Spindrift 2: against the ocean clock!

A truly high-performance machine, born for victory, maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 has left her home port at Trinité-sur-Mer in order to attempt the most important ocean speed records by team this summer: firstly crossing the North Atlantic and the 24-hour record, and then round the world from next year.

Led by 14 crew members including businesswoman and accomplished athlete, Dona Bertarelli, and experienced sailor Yann Guichard, Spindrift 2 has but one adversary: the weather! The record she needs to beat: 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds between the Ambrose lighthouse (New York) and Lizard Point (GB). A crossing that requires an average of 32.94 knots, or 61km/h. Quite a bit faster than an ocean liner!

Moored at Newport Bay, just a few hundred yards from the legendary New York Yacht Club, Spindrift 2’s crew will patiently wait for a powerful low-pressure system from the west to develop in the northern United States. When this occurs, the maxi-trimaran will set sail and attempt to cross the Atlantic ahead of this, thus benefiting from a relatively flat sea with the advantage of the powerful wind of the low-pressure system.

For Zenith, this project presents a unique opportunity to once again be part of an exceptional adventure with huge added technological value. Zenith and Spindrift racing indeed share a number of aims — such as adopting the most advanced technologies in order to have the resources to achieve their dreams, or the fact that their ambition is to achieve unprecedented exploits, always aiming higher and higher.

Zenith and Spindrift racing are key actors in the most amazing achievements. They perpetually reinvent a subtle alchemy between tradition and the avant-garde. Their ultimate aim is to master time!