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Mini Transat 2013
Douarnenez, 10 September 2013
www.minitransat.fr -Übersicht
Douarnenez, 13 September 2013
Mini Transat – Lanzarote: a loyal partnership
The Mini Transat visits Puerto Calero for the fifth time
Lanzarote also confirmed to host the 2015 stopover
In preparation for this year’s event, Event Managing Director Gwen Chapalain and Race Director Denis Hugues visited Lanzarote to prepare for the arrival of the 84-strong fleet about to leave from Douarnenez.
Calero Marinas has two facilities in Lanzarote; one in Arrecife and the other Puerto Calero, already well known to Mini Transat sailors. This marina is also a popular Volvo Ocean Race team training base and a preferred choice for the renowned RC44 Class. Hopes were high this time for a stopover to be held in the new nearby port in Arrecife, Marina Lanzarote where the new pontoons are already installed and the shore-side development advancing rapidly. With a view however to the ultimate comfort of a fleet that will cover 1000 miles sailing from France to the Canaries, the Calero family proposed that this year the Mini fleet return to Puerto Calero. During the same visit, an agreement was made to return to the island in 2015 where the fleet will be berthed in the new Marina Lanzarote.
They said :
Race Director Denis Hugues : “Lanzarote represents a historical stopover for us (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005) and the Mini Transat has always been well looked after. The marina offers all the technical services required by participants and facilitates the best possible preparation for the next leg.”
Gwen Chapelain, Managing Director for the event: “We are very happy with this agreement with the Calero family and welcome their energy and professionalism. We really appreciate Mr. Calero’s proposal to welcome the fleet once again in Puerto Calero and are looking forward to our stay in Marina Lanzarote for 2015.”
Marina owner José Calero: “It is a real honour to be chosen to host the Mini fleet once again and is always a pleasure to work together with the Classe Mini. We have a great respect for this particularly challenging offshore race.”
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The course 2013: returns to its origins
Leg 1 - Douarnenez to Puerto Calero (Lanzarote): 1257 miles.
Leg 2 - Puerto Calero to Pointe-à-Pitre: 2764 miles.
Dates
Prologue "Tout commence en Finistère" October 6, 2013.
Start from Douarnenez October 13, 2013 at 13h. Arrival in the Canary Islands between 23 and 26 October 2013.
Start from Canary Islands November 9, 2013. Arrival in Guadeloupe between 23 and 30 November 2013.
Douarnenez Courses: organizer of the Mini Transat 2013 and 2015
All associations have mobilized Douarnenez with the support of local and regional authorities under the aegis of Douarnenez Courses: the yacht clubs, Douarnenez and Société des Régates de Douarnenez, the Winches club organizers for many years of Mini races with the Mini Fastnet and Trophy Marie-Agnès Péron as torchbearers, but also the association of the Fêtes Maritimes, the Atlantic Yacht Club, the Fédération Maritime and others who are preparing for fifteen days prior to departure, a festival celebrating the sea and the sailors. Competitors will be welcomed into the Port-Rhu a real jewel in the heart of the city.
Pictures free of right for an editorial use are available to download in the press area :
1. Puerto Calero team with Denis Hugues and Gwen Chapalain
2. Puerto Calero Marina that will welcome the fleet of Mini Transat 2013
3. Marina Lanzarote that will welcome the fleet in 2015
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