This year is the 20th running of the biennial Mini Transat, the legendary singlehanded transatlantic race for pint-sized ocean racers, first staged in 1977. Back then, in a pre-BOC Challenge/pre-Vendee Globe/pre-Route du Rhum era, Britain was pretty much the lone pioneer in singlehanded ocean racing via the Royal Western Yacht Club and the Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race (OSTAR), first held in 1960. Read More