Cork - Fastnet - Cork UIM World Record
Fri, 28 Aug
|Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Can you set a new UIM World and National Record on the Cork-Fastnet-Cork Record Course, this may be your opportunity.
Time & Location
28 Aug 2020, 09:00 – 31 Aug 2020, 13:00
Crosshaven, Co. Cork
About the event
Weather permitting:
Over the weekend of the 28th/31st August 2020, Officials from the BPANI will be available to oversee any Powerboat National or World Record attempt from Cork Harbour around Fastnet Rock and back to Cork Harbour. A total distance of 132.6 Statue miles /115.2 nautical miles or 213.4 Kilometers.
Presently the overall World record is held by the AllBlack Racing team who in June of 2018 completed the route in two hours, six minutes and 47 seconds (average speed 62.75 mph / 100.99 km/h), in moderate to rough Atlantic conditions.
To honour this fact, the Powerboat association of Ireland commissioned a Trophy which is held in trust by the Royal Cork Yacht Club. This trophy which has been named the FPT Allblack Trophy will be awarded to the racing team who set a UIM World record on the UIM “Cork-Fastnet- Cork” Long Distance Record Course. To achieve a UIM…