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
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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.”
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