Benoit Marie into first place in the Proto as the Mini Transat leaders close on Guadeloupe

As front runners make their break away in the Mini Transat

Mini Transat 2013 continues to be cursed by Mother Nature

Giancarlo Pedote back in front in the Mini Transat as the trade winds are forecast to shut down for the next week

Benoit Marie overhauls the mighty Italian scow

Remi Fermin on his self designed and built boat on a charge in the Mini Transat

Benoit Marie on a charge in the Mini Transat's Proto class

As the Mini Transat fleet fans out across the Atlantic Ocean

As Giancarlo Pedote on the mighty scow reaches the half way stage of the Mini Transat

As 12 boats are still in various states of disrepair in Lanzarote in the Mini Transat

As Giancarlo Pedote and Aymeric Belloir lead their respective classes in the Mini Transat

Nicolas Boidevezi one of several competitors putting into Puerto Calero on the Mini Transat

Italian Proto due at the Puerto Calero turning mark tomorrow in the Mini Transat

Race favourites Ian Lipinski and Gwenole Gahinet out of the Mini Transat

After a month waiting for the gales to abate....the Mini Transat competitors are in a gale