Prevented from starting on Sunday due to unfavorable weather, the 24th edition of the Mini Transat will finally be able to set off this Monday. The start of the first stage (1,350 miles between Les Sables d’Olonne and Santa Cruz de la Palma) will be given at 1:30 p.m. “The large systems that blocked the passage yesterday are moving north and freeing a door to the south,” explains Christian Dumard, the weather consultant for the event. The organizers added a waypoint north of Gijón to “force solo sailors to stay along the Spanish coast where conditions will remain more manageable”. Three meters of water and between 20 and 28 knots of wind are still announced for the first of the 90 sailors to set off aboard their small 6.50 m boat.