The route is around 2880 nautical miles and goes from Ambrose Lighthouse New York to Lizard Point.

Transatlantic sail record. The SR-71s Record-Breaking Transatlantic Crossing. The supermaxi Comanche broke the transatlantic record for monohulls west to east in July 2016 taking more than a day off the record. It didnt look like either the Yankees or the Mets would make the playoffs neither did and the temperature was in the high-70s Fahrenheit at the tail end of yet another long hot summer.

They are also the most popular landfall for boats sailing east to west a voyage there from the Canary Islands being about 2700nm. Ideally wed like to make initial landfall in Ireland but if heading that far north during the crossing adds significantly to the dangers of it then were certainly open to a more southerly destination. The 3045 metre carbon-fibre yacht sailed from New Yorks Ambrose Lighthouse to the UKs Lizard Point in 5 days 14 hours 21 minutes and 25 seconds.

Banque Populaire V On the way to Smashing the Transatlantic Record3 Days 15 Hours 25 Minutes 48 Secs at an average speed of 3294 ktsTop Speed 4715 kts. July 28 2016 Comanche the 100 foot racing yacht owned by Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark has successfully set a new monohull transatlantic record of 5 days 14 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds. But this Transat record.

Comanche Smashes Transatlantic Record. September 1st 1974 was pretty much just another average day for New Yorkers. World Sailing Speed Record Council.

She set a blistering new 24-hour distance record for a monohull during the Transatlantic Race last year 618 miles at an average speed of 2575 knots. Al Grover set out to accomplish something that had never been done. Even the most daunting world records are meant to be broken eventually.

The 100-foot super maxi Comanche smashed the monohull transatlantic record making the 2880nm trek in 5 days 14 hours. Comanche is owned by Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and his Australian supermodel wife Kristy Hinze-Clark. Sir Richard Branson set the world record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean by boat in 1986 in his 72ft 22 metre Virgin Atlantic Challenger II with a time of three days eight hours and 31 minutes.