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2950 MILES IN 4 DAYS 21 HOURS, 8 MINUTES

 

NEWS FLASH • 12 July 2012
Spindrift racing win the KRYS OCEAN RACE,
New York to Brest in under 5 days
Yann Guichard and his crew of five crossed the finish line on Thursday July 12 at 12hrs 08m 37s UTC (14hrs 08m 37s) to take overall victory in the inaugural KRYS OCEAN RACE transatlantic race in an elapsed time four days 21 hours 08 minutes 37s, an average of 25.03 kts on this 2950 miles race course.
In this first ocean race for the new MOD70 one design multihull class, Spindrift racing finished about an hour and a half ahead of Sébastien Josse’s Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and FONCIA, who were about a quarter of an hour behind second, after a great race across the Atlantic from New York to Brest in winds which is rarely dropped below twenty knots …

This is the first great ocean racing victory for Yann Guichard.
At 38, this former Olympic Tornado catamaran sailor, who finished fourth in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, has amassed considerable multihull experience offshore with Marc Guillemot, Bruno Peyron and Franck Cammas, racing solo across the Atlantic in 2010, but also on the Swiss lakes in the D35 and M-2 multihulls.
He has also raced inshore as helm in the America’s Cup World Series and the Extreme 40 series.

Launched in January this year, Spindrift racing is MOD70 hull number 5, and has been taken on by his crew, which includes Pascal Bidégorry, Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant, Jacques Guichard, Leo Lucet and Kevin Escoffier.

Bidégorry, Escoffier and Le Vaillant are among those who set the existing outright Atlantic record in 2009.

Spindrift racing sailed an actual 3284 miles on the water at an average of 28.04 knots.

KRYS OCEAN RACE LEAVES NEWPORT FOR NEW YORK

No sooner than the America’s Cup World Tour was packing up their tents than the MOD 70’s started a short sprint to New York City. They should arrive this morning, having left Newport yesterday evening. Sailing at 16 knots in 12 knots of wind, leaving no trace in the water. These boats are all identical, leaving the results to the ability of the crew.

The boats will leave New York on July 7, racing to Brest, France. After that they continue a circuit around the world.

The press office, which had been set up at Newport Shipyard could not have been more organized, open and welcoming.

MOD 70 KRYS OCEAN RACE START FROM NEWPORT ON MONDAY

The America’s Cup is finishing on Sunday here in Newport. The MOD 70’s will have a start at 5pm on Monday, finishing in New York. I do not believe it counts for anything; but the boats have to get to New York for the start of the Transatlantic on July 7. The race to Brest is expect to take 7 days.

Last night at Marble house three people were inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame