At 12.00 local time (19.00 UTC, 21.00 Italian time) Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini crossed the starting line of the 52nd edition of Transpac, off Pt. Fermin, Los Angeles, with 7 knots of WSW wind.
Alongside the Italian trimaran, the two MOD 70 took off: Argo, with skipper Jason Carroll and navigator Brian Thompson, and Orion, with skipper Justin Shaffer.
The 2225-mile course now calls for the fleet to leave Catalina Island on the left and, with the weather conditions typical of this time of year, to sail with strong winds for most of the course until the finish line at Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii.
On board with Giovanni Soldini the professional team is composed of Guido Broggi (ITA), Oliver Herrera Perez (ESP), Francesco Malingri (ITA), Francesco Pedol (ITA), Matteo Soldini (ITA) and Lucas Valenza-Troubat (FRA).
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