Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: The Finish And A New Record
The Finish: The Pegasus Open 50 sailboat just set the Transpac record of 7 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 35 seconds for a double handed monohull ship. Previous Record: 10 days, 4 hours and 4 minutes.
Over the Last Night:
Philippe Kahn founded Borland, invented the Camphone, and decodes human motion. He’s also a fellow outdoorsman, splitting time skiing Tahoe and sailing in Santa Cruz. He’ll share his Transpac 2009 sailing race with us live from the Pegasus Open 50. He and Richard Clarke set the race record for a double handed team in 2008 with a time of 7 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes and 50 seconds, besting all boats in overall time for that year.
[Previous Pegasus Sailing posts on Gizmodo, Pegasus]
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@Geisrud:
I would SO do that.
Cairnage
Welcome to Honolulu! Thanks for coming to see me ;)
Dane Gonsalves
Congrats guys! Phenomenal work and very entertaining/interesting to follow.
Now we just have to test the boat's urine for steroids.
The5thElephant
Wow, congratulations on breaking the record again guys.
Congratulations on finishing AND on the new record.
So who gets to sail the boat back?
JimboGizmo
Now that they're done, they should go to Hawaii for a vacation
Sweet! I enjoyed following their posts/reports on here, it was interesting following along. Good job!
sysprod
@Curves: Absolutely. The old time was beaten by almost 3 days. Were talking about an increase in efficiency by about 25%!
Well done guys, and happy sailing for the rest of your adventures!
Not only did they break the old record, they set a MUCH higher one. Congrats on the win and the safe arrival.
Glad to hear they made it safely, swiftly, and were able to recover power.
But didn't the Alpha Romeo come in first? Or did they have a staggered start and the Pegasus make shorter time?