After three days of sailing Maserati Multi70 is about 580 miles from the Sunda Strait, the gate between Java and Sumatra to get into the Indian Ocean.
After three days of sailing Maserati Multi70 is about 580 miles from the Sunda Strait, the gate between Java and Sumatra to get into the Indian Ocean.
Around 23:00 UTC Maserati Multi70 was sailing at 27 knots at about 50 miles from Vietnam in the South Chinese Sea, as crew member Sébastien Audigane explains.
First day of sailing with good weather conditions, the crew’s mood is very high.
Maserati Multi70 set sail with 11 knots, mainsail and gennaker. At first it was not a good start, but
The trimaran Maserati Multi70 left Hong Kong crossing the starting line positioned between the Tai Long Pai and Nga Ying Pal lights, at the exit of the Tathoong canal, at 10: 43′ 24” UTC (18:43 in China, 11:43 in Italy).
Maserati Multi70 and the crew are still in standby for a few more days in Hong Kong.
The team studied the weather situation and it persuaded skipper Giovanni Soldini to change the departure plans.
No chance to start the record Hong Kong-London in the next 48 hours for Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Multi70 crew (Guido Broggi, Oliver Herrera Perez, Alex Pella and Sébastien Audigane): this is the conclusion of today’s conversation between the skipper Soldini and Pierre Lasnier, the team’s routeur, after studying the latest weather forecast.
Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Multi 70 team have postponed the departure for the Hong Kong – London sailing record scheduled for today.
Maserati Multi70 is ready to set sail for the Tea Route record from Hong Kong to London.
Giovanni Soldini and the other crew members – Guido Broggi, Oliver Herrera, Alex Pella and Sébastien Audigane – plan to set sail on Friday 12th January, between 9am and 11am UTC, late afternoon in Hong Kong.
