{"id":3811,"date":"2012-06-17T22:29:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T01:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwsailing.com\/news\/?p=662"},"modified":"2012-06-17T22:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T01:29:40","slug":"rambler-sets-newport-bermuda-race-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/rambler-sets-newport-bermuda-race-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Rambler Sets Newport Bermuda Race Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George David\u2019s 90ft maxi <em>Rambler<\/em> has smashed the 635 mile Newport Bermuda race record, clipping a massive 14 hours off the previous best time set 10 years ago by Roy Disney\u2019s <em>Pyewacket<\/em>.\u00a0 The new record now stands at 39hr, 39 minutes, 18 seconds (subject to ratification)\u00a0 &#8211; an average speed of 16knots.<\/p>\n<p>A delighted George David said. \u201cThese were perfect conditions. The most exciting moment was when we hit 26 knots. I\u2019m so pleased with our performance. We have reduced the record by 25% &#8211; Not bad for a boat that is now 10 years old. This <em>Rambler<\/em> is the best boat I have ever owned!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Rambler<\/em> not only slashed the race record, her crew also spanked their rivals with Hap Fauth\u2019s <em>Bella Mente<\/em> crossing the lighthouse line 1 hour 43 minutes behind followed 3 minutes later by <em>Shockwave<\/em> skippered by George Sakellaris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bermudarace.com\/NewsCalendar\/News\/tabid\/179\/EntryID\/315\/Default.aspx\">www.bermudarace.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George David\u2019s 90ft maxi Rambler has smashed the 635 mile Newport Bermuda race record, clipping a massive 14 hours off the previous best time set 10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruising-news","category-news-and-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}