mile ahead of Jörg Riechers GER on rank 2.
In the Series Minis, Erwan Le Draoulec FRA leads with a 0,4 nm advantage on Yannick Le Clech FRA and Oliver Tessloff GER.
The race viewer and the news (in English and French).
The next update of the race tracker will be posted this morning at 9h.