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  3. Sailing Yacht 'Comanche' Shatters Transatlantic Record

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  1. Comanche (yacht)

    Comanche is a 100 ft (33 m) maxi yacht.She was designed in France by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and built in the United States by Hodgdon Yachts for Dr. James H. Clark.. Comanche held the 24-hour sailing record for monohulls [2] until May 2023, [3] covering 618 nmi, for an average of 25.75 knots or 47.69 kmh/h. The boat won line honours in the 2015 Fastnet race and the 2015 Sydney to Hobart ...

  2. Comanche, a yacht so beamy she's called the Aircraft Carrier

    Under sail, first impressions of Comanche inevitably draw comparisons with IMOCA 60s and the globe-circling multihulls in which the design team excels.With massive beam at the stern, long reverse ...

  3. Comanche sets new Transatlantic Race record

    The 30.48 metre sailing yacht Comanche has set a new monohull race record after taking Monohull Line Honours in the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race.. Skippered by Mitch Booth, Comanche and its crew completed the 3,000 nautical mile race from Lanzarote to Grenada in seven days, 22 hours, 1 minute and 4 seconds (that's two days quicker than the previous record holder).

  4. 100ft record breaking yacht Comanche on a test sail

    One of the first videos of the new 100ft canting keel yacht Comanche, designed to break race and ocean records, shot by photographer Onne van der Wal

  5. Comanche, Jim Clark's 100ft super maxi, smashes the transatlantic

    Comanche, the 100ft maxi racing yacht built to break records for Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark, has set an astonishingly fast new transatlantic record. In making the crossing in just 5 days, 14 ...

  6. A Billionaire's Super Yacht Built to Break Records

    Comanche, a so-called maxi yacht owned by billionaire Jim Clark is celebrated as a vessel at the very cutting edge of sailing and expected to make a big spla...

  7. 100-foot supermaxi Andoo Comanche returns to Australia

    Iain Murray AM, Olympic and America's Cup sailor, and Andoo Comanche Sailing Master commented "Andoo Comanche has proven to be the most spectacular racing monohull the world has seen. It's a dream to bring her back into competition with the other 100ft yachts; Blackjack, Wild Oats XI, Law Connect, and Scallywag.

  8. How Comanche took more than a day off the transatlantic record

    The only sails used apart from the main were the A3, Comanche's VMG-style running sail, up "90 per cent of the time" and the FRO, or fractional reaching Code 0. Comanche's actual track is ...

  9. The speed awards already broken by Comanche

    Sailing superyacht Comanche has set a new record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean after completing her latest Transat on July 28.. The 30.45 metre carbon-fibre yacht sailed from New York's Ambrose Lighthouse to the UK's Lizard Point in 5 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds.

  10. Comanche Crushes Transatlantic Record

    Comanche, the 100 foot racing yacht owned by Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark, has successfully set a new monohull transatlantic record of 5 days, 14 hours, ...

  11. Comanche Story: Across the Ocean in a Work Week

    About Comanche. Comanche is a 100 ft (33 m) maxi yacht. She was designed in France by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and built in the United States by Hodgdon Yachts for Dr. James H. Clark and christened as Comanche.. Comanche holds the 24-hour sailing record for monohulls, covering 618 nm, for an average of 25.75 knots or 47.69 kmh/h.The boat won line honours in the 2015 Fastnet race and the 2015 ...

  12. Built to win: On board sailing yacht Comanche with Jim Clark

    Sailing legend Ken Read, who also happens to be the president of North Sails, managed the project from day one for Clark. Built at Hodgdon Yachts in Maine, Comanche had a hand-picked design and engineering team of international experts. It also had a construction schedule that raised eyebrows from the first day Clark talked to_ Boat International_ about the radical project during the America ...

  13. Sailing yacht Comanche

    Comanche is a 30.5 m sailing yacht. She was built by Hodgon in 2014. With a beam of 7.6 m and a draft of 6.7 m, she has a carbon hull and carbon superstructure.

  14. The sailing billionaire with sights on the record books

    Comanche is one of the world's newest super yachts, built in the space of a year with the bill in the multi-millions. All images of Comanche were taken by photographer George Bekris . George Bekris

  15. Comanche: Strengths and weaknesses revealed >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News

    The racing debut of the 100-foot Comanche from designers Guillaume Verdier and VPLP Architects confirmed a few things. She is sticky in light winds, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race could reveal this ...

  16. Comanche Yacht

    Comanche is a sailing yacht with an overall length of m. The yacht's builder is Hodgdon Yachts from United States, who launched Comanche in 2014. The superyacht has a beam of m, a draught of m and a volume of . GT.. Comanche features exterior design by VPLP Design. Comanche has a GRP hull and a GRP superstructure.. In the world rankings for largest yachts, the superyacht, Comanche, is listed ...

  17. Yacht COMANCHE, a Hodgdon Superyacht

    Superyacht Comanche is a majestic 100-foot carbon race vessel, launched in 2014. Sailing yacht Comanche was built by the US shipyard, Hodgdon Yachts. Luxury yacht Comanche is constructed with aerospace technology that comprises the usage of pre-impregnated composite fibres, "pre-preg". With black and red paint, the vessel features an ...

  18. 2017 Transpac Race Comanche Finish

    Comanche at the 2017 Transpac Race finish, setting the new monohull course record at 5 days 1:55:26. Drone video by Dylan DiMarchi.

  19. Comanche finds new owner Down Under

    Comanche finds new owner Down Under. Published on December 14th, 2017. Comanche, the innovative record-breaking 100 foot maxi yacht designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and launched in 2014 for ...

  20. Comanche

    Sailing superyacht Comanche is a boat that belongs at the front of the racing pack. Comanche _surprised everyone watching the Sydney Hobart race in December 2014 when the brand new 30.5 metre Hodgdon Yachts-built speed machine was pictured tearing along ahead of Sydney Hobart legend Wild Oats XI. It was an advantage that _Comanche was able to ...

  21. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    Arguably the fastest monohull on the planet, Andoo Comanche returns to defend her Line Honours title in the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Skipper John "Herman" Winning Jr and his exceptional team including tactician Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton, Iain Murray and Richard Allanson have captured every major Australian offshore line honours title since they chartered the yacht in 2022.

  22. Mike Lynch's Sunken Superyacht Is Largely Intact, Italian ...

    Perini Navi is known for creating some of the world's most famous and luxurious sailing yachts, including the 88-meter-long Maltese Falcon, one of the world's most recognizable sailing yachts ...

  23. IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer

    Malizia-Seaexplorer (3) or Team Malizia (3), is an IMOCA 60 monohull sailing yacht, designed by VPLP and Boris Herrmann [1] and constructed by Multiplast in France and launched on 19 July 2022. It has been designed for the Vendée Globe 2024, a solo tour of the world, but also participated in The Ocean Race 2023, a crewed around-the-world tour.Its skipper is the German yatchsman Boris Herrmann.

  24. Lynch Yacht Sinking Off Sicily Proves as Baffling as It Is Tragic

    As bodies were recovered, the authorities and experts wondered how a $40 million, stable and secure vessel could have sunk so quickly. By Emma Bubola and Michael J. de la Merced Emma Bubola ...

  25. Mike Lynch aboard yacht Bayesian that sank off the coast of Sicily

    Mike Lynch, a 59-year-old British technology entrepreneur, was among the six missing passengers who were aboard the Bayesian, a yacht that sank in Sicily, Italy. Jonathan Limehouse USA TODAY

  26. Video:Fast sailing superyacht Comanche shows off her performance

    Superyacht _Comanche _is finally underway, and she shows off her performance chops in this new video above, shot by Onne van der Wal. Jim Clark's 30-metre racing machine, built by Hodgdon Yachts in Maine, has taken off for Charleston, South Carolina, where she will meet with the transport ship that will take her all the way to Sydney, Australia, where Comanche will compete in the Sydney to ...

  27. Who are Mike Lynch and the other people missing after a yacht ...

    Mike Lynch remains missing after a luxury yacht sank off of Sicily's coast. Lynch, who sold his tech firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011, had recently been acquitted of fraud charges related ...

  28. Luxury yacht sinks off Sicily, leaving U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch, 2

    The 184-foot sailing yacht Bayesian is seen in an undated file photo provided by SuperYacht Times. SuperYacht Times Karsten Borner, the captain of the Dutch vessel that came to the rescue, told ...

  29. Ken Read on Comanche's second-place finish in the Sydney Hobart Race

    It's going to be an exciting year. Latest news, brokerage headlines and yacht exclusives, every weekday. Ken Read, skipper of the 30.5 metre Hodgdon sailing yacht Comanche, talks about racing the boat to second place in the the Sydney Hobart 2014.

  30. What is known about the sinking of a luxury yacht off Sicily

    The sleek yacht, named the Bayesian, was carrying a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers when it suddenly sank near the Mediterranean island that is part of Italy at about 4 a.m. on Monday.