MOD70s, RORC Transat 2016: Phaedo 3 floating mode wins over Maserati
RORC Transat 2016 might well be the first Oceanic race to match a foiler MOD70 (handicapped though with one ama equipped with flying foils) vs a traditional floating one.
The additional speed obtained by Maserati when sailing port ama down was not enough to overcome Phaedo 3 navigation and also great speed.Loick Peyron talked about having foiling Ocean Crosing multis, and Giovanni Soldini & Maserati have made that statement a reality. With of course the initial design / setup work done by Gitana Team who transformed a MOD70 into a flying machine.Below offical results. More info at rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/
| Pts | Factored Points |
Sail | Boat | Type of Boat | Owner | Sailed by | Finish Time | Elapsed | Handicap | Corrected | Pos | Pts | Factored Pts |
| 90 | 135 | 3 | Phaedo 3 | MOD 70 | Lloyd Thornburg | Brian Thompason | 3 Dec – 01:49:55 | 6 – 13:39:55 | 1.98 | 13 – 00:10:38 | 1 | 90 | 135 |
| 84 | 126 | ITA55 | Maserati | MOD 70 | Giovanni Soldini | 3 Dec – 20:54:23 | 7 – 08:44:23 | 2.024 | 14 – 21:43:16 | 2 | 84 | 126 |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16