Vittorio Malingri has just sailed 2,545 miles from Senegal on the west coast of Africa to Guadaloupe in the Caribbean in just 13 days, 17 hours and 48 minutes.
Not so remarkable except that Malingri was sailing on an open 20 foot catamaran in a singlehanded, non stop, unassisted crossing. Malingri has now set the record for this route in a single handed open catamaran.
Unfortunately due to the weather patterns it was not a particularly fast passage but he has set the mark for the next person who attempts this voyage.
Malingri experienced some difficulties with his solar panels and had to hand steer the boat a lot of the time. This also prevented him from communicating with his onshore support team to report his position and receive weather routing information. However Malingri, a veteran around the world racer, remarked that it wasn’t the most difficult voyage he had undertaken.
Have a look at his website for more information.
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