May 23, 2003

Attempting to Eclipse Hong King to New York Sailing Record

Sailing.org:

It’s a down-to-the-wire race for the trimaran Great American II and her two crew members as they prepare to finish their Hong Kong to New York sailing record attempt at the Statue of Liberty early next week.

Today, the 53-foot trimaran was south of Bermuda and 1,230 miles from New York as Rich WILSON and Rich du MOULIN plotted their route through three storm systems blocking their path. The two have been at sea 66 days in their attempt to eclipse the record of 74 days, 14 hours set by the extreme clipper ship Sea Witch in the tea trade a century-and-a-half ago.


Posted by Bob King at May 23, 2003 9:58 AM | TrackBack
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