Phaedo3 Bermuda Bound, Antigua Bermuda Race 2017, Sailing Videos

Video below: Start of the 2015 Carribbean 600 from Phaedo 3's perspective

Lloyd Thornburg's MOD70 Phaedo3, skippered by Brian Thompson, left Antigua on Wednesday 20 April 2016 at noon local time bound for Bermuda 945 nautical miles. The team are planning to establish a course record from Antigua to Bermuda, prior to the inaugural Antigua to Bermuda Race, which will be run in May 2017. Phaedo3 plans to be in Hamilton, Bermuda sometime between the evening of Saturday 23 April to the evening of Sunday 24th April, 2016. Follow Phaedo3's progress from Antigua to Bermuda: https://my.yb.tl/phaedo3

Phaedo³ racing in the light winds during Les Voiles de St Barth. Phaedo³ at Les Voiles de St Barth 2016 from Ocean Images on Vimeo. 

Sailing News: The inaugural Antigua Bermuda Race will commence on Friday 12 May 2017 after the 50th edition of Antigua Sailing Week in early May 2017

• Organised by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in association with Antigua Sailing Week, the Antigua Bermuda Race is designed to offer an exciting passage race to Bermuda, the home of the 2017 America's Cup
• The race is open to yachts and multihulls with a minimum length of 40ft (12m) with a valid CSA and/or IRC or Superyacht Rating Certificate. A provision of a Motor Sailing Handicap will be overlaid for Cruiser Racers
• The Antigua Bermuda Race is supported by The Bermuda Tourism Authority and Goslings Rum

For more information:

• Antigua to Bermuda Race: www.antiguabermuda
• The Antigua Bermuda Race 2017 Pre-registration of potential interest antiguabermuda.com/

ORGANISERS: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club http://www.rbyc.bm/
Antigua Sailing Week http://www.sailingweek.com

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RORC Transatlantic Race, MOD70s finish in Grenada, Sailing Video

Phaedo³ gets line honours in the RORC Transatlantic Race 2015 - from Ocean Images on Vimeo.


Phaedo3 flying 2 hulls and doing 30 knots from Bill Springer on Vimeo.

RORC Transatlantic Race - Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with The International Maxi Association - Phaedo3 takes Line Honors as MOD70 battle comes to a close - MOD70s finish in Grenada - Lloyd Thornburg’s mighty green MOD70, Phaedo3 crossed the finish line off Quarantine Point, Grenada Friday morning, completing the RORC Transatlantic Race at UTC 10:56:03 in 5 days 22 hrs 46mins 03 secs. Waging a ‘Master and Commander’ style battle from the start in Lanzarote, Team Phaedo held onto their lead, finishing less than two hours ahead of Tony Lawson’s MOD70, Ms Barbados (Concise 10) and taking Line Honours victory in the second edition of the race. Ms Barbados (Concise 10), skippered by Ned Collier-Wakefield was the second boat to finish at 12:36:44 UTC and the friendly rivalry ceased as Team Phaedo3 welcomed their transatlantic match racing partners alongside the dock. Latest news, blogs from the boats and photos: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/ and follow progress of the race via the Race Tracker.


Jules Verne Trophy - Day 12 - Le grand Sud ? // The Southern Ocean? Published on Dec 4, 2015

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Transatlantic Race: Comanche New Monohull 24-hour Record; Windquest Wins CYCRTM Line Honors (videos)

News: "Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark’s 100’ maxi Comanche set a new monohull 24-hour record when she covered 618.01 miles over Friday-Saturday (subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council), Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 trimaran Phaedo³ also put in a resounding performance.   Towards the end of the race Phaedo³, at one point, recorded a peak speed of 41.2 knots when navigator Miles Seddon was driving. As Thornburg recounted: “The sea opened up before him. It was the biggest wave you have ever seen and we were pointing down it"..."


Sailing Videos (above and below) - 2015 Transatlantic Race

First Finishers of the 2015 Transatlantic Race

Bryan Ehrhart’s Lucky secured line honors in the Transatlantic Race, second across the famous Castle line was Nomad IV, Clarke Murphy’s 100ft Maltese flagged yacht that suffered hydraulic failure during the race, meaning water ballast, sail hoist and controls all had to be manned by the crew’s own strength only. At present Lucky holds the lead in the Transatlantic Race 2015 under IRC handicap, but the title remains under threat from boats yet to finish. Similarly, her impressive course time is likely to be bettered by the maxis which started four days after her. (published on Jul 12, 2015)

The Transatlantic Race 2015 is a 2,800-mile race from Newport, R.I., to The Lizard on the southwestern corner of England. This is the 30th transatlantic race since three New York Yacht Club members sponsored the first one in 1866. A fleet of 38 boats—ranging in size from 40 to 140 feet and in age from 100 years to 10 months—departed from Newport in one of three different starts (June 28, July 1 and July 5). #tr2015

Windquest (Terry Hutchinson, Skipper) Wins Line Honors in 107th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Wintrust (published on Jul 13, 2015) #CYCRTM
more info:

• Results | Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
• JohnTheCrowd | 2015 Chicago to Mackinac Yacht Race

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