Now, after giving a masterclass in how to smash an ocean crossing and still arrive looking ready for cocktails on the Squadron lawn, Zugel and his 13-stong crew have just demolished the fleet in RORC’s west-to-east Transatlantic Race from Newport to Cowes.
Blasting out of Newport on 19 June and surfing into Cowes seven days, 15 hours and change later, the black-hulled flyer not only claimed line honours in the west-to-east Transatlantic Race but lopped a scarcely believable 30 hours off the IRC corrected-time record.
In the past 12 months the boat has cracked off a remarkable 22,000 nautical miles—roughly a lap of the planet—and still looks box-fresh.
