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Yachting World 0shares Louay Habib reports on an exciting match race between two MOD70 trimarans as both attempt to set a new Cowes - Dinard record Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay is set for a world record attempt Cowes – Dinard today, Thursday 22 April 2021 and will be going up against another MOD70 in the form of Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati. The current record for the 138 nautical mile course is held by MOD70 Phaedo 3 which scorched across the English Channel at an average speed of 28.66 knots in a record time of just 4 hrs 48 mins 57 secs. It should be thrilling to watch two of the world’s fastest ocean-going multihulls going head-to-head on a racecourse that dates back to 1906. ....
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Subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council. It was kind of ambitious, but the conditions were right, and the team was ready to go, commented Peter Cunningham. The PowerPlay crew was fantastic. Miles (Seddon) did a brilliant job navigating, we had two wonderful drivers in Ned Collier Wakefield, who set up the boat and runs the programme, and the fastest sailor on Earth, Paul Larsen, who drove in some incredibly bad conditions. ....
MOD70 Trimaran PowerPlay Breaks Original Fastnet Course Speed Record 7th April 2021 MOD 70 PowerPlay led by Peter Cunningham starts the world speed record attempt for the Fastnet Course Credit: Lloyd Images MOD70 Trimaran PowerPlay, led by Peter Cunningham and skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, has completed the original Fastnet Course of 595 nautical miles in a new world record of 25hrs 04mins 18secs. Subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council. “It was kind of ambitious, but the conditions were right, and the team was ready to go,” commented Peter Cunningham. “The PowerPlay crew was fantastic. Miles (Seddon) did a brilliant job navigating, we had two wonderful drivers in Ned Collier Wakefield, who set up the boat and runs the programme, and the fastest sailor on Earth, Paul Larsen, who drove in some incredibly bad conditions.” ....