Menorcan sailor Felip Moll finishes in the top 10 of the SAS 2024 ocean race

Last Tuesday, August 13th at 21:55, Menorcan sailor Felip Moll arrived at les Sables d’Olonne, thus completing the second leg of the SAS 2024 ocean race.

After completing the 1,271 nautical miles of the second leg of the SAS 2024 solo ocean race in nine days, five hours, and 38 minutes, sailor Felip Moll and his proto "Gínjol 931" took to port d’Olona, in France, this past Tuesday, August 13th.

Compared to the first leg, the Menorcan navigator has acknowledged that this second journey was “longer and strategically more complex” due to encountering challenging weather systems.

“I decided to circumnavigate an anticyclone and not seek the strongest winds at the start, as due to a breakage in the first leg, my goal was to sail more conservatively,” he confessed. Despite taking this more cautious decision, Moll finished the journey between Les Sables d’Olonne – Les Açores – Les Sables d’Olonne in tenth position within the prototype fleet and first among the round-bowed sailboats.

“The great challenge of this race was the mental fatigue, the feeling of being so small in the middle of the vast Atlantic Ocean, days of fog, cold, and humidity. The mini makes you feel very humble,” he explained.

But from this great adventure, the Menorcan sailor draws very positive conclusions, “I am extremely satisfied with the personal challenge accomplished” and acknowledges that after all the situations experienced during this race “the mini is no game, it requires a lot of effort and sacrifice and makes you go through very tough times, literally moments when you have to go into survival mode. Although the personal return it gives you is priceless.”

After having completed the two most powerful races of the Mini 6.50 class circuit and eight years in this class, now comes a time of reflection for Moll to consider new goals.