Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Maserati Multi 70 i ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ka equator ma ka longitude 5°W i kēia lā ma 10:28 UTC ma hope o 21 mau lā, 13 mau hola a me 15 mau minuke. He manawa koʻikoʻi ia no ka skipper Giovanni Soldini a me nā lālā ʻehā ʻē aʻe (Guido Broggi, Sébastien Audigane, Oliver Herrera Perez a me Alex Pella) e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o Soldini: “Ua hala mākou i ka Equator. He manawa maikaʻi loa ke hele ʻana i laila ma hope o 21 mau lā mai Hong Kong a me ʻeono lā mai Cape of Good Hope. Ua hauʻoli mākou, ʻo kā mākou koho hikina, ʻo ko mākou koho ʻana e hoʻokele kokoke i ke kahakai ʻo ʻApelika, ua uku ʻia. He makani maikaʻi ko mākou a mālama mākou i ka wikiwiki maikaʻi. I kēia manawa ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou e pili ana i ka Northern Hemisphere, ʻo ia ka hapa hope o ka papa; ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea paʻakikī loa no ka mea hiki mākou i ka hoʻoilo. Pono mākou e mākaukau.
Mai kona kūlana i kēia manawa, e hoʻomau ana ʻo Maserati Multi 70 i kona ala i ka NW e hoʻomau ana ma nā kahakai o ʻApelika Komohana ma mua o ke komo ʻana i nā makani kālepa akau-hikina e nānā paʻa i ka ikaika a me ke kuhikuhi e hoʻomaka ana mai ka latitu 10°N.
Ma hope o kēlā, e hoʻoholo ka poʻe holo moku i ke ala e piʻi ai i ʻEulopa a e hilinaʻi ʻia ma kahi o ke kiʻekiʻe ʻo Azores a me nā alahele o nā puʻupuʻu hoʻoilo e hili ana i ka ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau ma ia mau latitu.
Ma ka helu 11:20 UTC, ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi o Maserati Multi 70 ma ka palapala alanui o ka mea hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo he 2,009 mile, he 3,630 mau mile wale nō a hiki i ka laina hoʻopau. Ma hope o ʻekolu pule a me hoʻokahi lā o ka hoʻokele ʻana, ua huakaʻi ʻo Maserati Multi 70 i ka 9,033 nm o ka 13,000 mau mile o ke ala kumu (ka awelika wikiwiki o 17.5 knots). Ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o 10,186 mau mile i holo ma ka awelika wikiwiki o 19.7 knots.
Haʻalele iā Hong Kong ma Ianuali 18, e lanakila i ka moʻolelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2008 e Lionel Lemonchois ma luna o ka 100 footer maxi catamaran Gitana 13 (41 lā, 21 hola a me 26 mau minuke), ʻo ka 21.20-mika trimaran Maserati Multi 70 pono e ʻoki i ka laina hoʻopau. ma lalo o ke alahaka ʻo Queen Elizabeth II ma luna o ka muliwai Thames ma mua o ka lā Malaki 1.
