Vela, Soldini and Maserati first in the Rorc Transatlantic Race

A sprint in the Atlantic, with a sprint worthy of the best sprinter and final victory. Giovanni Soldini and his flying trimaran, Maserati, win the Rorc Transatlantic Race in a thrilling, breathtaking finish in Grenada, crossing the finish line in the heart of the Caribbean night. Just two days ago Maserati was 100 miles behind at PowerPlay (the multihull coming in second place) is now celebrating a clear success, built for more with only one rudder. The one on the left was damaged by hitting an unidentified object a few days ago and was in fact no longer usable. The technical impairment forced Soldini to take more risks in choosing the routes to reach the finish line, but the racing tactic proved exciting. Thus, from a probable third place (also behind Argo) success was built: at 1:51:41 local time in Grenada (6:51:41 Italian time), Maserati Multi 70 was the first to cross the finish line of the 8th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in collaboration with Yacht Club de France.

Six days of navigation

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Skipper Giovanni Soldini sailed together with Vittorio Bissaro, Oliver Herrera Perez, Thomas Joffrin, Francesco Pedol, Matteo Soldini, in a race launched across the Atlantic from Lanzarote to Grenada (2995 nautical miles), which saw the crew finish the test with a real time of 6 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes and 41 seconds. At the end of the competition, the trimaran puts behind 3476.5 real miles with an average speed of 21.4 knots. The official times will be ratified by the organization of the regatta in the next few hours.

The other crews

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In second position, a few miles away follows Peter Cunningham’s PowerPlay with skipper Ned Collier Wakefield, and on board the English sailors Giles Scott (tactician of Ineos Team UK in the America’s Cup and winner of two Olympic golds in the Finn class) and Miles Seddon ( which with Phaedo3 in 2015 set the record on this route). Third on the finish line: Jason Carroll’s Argo with skipper Brian Thompson.

A work of years

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“It was a heart-pounding regatta! Our crew gave their all and Maserati Multi70 really made a difference”, exults Soldini. “I am very satisfied. The fruit of these years’ work is under our eyes. It has been a very long journey of research and development: through records, world tours and competitions we have continued to look for solutions and the boat has gradually come to a maturity that allows it a stable and safe flight with clearly superior performance – at least in these conditions – than those of its opponents who have also been following the same path for years and traveling with the latest generations of foils. The aerodynamic and kinetic advances made in the last year, thanks to the contribution of the engineers of the Maserati Innovation Lab and the designer Guillaume Verdier, they are evident “.