Silicon Valley entrepreneur sets trans-Atlantic sailing mark

Silicon Valley entrepreneur sets trans-Atlantic sailing mark

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 7:39 p.m. ET

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has broken the trans-Atlantic monohull record by more than a day in sailing from New York to England.

Jim Clark's 100-foot Comanche covered the 2,880 nautical miles in 5 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes, 25 seconds. Comanche passed Lizard Point just after midnight local time. The old record was 6 days, 17 hours, 52 minutes, 39 seconds by Mari Cha IV in 2003.

Comanche's mark must be ratified by the World Speed Sailing Council.

Clark founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics.

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