Records

Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race - 11 July 2008

Another one on the mantlepiece for ICAP Leopard in the
RORC's Cowes-Dinard-St Malo race.

Mike Slade and his crew were the first to finish the race in the early hours of Saturday morning (12th July), breaking the race record with an elapsed time of 14 hours, 7 minutes and 42 seconds.  The previous speed record was set in 2000 by Leopard's predecessor, Leopard of London.

http://www.rorc.org/content/view/358/1/

JP Morgan Round the Island Race Record  - 28 June 2008

In her usual style, ICAP Leopard was skippered by owner Mike Slade, with an impressive professional line-up of America’s Cup and round the world sailors onboard for the JP Morgan Round the Island Race. The Ocean Marine racing team have now broken the monohull record on four occasions, firstly in 1991 racing Ocean Leopard, aboard Hoya Longobarda in 1996 and then in 2001 aboard Leopard of London circumnavigating the island in four hours, five minutes and 40 seconds.

www.roundtheisland.org.uk

BMW Round Ireland Record - 25 June 2008

Crossing the finish line off Wicklow at 05:48:47 on Wednesday 25 June, ICAP Leopard knocked 10 hours, 35 minutes and 10 seconds off the previous BMW Round Ireland Race record previously set by Colm Barrington in 1998.  ICAP Leopard has set a new milestone for the 704 mile course of 65 hours 48 minutes 47 seconds completing a hat trick of recent records that includes the Fastnet Race and the Transatlantic Speed Record.

http://www.roundirelandyachtrace.ie/icaprecord.html

Transatlantic Speed Sailing Record - 03 June 2008

On Tuesday 03 June, ICAP Leopard smashed the Transatlantic Speed Sailing record finishing the 2,925 nautical mile crossing from New York to the Lizard in 7 days, 19 hours and 21 minutes shaving 8 hours off the existing record, to claim her second world record in two years.

ICAP Leopard sailed at an average speed of 15.5 knots, and a top speed of 37.4 knots, to complete the Atlantic crossing. She crossed the finish line at the Lizard at 19:22:05 GMT (20:22:05 local BST), having started the record attempt off Ambrose Light, New York, at 00:01 GMT on Tuesday 27th May. The record she has broken, for a monohull yacht with power-assisted winches, was previously held by 246 foot yacht Phocea who sailed the course in eight days, three hours and 29 minutes.

www.sailspeedrecords.com/content/view/22/24/

Rolex Fastnet Race - 14 August 2007

At 08h 58m 53sec on Tuesday 14 August 2007, Mike Slade's new 100-foot super maxi crossed the finish line off the Plymouth breakwater under spinnaker, breaking the Rolex Fastnet Race monohull race record that has stood since 1999.  With an elapsed time of 1 day, 20 hours, 18 minutes, the Bruce Farr-designed ICAP Leopard (GBR) chopped just under 9 hours off the record set by Ross Field on the 80-foot RF Yachting.

http://fastnet.rorc.org