Plastimo-Lorient Race: D-15

Categories: Cirrus Minor · Classe Mini · La Trinite sur Mer · Mini · Mini Transat · Sailing · UncategorizedTags: · · · · · Leave a comment

The long anticipated moment has finally arrived – the day I “set sail” for my first mini race! I haven’t gotten to the boat yet, but I landed safely in La Trinite sur Mer for the first milestone of my campaign – attending, and hopefully passing, the 3 day course on sea survival and first aid. I said hopefully passing because I will be facing my first test in Frendh since high-school 😦 And it’s not even multiple-questions, but plain writing… In all honesty I asked the organisers, CEPIM, if I would be allowed to use Google Translate during the…

Racing schedule 2022

Categories: CEMC · Cirrus Minor · Classe Mini · Mini · Mini Transat · Racing · Sailing · UncategorizedTags: · · · · · · Leave a comment

At the end of 2020, after spending almost a full year locked at home, I decided to resume a plan I had had in my mind since 2017, namely to start competing in Classe Mini. Along the way I was fortunate to meet some incredible people who really helped me get this going. I would not start this campaign if it were not for Victor Mathieu who advised me patiently from the beginning, helped me get my mini (my beautiful Cirrus Minor, a Nacira 6,50 no. 832), introduced me to the world of double-handed mini racing (and we had great…