At 3.56 51” on July 18th local time (13.56 51” UTC, 15.56 51” Italian time) Maserati Multi 70 crossed the finish line of the 50th edition of the Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) off Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii. Giovanni Soldini and his Team arrived with an elapsed time of 4 days, 18 hours, 26 minutes and 51 seconds.
At 3.56 51” on July 18th local time (13.56 51” UTC, 15.56 51” Italian time) Maserati Multi 70 crossed the finish line of the 50th edition of the Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) off Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii. Giovanni Soldini and his Team arrived with an elapsed time of 4 days, 18 hours, 26 minutes and 51 seconds.
At 7.30 UTC, Maserati Multi 70 is flying at 26 knots, 166 miles away from the finish line of the Transpac, off Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii.
At 19 UTC, at the end of the fourth day of Transpac, Maserati Multi 70 continues to sail on port tack towards the finish line.
For many hours Maserati Multi 70 had to sail on starboard tack, on the damaged hull. It was impossible to reach an average speed higher than 25 knots. At 12 UTC, Giovanni Soldini and his crew gybed and now, on port tack, they are able to fly steadily and reach a higher speed.
At 22 UTC on Tuesday July 16th, at the beginning of the fourth day of Transpac, Maserati Multi 70 is sailing again on starboard tack, on the rudder without the foil.
After a long leg on starboard tack, sailing on the damaged hull, Maserati Multi 70 gybed and is not flying at 27-28 knots on port tack, with a 80° wind of 17 knots.
A little more than two days after the start of the Transpac, Maserati Multi 70‘s Team is going on on its course towards Honolulu on the wake of its competitors, Argo and PowerPlay.
At 4.30 UTC, Maserati Multi 70, while sailing at 23-24 knots, collided with a big floating object that damaged the left side hull’s bow and the rudder’s wing.
