Yachting World Mini Transat 2005 news reports index
Sharp takes Mini Transat fourth
A sixth on the second leg of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia puts British sailor Phil Sharp in fourth place overall
Press report/Yachting World, 28 October 2005Douguet wins Mini Transat
Alex Pella wins second leg but a second place for Corentin Douguet secures an overall win
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 27 October 2005Douguet snatches mini lead
Frenchman Corentin Douguet has, once again, snatched the lead from Spanish sailor Alex Pella with just three days to go to the finish
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 24 October 2005Mini favourite breaks mast
Yves Le Blevec's Mini Transat yacht Point Mariage dismasts while heading the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia fleet
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 23 October 2005Douguet retakes Mini lead
Corentin Douguet on E Leclerc-Bouygues Telecom has regained the lead in the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 20 October 2005Sharp continues to make Mini comeback
British sailor Phil Sharp on Le Gallias is continuing to make a remarkable comeback in the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 19 October 2005Minis head for Doldrums
With the Doldrums on the horizon, a dramatic position change in the Mini fleet is likely to occur
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 18 October 2005Le Blevec retains Mini lead
Yves Blevec holds Mini Transat lead from Corentin Douguet
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 17 October 2005Lead change in Mini fleet
Yves Le Blevec has, overnight, taken the lead of the Charente-Maritime/Bahia from Corentin Douguet
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 14 October 2005Favourites battle it out in Mini fleet
Corentin Douguet still hold the lead of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia but Yves Le Blevec is on a mission
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 13 October 2005Mini update
Corentin Douguet increases lead while British hopeful struggles to rejoin the pack
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 12 October 2005Douguet takes Mini lead
Corentin Douguet, winner of the first leg of the Transatlantic race 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia has taken the lead of the second leg
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 11 October 2005British Mini boys suffer
Mini Transat race leaders Nick Bubb and Phil Sharp lose over 60 places on westerly flyer
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 10 October 2005Bubb leads Mini fleet
British solo sailor Nick Bubb won today's re-start of the 2005 Mini Transat, from Puerto Calero, Lanzarote
Press report/Yachting World, 8 October 2005Adrien Hardy wins Mini Prologue
Adrien Hardy on Brossard has won the Prologue for the second leg of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia which starts from Lanzarote on Saturday
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 5 October 2005Sharp end of the Mini fleet
British sailor Phil Sharp chatted to yachtingworld.com about the trials and tribulations of being at the top end of the Mini Transat fleet
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 28 September 2005Bubb's Leg 1 Mini account
Nick Bubb describes what happened during Leg 1 of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia which finished at the weekend. Sailing the Rogers-designed Whittlebury Hall Bubb took15th place, just 14 hours after the leader
Nick Bubb/Yachting World, 27 September 2005Douguet wins Mini leg 1
Corentin Douguet, the Transat 6.50 Maritime-Bahia Charente race favourite, arrived at Lanzarote at 0702 this morning winning the first leg of the race
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 24 September 2005British Mini sailor retains third
British sailor Phil Sharp, on Le Gallais continues to hold on to third place with 260 miles to the finish of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia leg one
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 23 September 2005Mini update
Corentin Douguet leads fleet in Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia while British sailor Phil Sharp is still on pace in third with just two days to first leg finish
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 22 September 2005British Mini sailor shines
Phil Sharp is heading the British Mini contingent in third place on day five of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 21 September 2005Douguet continues to lead Minis
Corentin Douguet leads Sebastien Gladu in Transat 6.50 Charente Maritime/Bahia as fleet rounds Cape Finesterre
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 20 September 2005Belgian Mini sailor sets the pace
Peter Laureyssens sailing Wellments is heading the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia Series fleet. Yachtingworld.com chatted to this Belgian sailor before he set off about his future Mini plans
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 19 September 2005Douguet retakes Mini lead
At 0500 this morning Corentin Douguet regained the lead of the Transat 6.50 Charante-Martime/Bahia from Spanish sailor Alex Pella
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 19 September 2005McCarthy loses mast in Mini Transat
Irish sailor Cian McCarthy dismasted at 0245 this morning
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 18 September 2005Bubb takes initial Mini Transat lead
British sailor Nick Bubb led the 72-strong Mini Transat fleet off the startline this afternoon
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 17 September 2005Lively start expected for Mini Transat
Breezy conditions in La Rochelle this morning should provide an exciting start for the 72 Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia skippers
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 17 September 2005Golding to christen Mini
Mike Golding, will be in La Rochelle tomorrow to christen the Belgian entry in the Transat 6.50
Press report/Yachting World, 15 September 2005Spanish sailor wins Transat 6.50 Prologue
Juan Carlos Sanchis Mari has won Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia Prologue in the bay of La Rochelle. Sue Pelling reports from aboard Complete Freight which finished in 4th overall
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 14 September 2005Mini favourite in La Rochelle
Frenchman Corentin Douguet has been branded race favourite for this year's event which starts from La Rochelle on Saturday.
Sue Pelling, Yachting World, 13 September 2005Mini countdown
With just over a week to go before the start of the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime/Bahia (ex-Mini Transat), the 69 competitors are now in La Rochelle preparing for the 4,000-mile solo transatlantic race
Sue Pelling/Yachting World, 8 September 2005Mini mania
It's two years ago since Frenchman Armel Tripon sailed Moulin Roty, a 1995 Finot-Conq, Mini 6.50 design to victory
Sue Pelling, Yachting World, 24 August 2005
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