We are now just hours away from the start of the 52nd edition of the Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac), which for the multihull class will kick off on Saturday, July 1 at 11:55 a.m. local time (18:55 UTC; 20:55 Italian time) from Pt. Fermin, Los Angeles, charting a 2225-mile course to the finish line off Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii. The multihulls will close out the fleet of about sixty boats, which started in stages in recent days.
Maserati Multi70 and Giovanni Soldini have reached the California coast ahead of the start of the Transpacific Yacht Race, also called Transpac.
The platform Around the Blue is now online, which will follow Giovanni Soldini on his journey around the world for over 44 thousand miles aboard Maserati Multi70.
The Italian team, mocked at the photofinish, concludes a spectacular race against its rival Zoulou, who finished with a real time of 1 day, 6 hours, 55 minutes and 34 seconds.
On Tuesday, February 21st at 18:25 local time (22:25 UTC, 23:25 Italian time), with an elapsed time of 1 day, 6 hours, 55 minutes and 45 seconds, Giovanni Soldini and the team of Maserati Multi70, have crossed the finish line of the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. With a gap of just 11 seconds, the rival MOD70 Zoulou, with Loick Peyron on board, won the Line Honours Multihulls at the end of an exhausting battle of maneuvers between the islands of the Lesser Antilles.
As announced by the weather forecast, the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is proceeding at a fast pace: at 7 UTC, just over 15 hours from the start, Maserati Multi70 is sailing in the lead towards the South, with less than 250 miles to cover.
With a fleet of 71 boats divided into eight classes, the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, got underway today, 20th February 2023.
The race is 24 hours away and the teams of the 71-boat fleet are making their final preparations before the start of the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, promoted by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. The start sequence from Fort Charlotte, Antigua, will see the MOCRA class start last, half an hour behind the first group. The appointment on the line for the multihulls is therefore set for tomorrow, Monday 20 February, at 11:30 am local time (3:30 pm UTC, 4:30 pm Italian time).
Maserati Multi70 and Giovanni Soldini have landed in Antigua, where on Monday 20th February will start the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, the Caribbean sporting event promoted by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.
