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Taking inspiration from Bolt, Mar Mostro is looking good to win a third IWC 24 Speed Record.
Mar Mostro’s Current Position:
LOCATION: Middle of nowhere, deep south, day 1.
WINDSPEED: 34 KTS
WATER TEMP: 14-degrees Celsius
HEADING: 070-degrees
DISTANCE TO CAPE HORN: 2,900 miles
Full update from onboard Mar Mostro on PUMA.com/sailing.
Leg 4 Facts:
Highest daily run: 528nm
Food left: bars only plus 1 freeze dried meal that nobody likes
Desire remaining to sail upwind again: None
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The onboard instruments are constantly calibrated throughout the day and are accurate to the hundreths.
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As Volvo veteran Jerry Kirby would say, Mar Mostro is caning it down to Auckland.
Sailing Fast
Leg 4, Day 10 blog from Amory Ross onboard PUMA’s Mar Mostro:
523 miles in 24 hours is a lot of miles for a sailboat. That’s averaging 22 miles per hour over the last day, and it’ll likely improve over the next few hours too. Not so bad for close reaching in 20 knots of breeze and an awful sea state. It’s also the most our Mar Mostro has logged this race (we were unfortunate to miss the high speed run into Cape Town with some minor mast problems).
Continue reading on PUMA.com/sailing.
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PUMA’s onboard media crew member Amory Ross captures the sound of a sail change while cruising at 22 knots on Mar Mostro.
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On a mission for a free watch.
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PUMA’s Mar Mostro has won the Leg 3 IWC Speed Record Challenge with a 24-hour run of 355.89 nautical miles. (photo: Paul Todd/Volvo Ocean Race)
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Camper to leeward of PUMA’s Mar Mostro
High risk high reward as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet enters the Southern Atlantic Ocean, where wind speeds are favorable to break the 24-hour monohull speed record. PUMA skipper Ken Read and crew will be careful to find a balance of breaking the record but not their boat.
“sail it like you stole it”
