Mini Transat preview

We review the Mini class and what's in store for this year's singlehanded race to Brazil in 21 footers

Thursday September 13th 2007, Author: James Boyd, Location: United Kingdom
Jerome Koch's innovative 'Meteor' sports the only large scale free-standing wingmast, capable of being canted laterally (not fore and aft). While the rig (known in the fleet as 'La cheminee')  is perhaps not so flash, down below she has a very cunning canting keel mechanism that causes the keel to extend when it cants (more on this in due course...)

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