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Soldini's Maserati Multi 70 Trimaran Has a Second English Channel Sailing Record

The week that is about to end was a very interesting one for Maserati. During the Auto Shanghai 2021 event, it premiered the 2021 Levante Hybrid as a look towards the future. At the same event, another gaze was directed towards the past with the arrival of the special edition Ghibli and Levante F Tributo models. Meanwhile, the present is apparently dominated by records across the sailing world.
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Naturally, the electrically supercharged Levante Hybrid and the duo that honors the memory of the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio are of prime concern for the automotive aficionados. But we all know there’s an entire world of other things out there. After all, as we also celebrated Earth’s Day this week, we should all remember that our Blue Marble is 71% covered by water.

No less than 96.5% of it comes from oceans and seas, which finally brings us to the other point on our Maserati checklist for the week. After all, true fans of the Italian company know very well the brand is deeply involved in water sailing.

Even people who aren’t currently interested in what Maserati does in the sea-faring industry might have heard that an Italian team using the Maserati Multi 70 trimaran has broken a very important world record recently, finishing the iconic Plymouth to La Rochelle trip with an outstanding time. They needed 12h, 15m and 21s to cover 239 miles (384 km) of open water between the UK and France as they sailed with an average speed of 26.84 knots (30.94 mph/49.79 kph).

It’s part of an English Channel Record program they’re trying to wrap ahead of their diehard rival, Peter Cunningham’s MOD 70 PowerPlay. And it gets even better because a few days after that endeavor, they’re back with even better news. What’s better than a world record? Two of them, naturally.

The latter has to do with yet another English Channel route, the Cowes (UK) to Dinard (France) trip that spans across 138 miles (222 km). Maserati’s Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini again won the duel with their rivals, reaching the finish line in 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 49 seconds, some 4 minutes ahead of their competitors. The average speed was even better than the previous attempt, reaching 30.59 knots (35.2 mph/56.64 kph).

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About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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