Giovanni Soldini and his crew arrived back in Porto Lotti, in La Spezia, at the beginning of June. Since then the Team has been working on finishing and assembling the new side rudders, after the great tests done in the English Channel during the spring. Maserati Multi 70‘s Team is now working on the central rudder and plans to set sail to go back to the English Channel for the next adventure in mid July.
Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi7 70′s Team set sail from Cherbourg at dawn on May 25th, destination: Palma De Mallorca.
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini conquered the record on the Fastnet original course: 23 hours, 51 minutes and 16 seconds, with an average speed of 24,94 knots. The Italian Team is the first in the world to sail the 595 miles in less than 24 hours. The previous record, 25 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds, was set by Peter Cunningham’s MOD 70 PowerPlay just a month ago. The record is pending the World Sailing Speed Record Council’s ratification.
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini crossed the finish line of the Fastnet original course on May 8th at 19:14:11 GMT (21:14:11 Italian time), conquering a new record: 595 miles from Cowes to Plymouth in 23 hours, 51 minutes and 16 seconds, with an average speed of 24,94 knots. The previous time, 25 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds, with an average speed of 23,73 knots, was set by Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay only a month ago. The record is subject to the ratification by the World Sailing Speed Racing Council.
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini crossed the finish line of the Fastnet original course on May 8th at 19:14:11 GMT (21:14:11 Italian time), conquering a new record: 23 hours, 51 minutes and 16 seconds, with an average speed of 24,94 knots. The Italian Team, who set sail yesterday at 19:22:55 GMT, improved the previous time by over an hour: just a month ago, Peter Cunningham’s MOD 70 PowerPlay finished the course in 25 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds. The time has been recorded by the crew aboard Maserati Multi 70 and is subject to the World Sailing Speed Council’s ratification.
Maserati Multi 70 set sail to attempt the Fastnet original route record at 19:22:55 GMT (21.22 Italian time). Giovanni Soldini and his crew will have to cross the finish line off Plymouth before tomorrow at 20:27:13 GMT to beat the current time, 25 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds, set just a month ago by Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay.
Maserati Multi 70 is ready to attempt the record on the Fastnet Original Course. The crew plans to set sail today, Friday May 7th, around 19.00 GMT (21.00 Italian time). Giovanni Soldini’s goal is to improve the time set just a month ago by Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay: 25 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds, with an average speed of 23,73 knots.
Double victory for Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70, who conquered the Channel Record with an elapsed time of 4 hours, 30 minutes and 49 seconds, beating for a little over 3 minutes their opponent PowerPlay (4 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds). The two trimarans set sail from Cowes (UK) this morning: Maserati Multi 70 crossed the starting line at 9:13:40 GMT, a few minutes after Peter Cunningham’s MOD 70 PowerPlay, and arrived at the finish line off Dinard (FR) at 13:44:29 GMT, sailing 138 miles with an average speed of 30,59 knots.
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini triumphed in the duel against Peter Cunningham’s MOD 70 PowerPlay and conquered the Channel Record. They set sail off Cowes (UK) at 9:13:40 GMT and they crossed the finish line off Dinard (FR) at 13:44:29 GMT, sailing 138 miles in 4 hours, 30 minutes and 49 seconds, with an average speed of 30,59 knots: just under 4 minutes less than the competitor PowerPlay, who finished the race with an elapsed time of 4 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds. The Italian Team’s time is 18 minutes better than the 2015 record set by Lloyd Thornburg and Brian Thompson aboard Phaedo3. The elapsed times have been collected by the two competing teams, they will have to be ratified by the World Sailing Speed Racing Council.
