Maserati Multi70 at the mid-point of the RORC Transatlantic Race
by maserati.soldini.it on 30 Nov 2016
Maserati Multi70 at the mid-point of the RORC Transatlantic Race Tiziano Canu
On day five of the RORC Transatlantic Race, Maserati Multi70 has put half of the race route behind her and is now in mid-Atlantic. Her sole direct rival, Phaedo3, is 266 nautical miles ahead and leading the fleet.
On the straight-line route to Grenada, Maserati Multi70 is still 1,611 miles from the finish. She is currently making a speed of 13 knots (12.00 GMT reading) with the aim of hooking the N/NW high pressure air flow.
Over the coming hours, she’ll seek to make the most of the clockwise rotation of the Atlantic high pressure area and follow an increasingly straight course to the Caribbean finish.
Giovanni Soldini explained the situation as follows in a link at 13.00 GMT: 'We’re still battling to get into an area of clean wind. Now that we’ve sailed through the low pressure area with its light winds and squally conditions, I’m hoping this will be our chance. We have 700 miles ahead of us on the L-foil which allows us to fly. It will be interesting to see if we can deliver competitive speeds and angles even in big waves. But so far everything has felt very positive'.
Now on its third outing, the RORC Transatlantic Race is competed over a 2,865-nautical mile route from Lanzarote (Canary Islands) to Grenada (the Caribbean). A total of 14 boats are racing in three classes this year: IRC, Class 40 and MOCRA Multihull. The current multihull record was set by the trimaran Phaedo3 last year in a time of five days, 22 hours, 46 minutes and three seconds.
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