Maserati ready for the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600
Photo by Mikel Prieto, video by Alberto origone & Text sent by Negri Firmar / Giovanni Soldini – Maserati Multi 70 – Finally a great foiling pic of the Maserati MOD 70.
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February 8th, 2019 RORC Caribbean 600
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini are ready for the RORC Caribbean 600 A new challenge for the Italian trimaran after two months in the boatyard The race will start on February 18th
Following a positive 2018, Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70’s 2019 athletic season starts with the participation to the 11th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, the 600-miles-long race, organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, around 11 islands in the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean. The regatta will start on Monday February 18th.
The 79 boats who entered the regatta will start from Fort Charlotte, Antigua, heading North, they will pass Barbuda, Nevis, Saba and Saint Barth before rounding Saint Martin and heading South towards Guadeloupe. Rounded the island, the fleet will head back North, touching the last mark off Barbuda before heading back to Antigua towards the finish line. The course of the race features a great variety of currents and winds, which make it a very interesting and challenging regatta.
The multihull record belongs to the American MOD 70 Phaedo3, which in 2016 arrived first with an elapsed time of 1 day, 7 hours, 59 minutes and 4 seconds. Maserati Multi 70 participated in the race in 2017, arriving second after Phaedo3.
Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70’s Team have a happy season behind them: in 2018 the Italian trimaran’s Team first conquered the Tea Route Record, from Hong Kong to London, with an elapsed time of 36 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 12 seconds, then won Multihull Line Honours both in the 39th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race in October, and in the 5th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race in November.
After the RORC Transatlantic Race, Maserati Multi 70 spent two months in the boatyard in Guadeloupe. The Team worked non-stop to carry out maintenance on the trimaran: they applied the antifouling paint and repainted the hulls and the appendixes, they inspected the mechanical components, the deck’s equipment and the electrical system. The Team also made some slight changes to the T-shaped rudder’s system developed last year in order to make it stronger.
The challenge is supported by Maserati, Main and Title Sponsor and Aon as co-sponsor, along with the official supplier for the clothing, Ermenegildo Zegna.
A special thanks also to Boero Bartolomeo S.p.A. and Garmin Marine.
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