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July 16, 2009
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Monohull mark

Alfa Romeo, a Reichel-Pugh 100-foot maxi owned Neville Crichton, set an elapsed time record for monohulls in the Transpacific Yacht Race by making the 2,225-nautical mile crossing in 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds.

Crichton and his 16-man crew took more than a day off the previous course record of 6 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes and 11 seconds, which was set by Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory in 2005. Alfa Romeo II crossed the finish line at 00:36:20 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time on Saturday.

Crichton, who lived in Hawaii for a period of time, sailed his first and only Transpacific Yacht Race prior to this one 30 years ago. Crichton's sailing program has changed ...

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