The start of the 2023 Mini season

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I started the 2023 season by taking part in the last training stage organised by CEMC (Centre d’Entraînement Mini 6.50 de Concarneau) and Pole Mini Roscoff at the beginning of April. This was the last training before the first mini race, Plastimo Lorient, that I had registered for, and I really wanted this time to do the entire training. Last year I took part in only one session, together with one of my very experienced friends from Concarneau, Maxime Dagorne, and the pace of the training was too fast for me. I was a complete novice at that time, plus…

Mini Campaign Part 2 – Calvados Cup

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Two months and a half after my first mini race of the season I returned to Brittany to take part in one of the most interesting mini races – the Calvados Cup. It is the only mini event that consists of 3 independent races that all take part in the famous English Cahnnel. Last year I participated with my friend Victor Mathieu in the same races and the great experiences I had (going backwards with the current at least once per day, being called upon and chastised by a stupefied French Coast Guard for entering a protected area near Alderney…