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Champions · Offshore records

Mari-Cha IV

Mari-Cha IV is a schooner-rigged maxi that set monohull records across the Atlantic and the Pacific between 2003 and 2005.

Builder’s plate

Rig
Schooner

What she won

  1. 2003Transatlantic, west to east, monohullImproved the record by more than two days; 525.5 nautical miles in 24 hours on the way525.5 nm
  2. 2004US west coast to HawaiiFastest passage
  3. 2005Rolex Transatlantic ChallengeLine honours ahead of Maximus, breaking the 1905 record of Charlie Barr's Atlantic9 d 15 h 55 m

Figures from Wikipedia, “Mari-Cha IV”, read 2026-10-02. Something wrong? Write to the editor and it will be checked and corrected.

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