Comanche announces record: “620 miles in 24 hours, mark please!”
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At the Transatlantic Race (Newport, Rhode Island to Cowes, England), the crew of Comanche, Jim Clark’s Hodgdon 100, announced that they had set a new 24-hour distance record. Says skipper Ken Read: “About 1300 miles from Newport, in the Atlantic, an unexpected low pressure arrived, and for quite a while we had strong winds behind us and relatively flat seas. We think we set the record for the greatest distance sailed by a monohull in 24 hours.”
OTHER THAN ERICSSON 4!
We are talking about 618.01 miles traveled between Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11 (at an average speed of 25.75 knots!). The record is awaiting ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council. If it is confirmed, the 20 men aboard Comanche will have bettered the previous record, set by VOR 70 Ericsson 4 (skipper Torben Grael) during the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race, by 21.41 miles.
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