Crazy? No, Malingri. Father and son on an uninhabitable cat from Marseille to Carthage
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Vittorio and Nico Malingri will leave tomorrow for the “Marseille-Carthage” record attempt: father and son are ready for the first challenge of their new sporting season, aboard Feel Good (Citroen), a six-meter sporty, uninhabitable catamaran. The weather conditions, studied at length together with Gianfranco Meggiorin of NaviMeteo, appear to be optimal: there will be up to 30 knots and 4.5 meters of wave in the first part of the Gulf of Lion, which will then fade, becoming a constant 20 knots all the way to Africa. Departure is scheduled for 6 a.m. tomorrow, just after the cold front passes.
The Malingri will attempt to beat the benchmark time of the historic “Marseille-Carthage” route, the Transmediterranea, which seems to be very “busy” in recent times and which for the first time sees two Italian sailors engaged in the Formula 20 class. It is about the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from north to south: 455 nautical miles, from France to Africa. A very challenging and technical route, requiring well-established Mistral winds for at least 3 days.
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In 2010, French-Swiss sailors Yvan Bourgnon and Jérémie Lagarriegue set a time of only 53 hours and 52 minutes aboard a 20-foot Hobie Cat Fox. Last June 24, Bertrand Vialle and Anthony Steinberg on the Nacra F20 catamaran tried unsuccessfully to break this record, setting a time of 61 hours. Homologated by the World Speed Sailing Record Council (WSSRC), the record has already been attempted by Malingri, with Giovanni Soldini in 2002, aboard a large multihull (18meters). The main difficulties can be the big waves coming from the Gulf of Lion (which can be up to three, four meters) and the bonanzas between South Sardinia and Sicily channel.
THE TEAM.
Vittorio Malingri, born in 1961, a pioneer of Italian ocean sailing, was the first Italian national to participate in the Vendeé Globe, the “Everest of the seas”: immeasurable the amount of miles he has on his back. Nico Malingri, Vittorio’s second son, 24, has sailed across the Atlantic 11 times, and is here on his first competitive race.
THE BOAT.
“Feel Good,” a six-meter (6.09 x 3.00) uninhabitable carbon catamaran, is considered the fastest and most innovative boat in its class. It can touch a top speed near 25 knots and hold averages around 15 knots, with mileage of more than 300 miles per day.
THE CALENDAR.
In September Vittorio and Nico will attempt two more records, again aboard Feel Good: the Portofino-Giraglia – which was recently homologated by the WSSRC – attempting to set a benchmark time on a course never before navigated by boats in this class (Formula 20) and the Dakar-Guadalupe (February-March 2017) where they will instead attempt to cross the Atlantic in less than 11 days and 11 hours. Vittorio and Nico Malingri are part of the Citroen Unconventional Team (CUT), a team of extreme sportsmen who share a passion for adrenaline sports.
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