"Colomba V" by Paco Vaño, has already arrived in Martinique

The entire fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has arrived in Martinique. Today the three ships have finished the race that have gone in unison throughout the Atlantic crossing of nautical miles from the islands of Cape Verde, the Colomba V of Paco Vaño, with Manuel García, José Fernando García, the Kairós of Agustín Gutiérrez with Agustín Gutiérrez, Elena Sanz, Alberto García and Carmen Gutiérrez and the Vagabundo of Juan Antonio Martin, which has performed the navigation alone.

The three ships have carried a very similar navigation throughout this stretch, driven by the alisian winds that they have had since their departure from Mindelo, a very stable, but of intensity between loose and moderate, which has made them carry a very firm navigation, reaching Marina du Marin, in just under 15 days.

The first of the three to enter the finish line has been the Westerly 41 ColombaV of Paco Vaño, which has set its arrival at 01hours 55 minutes in the morning today (Martinique time). Four hours later (05: 44 hours) has entered the Bavaria 46 Kairós of Agustin Gutierrez, followed three hours later (09: 09 hours) of Oceanis 34 Vagabundo, of Juan Antonio Martín, completing its 15 Atlantic crossing, this time, again, with arrival in Martinique.

03 / 02 / 2018: "Sinead" the third to cover the Grand Prix of Atlantic, is already in Martinique

On arrival they were received by the Regata Committee, who congratulated the crew on the challenge of crossing the Atlantic, as it is the first Atlantic crossing of this ticket, as well as for some of the crew members aboard it.

The Sinead Kitch, by Jesús Pérez, with Ana López, Dani Sanz and Carlos Roca on board, has reached the line of arrival in Martinica of the Great Prix of the Atlantic 2018. They have covered their journey from Marina Rubicón to Marina du Marin in 23 days, being the third boat to reach the destination. Sinead, an Amel53, is one of the boats that he made stop in Mindelo, making the journey between Cape Verde and Martinique in less than 14 days.

There are only three participating ships (Columba V, Kairós and Vagabundo) that are about 250 miles east, with loose winds from the north-east, sailing about five knots.

01 / 02 / 2018: The second Coruñés catamaran "Lim Blus" arrives in Martinique in the Great Prix of the Atlantic

The crew of the Coruñés Antonio Butueira, formed by Juan Iago Vidal, Francisco Rodríguez, Jorge Jimenez and Juan Manuel Vidal, crossed the line of ellegada at 07: 50 local time of Martinique, completed the tour in less than 22 days

The catamaran "Lim Blus," of the Coruñés shipowner Antonio Butueira, has been the second ship of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic to reach the line of arrival in the Marina du Marin, in Martinique... the catamaran that is a Lagoon 440, made a three-day technical stop in Mindelo, to repair damage caused during the hard navigation in the first part of the race between the Canary Islands and the islands of Cape Verde.

The rest of the fleet sails with a wind of about 15 knots... the closest to Martinique is the "Sinead" patroniado by Jesús Pérez that is about 270 miles from the arrival... about 500 miles from Martinica is the group formed by "Colomba V" of Paco Vaño, "Kairós" of Agustín Gutiérrez and "Vagabundo" of Juan Antonio Martín.

The catamaran "Limblus" 275 miles from Martinique will be the second of the Atlantic Grand Prix

The LimBlus catamaran, by Antonio Butueira, will be the second to stand out in the Marina du Marin, Martinique, of the Great Prix of the Atlantic 2018. It is about 275 miles east of the Caribbean island, and it advances at a sustained rate of 6 knots of speed, which the Regata Committee awaits by Thursday, throughout the day.

After the arrival of The Best Skipper last Sunday, the five ships that are on a journey maintain a very regular navigation. The LimBlus has at its stern the Sinead of Jesus Perez that is 510 miles from the arrival. About 700 miles from Martinique, you will find the compact group formed by the Colombian V of Paco Vaño, the Kairós of Agustín Gutiérrez and the Vagabundo of Juan Antonio Martín, which sail through an area with very little wind, where the 12 knots of wind are not exceeded.

28 / 01 / 2018: "The Best Skipper" arrives in Martinique after 18 days in the Atlantic Grand Prix

In total they have invested in the 3,079 miles of journey between Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote) - exit from the test on last 10 January - and the Marina du Marin in Martinique, 18 days and two hours

The Hanse 461 The Best Skipper with Enric Botet, Víctor Canela, Josep Navarro, Santiago García, Pablo Tariego, Jose Martín and Mercedes Garrido has reached the Marina du Marin on the island of Martinique, being the first in real time to reach the goal of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic. They did it early in the morning.

570 miles east, the race continues... there is the LimBlus catamaran, which is moving west. A short distance from the catamaran, about 230 miles to its stern, is the bulk of the fleet, advancing with winds from the east between 15 and 19 knots, which makes the first to be expected the arrival to the goal, between Tuesday and Friday next week the rest of the ships.

28 / 01 / 2018: "The Best Skipper" is expected in the next hours in Martinique

The Grand Prix of the Atlantic Regatta Committee is located in the Marina du Marin, in Martinique, preparing for the arrival of the fleet... Regatta director Enrique Curt is ready to register the arrival of the ships helped by Armando Guilarte and personnel of du Marin.

Except for surprises, the first to cross the line of arrival the Best Skipper is located about 160 miles east of Martinique, moving at a good pace, with wind from the north-east of about 20 knots. It has been keeping an average of 9 knots of speed for several hours, so it is possible that tomorrow Sunday will arrive in Martinique with a time that will be within 18 days of crossing from Lanzarote.

Behind the Best Skipper, it sails the rest of the fleet, driven by east component winds, but 14 knots. The LimBlus catamaran is about 740 miles from the arrival... the group formed by Sinead, Kairos, Colomba V and Vagabundo are about 950 miles to conclude.

24 / 01 / 2018: "Best Skipper" leads the rest of the fleet 800 miles to Martinique

Bonanza in the middle of the Atlantic The Great Prix fleet is sailing in a small, slow, wind-driven, not to be moderate. Weak for these Atlantic latitudes.

The Best Skippler advances with a wind that does not exceed 12 to 14 knots, an intensity that experts call ridiculous in this part of the ocean. 800 miles to its stern, the rest of the chasing group is also sailing with soft winds that do not exceed, in the area where the 16 knots are sailed.

Under these circumstances, the participants are sailing with very low averages. At a speed of five knots on average. There is even an accordion effect that is benefiting the leader's followers, as today they have shortened him to about 30 theoretical miles.

This platitude in navigation does not prevent the march from being constant. At the time of writing this chronicle the leader is only 650 miles from the goal (yesterday it was about 820 miles) while his followers have already overcome the equator of the journey.

20 / 01 / 2018: The entire fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic to Martinique

The last of Mindelo

Every fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has its bow to the Caribbean. Today the ships that were still tied in their port have left Mindelo (Cape Verde Islands), adjusting repairs and arrangements before restarting the journey to Martinique.

Only an hour ago, the Colomba V de Paco Vaño, the Vagabundo de Juan Antonio Martin, left the farm. After the departure were the Sinead of Jesus Perez and the Kairos of Augustine Gutiérrez.

For two days now, Antonio Butueira's LimBlus catamaran has already taken the course from Mindelo to Martinique. It is located 200 miles west of Sao Vicente Island. For its part, the Best Skipper, the only sailboat that did not scale on the island, advances to an average of 8 knots, having the island more than 800 miles per stern.

18 / 01 / 2018: "Pit Stop" in Mindelo... while the leader "The Best Skipper" is 560 miles away

Martinique's "stop" will last no more than two days

The leader of the Great Prix of the Atlantic, the "The Best Skipper" sails at a good pace to Martinique... at the end of the afternoon he already had Mandelo about 600 miles... while part of the fleet has chosen to stop at the port of Mindelo on the island of San Vicente in the archipelago of Cape Verde, before turning west and entering the Atlantic to reach the goal in Marina du Marin, on the Caribbean island of Martinica...

This' Pit Stop 'in the Caboverdana marina has been made by the Sinead Ketch, by Jesús Pérez, by the catamaran LimBlus, by Antonio Butueira, by the Vagabundo of Juan Antonio Martin, which has completed yesterday the journey from Lanzarote to Mindelo in 6 days and 4 hours, the Colomba V of Paco Vaño and the Kairós of Agustín Gutiérrez... on the part of the Best Skipper decided to continue the journey by entering the full Atlantic.

16 / 01 / 2018: The fleet of the Grand Prix enters Mindelo, except "Best Skipper" already sailing to Martinique

The fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has covered the first section of the ocean race. The Mindelo Canal has been reached, passing between the islands of San Antonio and San Vicente (Cape Verde Islands), before turning west to reach the goal in Marina du Marin, on the Caribbean island of Martinique... but the leader goes far ahead... as he passed through the channel yesterday last minute... the "Best Skipper" that is taking away from the road, at least in real time, the Great Prix of Atlantic.

The leader has invested in the Marina Rúkón-Canal de Mindelo: 5 days, 08 hours 20 minutes... the crew of the "The Best Skipper," formed by Enric Botet, Víctor Canela, Josep Navarro, Pablo Tariego, Santiago García, Jose Martín and Mercedes Garrido, has chosen to continue to travel to the Caribbean, without making a technical scale on the island.

The rest of the fleet has reached, or is about to reach, the port of Mindelo. Most patterns have chosen to make technical stop on this island. The journey, with intense winds of the NE, has been very tiring. The Sinead Kitch, by Jesus Perez and the LimBlus catamaran, by Antonio Butueira have entered the port this noon. It also seems that they will highlight in Mindelo the Colomba V of Francisco Vaño that on the journey, along the Saharan coast, has suffered a break of low obese, which is recommended to repair this failure before entering the open ocean, with the alisians. After him goes Kairós, of Agustín Gutiérrez, who has been these days at the stern of the Colomba V, on the guard of how the obese failure was going in case he needed some kind of help.

15 / 01 / 2018: "The Best Skipper" dominates the Great Atlantic Prix and is already in Cape Verde

"The Best Skipper" leads the Grand Prix of the Atlantic, and is located in Canal de Mindelo, between the islands of San Antonio and San Vicente (Cape Verde Islands) after the fifth day of the journey, which is developing with constant winds of about 25 knots

Behind the "The Best Skipper," about 80 miles per stern, the "LimBlus" catamaran continues as a second in real time, followed by a short distance from the "Sinead" ketch. The "Vagabundo" is only 30 miles from this group. They close the "Colomba V" and "Kairos," which are in less than seven miles, one from the other.

13 / 01 / 2018: The head of the Atlantic Grand Prix is about 420 miles from Cape Verde

Very tactical navigation day for the components of the fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic along this third day of journey. They have covered about 176 real miles (down from latitude), with winds that have remained from the north-east with an average speed of 17 knots.

With this advance, the fleet is located halfway to the Mindelo Canal, in the Cape Verde Islands. The head of the fleet is about 420 miles from the island of San Antonio (Archipielago Cape Verde). Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote Island), the starting point of the race, is about 530 miles by the stern.

The Best Skipper remains a real-time leader, followed by the LimBlus catamaran, 45 miles behind him. The third-party Sinead Kitch is 40 miles behind the LimBlus; the Vagabundo, 12 miles behind the Sinead; the Kairós, 21 miles from the Vagabundo and the Colomba V, 12 miles from the Kairós stern. The distance between the Colomba V and the Best Skipper is 130 miles.

12 / 01 / 2018: After about 400 miles "The Best Skipper" leads the Great Prix of the Atlantic

The fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has covered the first 350 miles of race... the second day of the test confirms the forecasts of excellent wind with which the participants of the Grand Prix would count... a north-east of 17 and 20 knots.

The test, in real time, is the Best Skipper, who has taken a distance with his most direct persecute until yesterday, the LimBlus catamaran.

The Vagabundo with a regularity, typical in its form of navigation, advances inexorably - almost without changing course since they left Fuerteventur- and wins positions over previous days. It is taking hold in a third position of the fleet, winning miles and having its starboard to the Sinead Ketch.

Behind them the Kairos, and the Colomba V. sailed at a good pace The latter has lost a few miles, over the fleet. Along with the Kairos, they're both 10 miles.

11 / 01 / 2018: The fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic is heading for Cape Verde

The fleet moves away from the Canary Islands in search of Cape Verde

The fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has already surpassed the first night of the journey and the group departure from Marina Rubicón that fired them with a loose wind from the north. The fleet after sailing a full day no longer sees the Canary Islands... and takes steps from the south in search of Cape Verde.

The Best Skipper is the most long West and closer to the 'orto'. The most distant is the Vagabundo, located to the east of the fleet. Next to the Best Skipper is LumBlus catamaran, which is doing a very effective and direct navigation, thanks to the good component of the existing wind, which comes from fin to port... the three ships that are in latitude further north have formed a group that also goes very fast, with the Colomba V, Kairós and the Sinead ketch.

10 / 01 / 2018: Six ships start in Lanzarote the Great Prix of the Atlantic with little wind

A complicated exit, due to the difficult wind conditions that have been found by the participants and the Regata Committee, due to a slight low, with some cloud, produced by the wind situation in the South of Lanzarote.

The fleet of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has taken the exit towards Martinique in the tenth edition of the Spanish Atlantic race. On the exit line six boats have taken the long one with the aim of covering the 3,070 nautical miles, theoretical that separates Lanzarote from the Caribbean island of Martinique with a previous step through the Mindelo channel on the Cape Verde islands.

The boats have left at 13: 34: 38 local Canary hour, with a complicated and variable wind, which has been falling from 12 to 8 knots and with a roll from NW to NE, which in the end has been imposed as North, which has made the exit difficult and very open.

After the exit shot, the six ships have taken a South course to set a course for the Cape Verde archipelago. The first to overcome the sotavento buoy was the Best Skipper, with crew formed by Enric Botet, Josep Navarro, Victor Canela, Kindo Navarro, followed by the solo navigator Juan Antonio Martín del Vagabundo S.

They were followed by the Kairos, with Agustín Gutiérrez, Elena Sanz, Alberto García and Carmen Gutiérrez, the Colomba V with Paco Vaño, Manuel García, José Fernando García, the catamaran Limblus of Antonio Butueira and the Sinead of Jesus Perez, with Ana López, Dani Sanz and Carlos Roca.

09 / 01 / 2018: Marina Rubicón in Lanzarote, welcomes the exit of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic

The participants in the tenth edition of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic are ready for the departure that will take place tomorrow at 13: 00 to the islands of Cape Verde, to leave the island of San Antonio for starboard and to take the island of Martinica to the west

Last day of confirmation of inscriptions and records to participate in the journey, have passed through the Regata Office located in the facilities of Marina Rubicón the shipowners that will take the departure tomorrow half day. Among those we have seen were the almerian lone navigator Juan Antonio Martin, who will cover his fourteenth Atlantic crossing with the Vagabundo, also have passed the shipowners Agustín Gutiérrez, Barcelona of the Kairos, the Sicantine Francisco Vaño del Colomba V, the Catalan Enric Botet of the Best Skipper, all with several Atlantic crosses in their palmarés, the granadino Jesús Pérez del Sinead, the coruñés Antonio Butueira del Limblus, which cover for the first time.

The crossing from Marina Rubicón to Marina du Marin, on the island of Martinique, will be 3,070 nautical miles, with a passage forced by the Mindelo Canal, in the archipelago of Cape Verde, where they will have to leave the island of Sao Antao for stair. A very favorable journey is expected for the crews, with a bearing wind almost from the exit of Lanzarote. The first days of navigation are expected NE component winds, which will make it easier for the fleet to reach the islands of Cape Verde. Arriving at the Mindelo Canal, they will turn west, and the wind, throughout these days and as it goes down from latitude, will roll east, which will put the ships directly towards Martinique. A very fast journey is expected.

06 / 01 / 2018: The Grand Prix of the Atlantic with destination to Martinique

The Great Prix of the Atlantic 2018 begins on Wednesday, January 10 at the Aroteña Marina Rubicón, heading for Du Marin on the island of Martinique. The Spanish ocean race, 100% amateur, is covered every two years and on this occasion the regatists will have to pass through the Mindelo channel in the archipelago of Cape Verde, in their navigation to Martinique.

The first transatlantic journey is carried out by the Galician navigator Antonio Butueira with the catamaran Limblus, a Lagoon 44... on the starting line will also be recognized navigators, such as Rafael Lasso and the navigator Ernesto Cortina

They have confirmed their well-known participation in the Atlantic, many of which have taken part in this race on other occasions. Some with several Atlantic navigations from the European continent to the Antilles, such as the almerian solo navigator, Juan Antonio Martín, who with his Oceanis 34 Vagabundo will on this occasion cover his 14 Atlantic journey. Also among the participants is the Andalusian navigator Francisco Vaño, who will make his second ocean crossing, with the Westerly 41 Colomba V. He already covered the Grand Prix in the 2014 edition, in the solitaire category, and on this occasion he will do it with crew formed by Manuel Garcia and José Fernando Hernández, with his new boat that has been conditioning these last years for the Atlantic crossing.

Other usual cruises of this test, which have also participated in other editions are the crew of the Kairós, a Bavaria 46, with Agustín Gutiérrez, Alberto Garcia, Helena Sanz and Carmen Gutiérrez, a mixed endowment (male / female paritarian) that have been sailing many miles along the Atlantic, which have already crossed the Atlantic in the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix.

A young crew of Josep Navarro, Víctor Canela, Kindo Navarro and Enric Bote, with several Atlantic in their log books, will be on board the Best Skipper. In this ocean test, the navigator Jesus Pérez, who will cover his first Atlantic on board the Amel 53 Sinead, participates for the first time in the Atlantic crossing. Inscribed in the crew category will count as a co-pilot Jaume Cortes, known Spanish navigator who made the return to the world on board the Bionic six years ago. Next to them will sail Carlos Roca and Roberto Soto.