The SRCO, Société des Régates de Caen - Ouistreham, is organizing the 1st edition of the Mini TransManche, an official single-handed sailing race and qualifier for the Mini Transat, from August 16 to 25, 2024.A race village will be set up on the Paul-Emile Victor jetty in Ouistreham, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., from Friday August 16 to Sunday August 18, with stands and the possibility of eating on site.Participants will be moored at 11:30 a.m. on Friday in the port of Ouistreham. The skippers' presentation will take place in the race village on Saturday at 11 a.m. The boats will depart from Ouistreham harbor at 9 a.m. on Sunday, August 18. You'll be able to watch the skippers set sail at 11am, on the quay of the Paul-Emile Victor jetty.
Participants will set off on a 500-mile (800km) course in the English Channel, passing through the Channel Islands and the English coast before returning to Ouistreham on Friday August 23. The race will bring together some forty boats in the Mini 6.50 Class (boats up to 6.50 m in length, light and fast), with a particular focus on so-called "old generation" boats, a way of limiting the race to innovation with pre-2010 models. Results will be announced on Sunday August 25 at 11am at the SRCO.
