Two Cayman Islands sailors are closing in on potential world records as they chase glory in a race across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Grenada.
Peter Cunningham’s PowerPlay leads the fleet and is on pace to break the multihull race record in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Transatlantic race, which began on Saturday.
Caymanian Dom Davies, son of Cayman’s 1996 Summer Olympian Alun Davies, is aboard a 100-foot monohull called Maxi Comanche – considered to be the “fastest monohull ever built” – which is also threatening the race record in its boat class.
According to RORC Transatlantic, as of Tuesday, 11 Jan., on day four of the race, Davies, 26, and his Comanche crew mates were well on course to break the record in the monohull class.
“If Comanche continues at this pace, the race record will be smashed,” the race report stated on RORC’s website.
Also representing Cayman is Cunningham who is operating his own 70ft Trimaran called PowerPlay. He currently leads the multihull fleet.
“A great start for PowerPlay with the boat log on 646 miles for the first day, but a little slower today,” Cunningham stated in an RORC article earlier this week.
As of Wednesday, Cunningham’s PowerPlay was holding on to its lead with the race entering its final stages.
The two are expected to finish the 3,300-mile crossing on Friday or Saturday in Grenada.
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