Alberto Riva, Jean Marre and Benjamin Schwartz are certainly impressive on this Niji 40!
The trio on the Class40 Acrobatica (#201), leading the Belle-Île Marie-Galante transatlantic race since April 11, have broken the record for distance covered in 24 hours on a Class40.
Acrobatica covered 433.53 nautical miles between Sunday April 14 (22:00 UT) and Monday April 15 (22:00 UT) at an average speed of 18.06 knots.
This record had previously been held by Alberto Bona and Pablo Santurde del Arco on IBSA. They sailed 430.47 miles at an average speed of 17.93 knots during the Les Sables-Horta 2023 race, which they won. Before them, Ian Lipinski and Ambrogio Beccaria on Crédit Mutuel had already pushed it up to 428.82 miles.
The Musa 40, designed by Gianluca Guelfi, proves, with this new record, that Class40s go fast!
Alberto Riva: "What a race! Over the last few days, we've entered a low-pressure area with very difficult wind and waves. On the positive side, we literally flew, managing to continue south-west of the Azores, towards Marie Galante. We broke the Class40 speed record".
video : https://youtu.be/3KJmofZr-BY
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