MOD70 Maserati: Hong Kong-London Record Recap
The Hong Kong-London record has been ratified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council , details at maserati.soldini.it. The platform has also re entered the yard for foiling improvements. Verdier himself explains the mods in below video: Basically they were having stalling issues on the rudders, so he will seek better control and a more rigid built. Additionally they will implement a ‘kick-up’system for eventual rudders collisions but trying to keep some degree of control.
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