B&Q technical specification:
Displacement: 8.3 tonnes Length: 22.9m Beam: 16.2m Mast height: 30.6m index hull surface area: 143.9 sq m index hull internals surface area: 37.29 sq m Crossbeams surface area: 51.34 sq m Floats surface area: 151.48 sq m Floats internal surface area: 35.78 sq m Total surface area: 419.79 sq m
Designed by Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret Built by Boatspeed, Australia Spars by Southern Spars Sails by North Sails France Project managed by Neil Graham and Oli Allard from the Offshore Challenges Sailng Team Supported by the Offshore Challenges Sailing Team
NOTES ON PREVIOUS RECORDS:
MacArthur currently holds four solo sailing race records:
* Plymouth (UK) to Newport (US) east-west transatlantic 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes (fastest female and winner of Class 1 / Kingfisher monohull).
* Fastest female to race solo around the world in the 2000/2001 Vendée Globe in 94 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes, 40 seconds and finishing 2nd overall (Kingfisher monohull).
* Route du Rhum race (St Malo, France to Guadeloupe) new course record 13 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 47 seconds (Kingfisher monohull).
* Fastest female solo to cross the Atlantic west to east in 7 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes, 57 seconds (B&Q trimaran).
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