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The PURU-Transgascogne 2025 race, a Mini 6.50 class offshore event, stopped in Gijón for the first time in 16 years after departing Port Bourgenay. Benoît Magui won the solo division, crossing the Bay of Biscay in 1 day, 5 hours, and 18 minutes aboard Nikomatic Petit, a foiling skow he designed himself. Magui, winner of the Mini Transat 2013, discusses the evolution of Mini class boats since then — specifically how foiling technology, visible at the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco, transformed the fleet. Race director Denis Hughes and organizer Emmanuel Versace, interviewed through interpreter Annabelle Moho, explain how the race start was advanced after meteorologists flagged unsafe conditions, and describe the mandatory safety equipment checks — EPIRB, liferaft, and passive unsinkability standards enforced by the Mini class — conducted before departure. Versace, organizing the Transgascogne for the third time, notes Gijón was chosen for its port infrastructure and because title sponsor PURU, a sunscreen brand, wanted exposure in Spain. A separate segment covers a crew's decision to divert from a Gijón-to-Muros passage into Avilés after encountering 20–24-knot headwinds and 2–3-meter head seas off Cabo Peñas.

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