ICAP Leopard 3 Transatlantic Record - A great night's sail

2:32 AM Fri 4 Jun 2010 GMT

'ICAP LEOPARD, Mike Slade' Carlo Borlenghi ?

ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi racing yacht owned by Mike Slade, on May 29th crossed the start line at Ambrose Light to begin her attempt on the 2,925 nautical mile monohull transatlantic speed record. ICAP Leopard will need to cross the finish line at Lizard Point before 12h 37m UTC on Saturday 5th June to break the current record held by Mari Cha IV of 6 days, 17 hours and 52 minutes. The latest update: Day 6 - Thursday 03 June. Sitting here in the nav area looking at the GPS and our plotter. The GPS says we are doing ...

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