Three new recruits

Three participants will take the start of the 15th Trophée Marie-Agnès Péron for the first time tomorrow. And all three have the same goal in mind: the 2021 Mini-Transat.

Aged 27, Nicolas Decomble is a native of the Oise area but lives now in Brest. He is a sailing instructor and has been sailing for about ten years now. He will start the race tomorrow on the 423 series named “Gusto”. His goal: to finish the race … in the first half of the ranking would be extra!

Aged 29, Benjamin Costa is a computer programmer from Paris and the skipper of the 796 “Mini Malist” based in La Rochelle. He started sailing at the age of 6 and became a sailing monitor assistant in 2014, year where he discovered about La Mini. His goal: validate miles, see how it goes, and navigate clean!

Aged 57, Valère Ottaviani is a consultant in digital transformation and information system and keeps great memories of his first races at La Rochelle in 1968. He has been sailing on the Mini 535 “Merak II” since last August. His goal: participate in the 2021 Mini-Transat for his 60th birthday!