Mini 650 - Mini-Transat - Las Palmas ESP - Leg 2 - Start today, the Swiss

The start to the second leg, 2'900 nm long across the Atlantic Ocean to Martinique, will be given in Las Palmas today at 13h UTC. A depression between the Bahamas and the Acores prompted the Race Director to deviate the course direction Cape Verdes to lead the fleet South of the perturbations. Here the news. Considering the small gaps between the boats, the race will practically be reopened. Ian Lipinski POL as leader in the Protos and Valentin Gautier SUI on first in the Series Minis will have much to do to defend their leads. Simon Koster SUI as 6th in the Protos will endeavour to climb at least on the podium in the days to come. His backlog on the leading Lipinski POL is 8h 47min.
As usual, the race can be followed over GPS positioning. The event facebook page with the latest photos before the start and the ranking lists of leg 1.