''Comanche'' is a 100 ft (33 m)

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. She was designed in France by

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and

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and built in the United States by

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for Dr. James H. Clark. ''Comanche'' holds the 24-hour sailing record for

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s, covering 618 nmi, for an average of 25.75 knots or 47.69 kmh/h. The boat won line honours in the 2015

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and the

2015 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race The 2015 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 71st annual running of the "blue water classic." The 2015 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm o ...

, under the leadership of skipper

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. In 2017, ''Comanche'' set a new Transpac record, covering 484.1 nmi in 24 hours, for an average speed of . In 2019, under navigator

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, the yacht won the 2225-mile 50th

Transpacific Yacht Race The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is a biennial offshore yacht race held in odd-numbered years starting off the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around . In even-numbered years the P ...

, with a time of 5 days 11 hours 14 minutes 05 seconds. ''Comanche'' won the 2017 Sydney to Hobart yacht race, with a time of 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds, a record that still stands today. At 5 days 14 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds, ''Comanche'' holds the Monohull Transatlantic sailing record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which they achieved on July 28, 2016. In December 2017, ''Comanche'' was sold to Australian Jim Cooney, and was renamed to LDV Comanche, as part of a one-time sponsorship from SAIC Maxus Automotive Co's LDV brand. The yacht later returned to its original, unsponsored title of Comanche. Under this name it won the Sydney-Hobart race again in 2019 in 1 day 18 hours and 30 minutes. Soon after the completion of the 2019 Sydney-Hobart race, Comanche was reportedly sold to a Russian interest group. Details of the sale have not been disclosed as of yet.

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