For off shore racing fans, this past autumn was an exciting one, with scores of solo sailors and doublehanded crews crossing the Atlantic in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Mini Transat and Globe 5.80 Transat.
The first transat of the season was the Mini Transat, kicking off on September 27. The event takes place over a roughly 4,000-mile course that comprises two legs: from Les Sables D’Olonne, France, to Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canaries; and from Santa Cruz de La
