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Monohull line honours for Comanche in the Rolex Fastnet Race

by James Boyd 19 Aug 2015 10:37 BST 19 August 2015

Jim Clark's 100-ft American Maxi Comanche has claimed monohull line honours at the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. Arriving in Plymouth at 05:22 BST on Wednesday morning, Comanche completed the 603-nm offshore race in 2 days, 15 hours, 42 minutes and 26 seconds. The Ken Read-skippered Comanche finished a mere four minutes ahead of her closest rivals, George David's 88-ft Rambler (USA).

Rambler 88 is the second monohull to finish in the Rolex Fastnet Race - photo © Rolex / Kurt Arrigo
Rambler 88 is the second monohull to finish in the Rolex Fastnet Race - photo © Rolex / Kurt Arrigo

Mike Slade's 100-ft Maxi Leopard (GBR) was third finisher at 06:26 followed by the Maxi 72 Momo (CAY) at 06:57.

Multihull line honours was sealed by the Dona Bertarelli-Yann Guichard skippered Spindrift 2, the largest boat in the fleet at 40m/131-ft, who arrived in Plymouth at 22:57.41 BST on Tuesday evening in an elapsed time of two days, 10 hours, 57 minutes and 41 seconds.

Follow the progress of the fleet via the official Rolex Fastnet Race tracker.

www.rolexfastnetrace.com

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