Phaedo3 breaks world record sailing into Newport
by Rachel Jaspersen on 9 May 2015
MOD70, Phaedo3 Billy Black
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The MOD70, Phaedo3 has smashed the Antigua to Newport record by approximately 16 hours arriving into Newport at midnight Friday. The record, previously held by Tracy Edwards’ 110’ maxi-catamaran Maiden II now stands at just three days, five hours, fifty five minutes and twelve seconds.
Phaedo3s skipper, Brian Thompson described the trip northwards from Antigua. “We launched out of Antigua on port gybe with a full main and J1 an hour before sunset on Tuesday. Within minutes we gybed and remained on starboard for the next couple of days, blasting along at over 30 knots on flat seas. During our first 24 hours we achieved 654 miles which was great. Day two saw some lighter patches but we squeezed between a high pressure system and storms to our west over Florida, where we got a nice slingshot northwards. Four hours of total becalming then six hours of dense fog were followed by a lovely sail into Newport for a fantastic midnight finish”.
The record is subject to ratification by the WSSRC. Timekeepers were Julian Jildersleeve in Antigua and Bjorn Johnson and John Reed in Newport.
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