RORC Transatlantic Race 2018, Newflash: Multihull Line Honours for Maserati. Powerplay close behind

Today, 1st December 2018 at 06:54:34 UTC, Giovanni Soldini's Italian Multi 70 Maserati was the first to cross the line in Grenada, taking multihull line honours to finish the 5th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race. The team completed the 3,000 mile race between Lanzarote and Grenada in an elapsed time of 6 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes and 34 seconds. 

They were closely followed by Peter Cunningham's MOD70 PowerPlay, who crossed the finish line off Port Louis at 07:40:12, after an Atlantic duel between the two mighty trimarans.

The RORC Race Team are currently on the dock at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina to welcome both teams. Images, video and a full race report with interviews will be available in a few hours.

To follow the rest of the fleet, go to:-

Race Tracker: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/tracking/2018-fleet-tracking.html

Race Minisite: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/

Daily stories, press releases and race updates, as well as blogs from the boats and photo gallery 

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ENDS/... RORC

CURRENT RACE RECORDS:

Monohull Record:

10 days 07 hours 06 minutes and 59 seconds
NOMAD IV, FINOT-CONQ 100

In 2015, Jean-Paul Riviere's French Finot-Conq 100, Nomad IV set a record for the RORC Transatlantic Race and was also awarded the International Maxi Association Transatlantic Trophy for Monohull line honours

Multihull Record:

5 days 22 hours 46 minutes 03 seconds

PHAEDO3, MOD70

In 2016, Lloyd Thornburg's MOD70, Phaedo3 set the multihull record for the race

Class40 record:

12 days 12 hours 36 minutes 32 seconds

TALES II, CLASS40

Gonzalo Botin's Spanish Class40, Tales II was the first Class40 to complete the race in 2015, setting a Class40 record