A Dream Realised for Litchfield's Hound
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (July 7, 2025) — Dan Litchfield's classic Nielsen 59 Hound, co-skippered by Tom Stark, finished the Transatlantic Race 2025 on July 5 in an elapsed time of 16 Days, 08 Hours, 49 Mins and 22 Secs.
Designed by Aage Nielsen and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1970, Hound has an amazing history, but this was the first time her current guardian Litchfield has raced her across the Atlantic.
"This race has been a passion project for the last two years," commented Litchfield. "Not just preparing Hound but organising the whole effort. It's a massive undertaking to get a crew together, line up time off, and leave behind families and day-to-day lives. But to see it all come together, to cross the Atlantic with no major issues and everyone safe and smiling, that's hugely satisfying.
TR2025 Competitor Alert
The yacht High Note suffered rudder damage in a collision with a partially submerged object on Monday evening, US EDT. After much effort, the team was unable to free the stuck rudder and decided to abandon ship. All crew are safely on board a passing commercial ship bound for France. The boat’s position has been removed from the race tracker.
Tschüss 2 - Transatlantic Titans
COWES, UK - 26 June 2025: Volvo 70 Tschüss 2 (USA), owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, has taken Line Honours in the West to East Transatlantic Race 2025 in an elapsed time of 07 Day 15 Hrs 29 Mins and 10 Secs.
Tschüss 2 Crew: Christian Zugel, Johnny Mordaunt, Al Fraser, Andrew McLean, Campbell Field, Christopher Welch, Edward Myers, Fredric Shanks, Neal McDonald, Nicholas O'Leary, Pete Cumming, Stefano Nava, Stu Bannatyne, Trystan Seal.
Christian Zugel may be relatively new to offshore racing, but his recent achievements with Tschüss 2 are nothing short of astounding. Since July 2024 Tschüss 2 has won four major offshore races overall under IRC and logged 22,000 nautical miles in the process. Tschüss 2 has been the overall winner for the 2024 Roschier Baltic Sea Race, the 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race, RORC Caribbean 600 and looks untouchable for the West to East Transatlantic Race.
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