Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini
Plymouth-La Rochelle record
Giovanni Soldini and the crew of the Maserati Multi 70 cross the finish line in La Rochelle at 2:21:42 GMT on Friday, April 16 (4:21:42 Italian time) and thus set a new record: 329 miles from Plymouth (United Kingdom) to La Rochelle (FR) in 12 hours, 15 minutes and 21 seconds, with an average speed of 26.84 knots. The Italian team improves by approximately 2 hours from the previous record, set by Lloyd Thornburg and Brian Thompson aboard the Phaedo3 in 2015, by 14 hours, 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
The Maserati Multi 70 starts in Plymouth at 14:06:21 GMT yesterday afternoon (16:06:21 Italian time) and heads towards the extreme north-west of France, maintaining an average above 32-33 knots and reaching peaks of 44 knots. speed. Soldini says: “Crossing the Channel we were very strong, with 20-25 knots of northeast wind, and we reached Ouessant it was crazy: the passage between the island and the coast is very narrow and we were going to Cannamorta at 35 knots! Then going down the French coast the wind was 10-15 degrees stronger than expected and we slowed down a bit, but we achieved an excellent result, we are very happy! ”
The record is pending ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.
On board the Maserati Multi 70, for this feat, Giovanni Soldini sailed with Giulio Bertelli, Guido Broggi, Carlos Hernández Robayna, Oliver Herrera Pérez and Matteo Soldini.
The Team is back at the base in Cherbourg (FR), from where it will continue to study the weather conditions for the next few weeks to identify the ideal windows to try to break two other records on the Canal: the Cowes-Dinard (Fastnet Original Course Record (from Cowes to Plymouth, via Fastnet Lighthouse, southern Ireland).
In the winter months, during a long construction site, several modifications were made to the Maserati Multi 70: a more efficient and optimized flight keel was built, state-of-the-art electronic components were installed and a new central rudder was designed, which a Once installed It will make the flight more stable. Giovanni Soldini and his team also continue the valuable collaboration with the engineers of the Maserati Innovation Laboratory: together they are studying a system to optimize the rudders and make them more effective, thus allowing the trimaran to reach higher average speeds.
