2018 RORC TRANSATLANTIC RACE NACHO POSTIGO (English)

Pier Luigi Loro Piana's Supermaxi My Song finished the 2018 RORC Transatlantic Race on Tuesday 04 December 2018 at 17:47:11 UTC, taking Monohull Line Honours. The Baltic 130, owned by Pier Luigi Loro Piana, a member of the International Maxi Association (IMA), has also set a new Monohull Race Record after completing the 3,000 mile race between Lanzarote and Grenada in an elapsed time of 10 days 5 hrs 47 mins 11 secs, shaving 1hr 19mins 48 secs off the previous race record set in 2015 race by Jean-Paul Riviere's French Finot-Conq 100, Nomad IV. “I am tasting the Caribbean right now!” smiled My Song Navigator Nacho Postigo sipping an ice cold beer courtesy of Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina. “The conditions for a Transatlantic Race were the best I have ever had. Almost every day we had very few squalls and at night we had brilliant stars so it was fantastic. After getting through the pressure ridge at the start, the wind was between 16-22 knots which is perfect and really pleasant. The main objective for us was to safely get the boat to the Caribbean. After the first few days we were 240 miles behind the record, so we just forgot about it. Then slowly we were cutting it down and in the last three days, every half an hour someone was coming to the chart table, wanting to know if we were on record pace. Personally I love coming to Grenada, the atmosphere of the island, the fantastic sailing but especially the people who are super super nice.”