Record Breaking Rocket Ship Comanche smashes Transatlantic Record!
Caroline Blatter 18 Jan 2022 Grenada / Caribbean & Central America / Shoreside Activities & Events / Regattas & Cruising Rallies / About/General Information
100ft super maxi Comanche has smashed the Transatlantic another Record.
On the 16th January, 2022, Comanche took monohull line honours in the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race, after sailing 3000 nm from Puerto Calero, Lanzarote to Port Louis Marina, Grenada.
It was a record breaking fleet on the start line, with 30 yachts and 256 sailors from 27 different countries!
The NEW RECORD is now set at *** 7 days 22 hours 1 minute 4 seconds *** beating the previous race record by over two days!
A phenomenal achievement...Congratulations to her skipper Mitch Booth & all her race crew.
Built in 2014 by family owned Hodgdon Yachts in Maine, this super maxi carbon fibre racing machine is powered by Doyle Sails, and holds multiple records she has challenged and won over the 7+ years, including …
- The 24-hour monohull speed record of 618.01 miles (traveling at an average speed of 25.75 kts)
- The monohull West East record of 5 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes, 25 seconds (over 27 hours faster than the previous record).
The route is around 2,880 nm, from Ambrose Lighthouse (New York) to Lizard Point (Cornwall).
Well known AC/ VOR sailor Shannon Falcone appears to be the one lucky person to hold this record both ways, being crew on Comanche in 2016 & 2022.
Shannon Falcone Centre - on the dock at Port Louis Marina
Down time now in gorgeous Grenada, before many of these yachts head to Antigua for the start of RORC Caribbean 600 in February, the first race in the IMA Caribbean Maxi Challenge 2022.
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