Antigua to Newport record confirmed

The World Sailing Speed Record council ratified a new world record from Antigua to Newport, RI. Jason Carroll (USA) and a crew of seven on the MOD70 Argo completed the 1560 nm course on April 6-9 in a time of 03:00:16:30 (21.58 knots average), bettering the previous record set in May 2015 by Lloyd Thornburg (USA) and crew on MOD70 Phaedo 3 of 03:05:54:49.