A new Tea Route record has been set by Giovanni Soldini and the crew on the Maserati Multi 70, equipped with a Gori Race Propeller.
“Giovanni Soldini and the crew on the trimaran Maserati Multi 70 have broken the 13000 nm record from Hong Kong to London, setting a new unofficial time of 36 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes, and 2 seconds.
Finishing today at 13:20:26 UTC, Soldini and his team of Guido Broggi, Sébastien Audigane, Oliver Herrera Perez and Alex Pella passed under the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge to complete the classic Tea Route course.
The team started from Hong Kong on January 18 to beat the record set in 2008 by Lionel Lemonchois on board the 100 footer maxi catamaran Gitana 13 (41 days, 21 hours and 26 minutes). Maserati’s finish time improves the record by 5 days and 19 hours, traveling 15083 nautical miles at an average speed of 17.4 knots.”
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