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A lifelong passion for sailing led Tufts alum Alex Jackson (LA '88) toward the achievement of a lifetime: breaking the transatlantic sailing speed record. A monohull sailing yacht, the boat named "Virgin Money" — originally called "Speedboat" — left New York Oct. 22 in a second attempt to beat the standing transatlantic record of six days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 39 seconds set by the ...
Oct 22, 2008 · The 99ft monohull maxi-yacht Virgin Money (ex-Speedboat owned by Alex Jackson, USA) set sail this morning on its Cross-Atlantic Challenge.
Less than 18 months ago Alex Jackson and Mike Sanderson started to shape their plan to design, build and fit out a super-maxi that would debut in the Newport Bermuda Race. Last Friday, Speedboat was in the limelight as her 99-foot long hull and towering rig waited for the start of the race.
Jan 6, 2009 · It was more of a thank-God day last June when I went for a sail on Speedboat, Alex Jackson’s 99-foot supermaxi, which has since been wrapped in red and renamed Virgin Money Speedboat through a...
Jun 21, 2010 · John Rousmaniere reports from the Newport Bermuda Race Committee that “Alex Jackson’s maxi 100-footer sloop Speedboat finished the Newport Bermuda Race early Monday morning at 3:49 AM EDT. Finishing second at 6:25 was Il Mostro (Puma), a 70-foot Volvo Ocean Race boat sailed by Kenny Read, whose brother, Brad, was in Speedboat ’s afterguard.
Less than 18 months ago Alex Jackson and Mike Sanderson started to shape their plan to design, build and fit out a super-maxi that would debut in the Newport Bermuda Race. Last Friday, Speedboat was in the limelight as her 99-foot long hull and towering rig waited for the start of the race.
165 boats started the 48th Newport Bermuda Race in 2012. A new elapsed time record of 39 hours, 39 minutes, 18 seconds was set in 2012 by George David 's 90-foot Rambler, [5] which averaged over 16 knots under perfect sailing conditions.
