Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac
Both the multihull and monohull records were Broken this summer during the 2017 running of the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu, which started on July 3.
The ORMA 60 trimaran Mighty Merloe, skippered by H.L. Enloe, finished the 2,225-nm course in four days, six hours, 32 minutes and 30 seconds for an average speed of 21.7 knots. The finish supersedes a 20-year-old record set by Bruno Peyron aboard the vessel Commodore Explorer.
The 100-foot super maxi Comanche, skippered by Ken Read, finished in five days, one hour, 55 minutes and 26 seconds — besting a 2009 monohull mark set by Alfa Romeo by more than 12 hours. Comanche averaged 20.2 knots. Stan Honey served as navigator aboard the super maxi, which is owned by Netscape founder Jim Clark.
Comanche’s Transpac record follows its new monohull trans-Atlantic record, which was set last summer, also with Honey as navigator.
This story is from the November/December 2017 edition of Ocean Navigator.
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