Comanche chops hours from Newport Bermuda line honours record
by Talbot Wilson on 19 Jun 2016
Comanche nears the finish line in Bermuda, she slashed the race record for the Newport Bermuda Race - June 2016 Newport Bermuda Race Media
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Comanche has set a Newport Bermuda Race record celebrating her line honours victory in the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, Newport Bermuda 2016.
Jim and Kristy Hinze Clark’s 100 foot screamer, skippered by Ken Read, crossed the line off St. David’s Lighthouse at 4:22:53 EDT. Here elapsed time is a provisional 34hrs 42min 53sec, well over four hours ahead of the previous 39:39:18 set in 2012 by George David in Rambler.
The next closest boat is Maximizer, a Farr 72, which now has an ETA of 17:48 tomorrow, June 20.
If you could not go to Newport for the start, the start can come to you. Watch a replay of live video and commentary of the start
here. Commentator Andy Green hosted the program from the Inn at Castle Hill overlooking the starting line. With cameras on the hill and on the water, he was close to the action bringing live sailing directly to you.
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