Maserati’s incredible nautical partnership completes its voyage.
After over a decade, Maserati is announcing the end of its partnership with Giovanni Soldini, world-record breaking sailor. At the center of the collaboration between the two were two vessels: the monohull Maserati VOR70, and more recently the trimaran Maserati Multi70, which brought foil technology to the ocean.
Together, Maserati and Giovanni Soldini pursued innovation and daring feats on the water, setting 9 new records on historic routes, and participating in 27 regattas worldwide. In partnership with Maserati, Soldini and his team sailed the 13,219 nautical miles on the Golden Route from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn in 47 days, 42 minutes, and 29 seconds. They also achieved victory in the Cape2Rio in 2014, and delivered impressive performance in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart in 2016.
With the Multi70, the team sailed the Hong Kong-London route in 2018 and shattered the previous record by 5 days, making it there in 36 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 2 seconds, and did the same in 2021 with the English Channel record and the record on the original Fastnet route with a time of 23 hours, 51 minutes, and 16 seconds. Along with those were other incredible race victories, as well.
To this day, the Maserati Multi70 remains the only MOD to have sailed around the world, and in 2023, the vessel did it in full energy independence thanks to the installation of a photovoltaic system and an electric engine, making it the first ocean racing yacht capable of self-producing the energy needed for its long-haul sails. Since 2022, the trimaran has been repurposed for UNESCO’s monitoring program, and contributes to the scientific community by collecting data on environmental conditions on the water. While Giovanni Soldini and Maserati may have ended their partnership, the legacy that it created will surely live on.
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