New Sailing Record - Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - In winds over 35 knots, and waves over 5 meters, "Abbey Sea Baccarat”, an Aries yacht, has lost thier mast while enroute to Rio. This is the second yacht to fall out of the Offshore Race Rolex from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro due to mechanical failures. The crew of the yacht say all on-board are well, although it was a tricky manuever when the mast kept hitting the boat, making it necesasry for them to cut the rigging, and send the mast plummeting into the sea.

Meanwhile the yacht "Rambler", pulls into Rio in record time: George David's 90 foot super-maxi yacht, Rambler (USA) is the line honours winner of the Offshore Race Rolex Buenos Aires - Rio de Janeiro. The American yacht crossed the line in Baía de Guanabara, off Rio de Janeiro at 12h55m45s am local time, establishing a new record for this offshore classic, in its' 22nd edition this year.

The Reichel Pugh design, skippered by American Ken Read, covered the 1123-nautical mile course in 4 days, 9 hrs, 55 minutes, 45 seconds, beating the record set by the Brazilian yacht Cisne Branco in 1987 - 4 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, 57 seconds.

Rambler's crew is headed to the Iate Club Rio de Janeiro, to wait for the rest of the fleet and see if they can claim the corrected time win as well.

Photo by: Rolex / Daniel Forster - The Yacht "Rambler", Offshore Race Rolex