The Maserati Multi70 trimaran is in second place in the multihull division after nine hours of racing in the Transpac Race.
Giovanni Soldini’s Italian and Spanish crew on the Italian foiling trimaran picked their way smartly through the light winds at the start of the race that significantly limited the foiling boat’s performance, to round Catalina Island in third place behind the non-foiling 60-foot Mighty Merloe and 70-foot Phaedo3.
Having passed Catalina with around a mile deficit to the two American boats, Maserati Multi70 began to come its own once the fleet encountered the stronger trade winds further offshore.
By 18.00 local time in California (03.00 in Italy) MaseratiMulti70 had used its potent foiling ability to claw its way past Phaedo3 and begin to reel in the multihull frontrunner, Mighty Merloe.
