Everything is ready for the start of the Caribbean Multihull Challenge: tomorrow, on Friday February 14th at 9.00 local time (13.00 UTC, 14.00 Italian time) Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70’s Team will set sail from Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, for the first of a total of three races making up the event. Alongside the Italian Time, will also participate the American trimaran Argo, for the first time in flying mode and the 63-foot-long trimaran Shockwave.
Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70’s Team are ready to participate in the second edition of the Caribbean Multihull Challenge, from February 14th to February 16th, which will start and finish in Simpson Bay, on the southern side of the Franco-Dutch island of Saint Martin/Sint Marteen. The event, organized by the Sint Maarten Yacht Club, is reserved to multihulls, which will compete in three different races in the Caribbean Sea.
At 12.39 34” local time on Sunday, January 19th (15.39 34” UTC, 16.39 34” Italian time), Maserati Multi 70 crossed the finish line of the Cape2Rio 2020 off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Giovanni Soldini and his Team finished the race with an elapsed time of 8 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 34 seconds.
At 12.39 34” local time (15.39 34” UTC, 16.39 34” Italian time) on Sunday January 19th, Maserati Multi 70 crossed the finish line of the Cape2Rio 2020 off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Giovanni Soldini and his crew conclude the race with an elapsed time of 8 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 34 seconds.
At 14 UTC Maserati Multi 70 is really close to the finish line, around 10 miles away. The Italian Team is fighting with the light wind and is sailing at 3 knots towards Rio de Janeiro.
The Italian trimaran’s direct competitor, LoveWater, crossed the finish line of the Cape2Rio a few hours ago, at 5.54.2″ local time (8.54 UTC, 9.54 Italian time), finishing the race with an elapsed time of 7 days, 20 hours, 54 minutes and 2 seconds.
At 16 UTC, LoveWater is still in the lead, 326 miles away from the finish line, but Maserati Multi 70 is gaining ground and the distance from its competitor is decreasing, going down to 30 miles.
Maserati Multi 70, at the end of the sixth day of racing, continues to fight to get back on the lead: 536 miles before the finish line, the Italian Team sails at 27 knots, 46 miles behind LoveWater, who is going at 26 knots (positions updated at 8 UTC).
The duel between Maserati Multi 70 and LoveWater is ongoing: the Italian trimaran is battling to overtake its competitor, who is 40 miles ahead (positions updated at 20 UTC).
Maserati Multi 70 is sailing at 26.2 knots on the wake of LoveWater, around 40 miles ahead and is sailing at 26.5 knots (position updates ad 12 UTC).
Skipper Giovanni Soldini, at 11 UTC, explains: “We’re sailing with foresail and full main with 20 knots close-reached. LoveWater, 10 feet longer than Maserati Multi 70, is faster than us, but there are still 1000 miles left and we will fight until the end to get back in the lead!”
