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  1. Comanche (yacht)

    Comanche is a 100 ft (33 m) maxi yacht. She was designed in France by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and built in the United States by Hodgdon Yachts for Dr. James H. Clark. ... In December 2017, Comanche was sold to Australian Jim Cooney, and was renamed to LDV Comanche, ...

  2. Comanche sold after Sydney Hobart win

    Comanche, the innovative record-breaking maxi yacht designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and launched in 2014 for Jim and Kristy Clark, was sold to Australian Cooney prior to the 2017 race.

  3. 100-foot supermaxi Andoo Comanche returns to Australia

    Fresh from record breaking performances in Europe including taking Line Honours in the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada and breaking the monohull race record (2 days faster than the previous record), Andoo Comanche will target several races in 2022 culminating in the Blue Water classic - Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

  4. Jim Cooney buys Comanche

    14/12/2017. One of the favourites to take line honours in the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, LDV Comanche, was purchased today (14 December 2017) by Sydney's Jim Cooney from its American owner Jim Clark, making the super maxi yacht an Australian owned and skippered entry when it starts the Boxing Day classic.

  5. Andoo Comanche The Boat To Catch: Ex-Owner

    Andoo Comanche's former co-owner regards the supermaxi as the yacht to beat for line honours in this year's Sydney to Hobart race after getting a close-up look at the boat on her return to Australian racing. Jim Cooney, who enjoyed two line honours wins on the formidable boat in 2017 and 2019, sold her to Russian interests after that latter ...

  6. Comanche, a yacht so beamy she's called the Aircraft Carrier

    The photos below show exactly what this remarkable yacht looks like on deck and below. Specifications. LOA 30.50m/100ft 0in. Beam 7.80m/25ft 6in. Draught 6.50m/21ft 4in. Mast height 46.00m/150ft ...

  7. Comanche Story: Across the Ocean in a Work Week

    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.

  8. Andoo Comanche to return and defend Rolex Sydney Hobart title

    The Clarks sold the boat to Jim Cooney and his wife Samantha Grant, who renamed the yacht LDV Comanche and took Line Honours and the race record of 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds in 2017, returning as Comanche in 2019, to take Line Honours again. LawConnect's owner, Christian Beck, was more than happy about finishing second behind Andoo ...

  9. Comanche first to finish Sydney Hobart

    The Clarks sold the boat to Jim Cooney and his wife Samantha Grant, who renamed the yacht LDV Comanche and took Line Honors and the race record of 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds in 2017 ...

  10. Andoo Comanche wins Line Honours in 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

    The Clarks sold the boat to Jim Cooney and his wife Samantha Grant, who renamed the yacht LDV Comanche and took Line Honours and the race record of 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds in 2017, returning to the start as Comanche in 2019, to take Line Honours again.

  11. Feadship sportfish yacht Comanche sold

    10 December 2020 • Written by Malcolm MacLean. The vintage 26.61 Feadship sportfish yacht Comanche has been sold with the buyer and seller represented by Jeff Stanley at Gilman Yachts. Comanche was asking $1,250,000. Built in aluminium by Dutch yard Feadship to a design by De Voogt, she was delivered in 1985 with a refit in 2005 ...

  12. Andoo Comanche eyes Sydney-Hobart history

    Dec 25, 2022 - 6.09pm. Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning says his supermaxi is unstoppable if sailed correctly in the right conditions, with the boat poised to create Sydney to Hobart history ...

  13. Comanche

    Sailing superyacht Comanche is a boat that belongs at the front of the racing pack. Comanche _surprised everyone watching the Sydney Hobart race in December 2014 when the brand new 30.5 metre Hodgdon Yachts-built speed machine was pictured tearing along ahead of Sydney Hobart legend Wild Oats XI. It was an advantage that _Comanche was able to ...

  14. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    Arguably the fastest monohull on the planet, Andoo Comanche returns to defend her Line Honours title in the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Skipper John "Herman" Winning Jr and his exceptional team including tactician Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton, Iain Murray and Richard Allanson have captured every major Australian offshore line honours title since they chartered the yacht in 2022.

  15. How Comanche took more than a day off the transatlantic record

    The ideal had been to take as much as a day off Mari Cha 's record, but when they fizzed past Lizard Point, not stopping, but carrying on to the Solent, they had improved the benchmark time by ...

  16. 51 seconds apart after 628 nautical miles: LawConnect edges Comanche in

    Skallywag, left, and Comanche sail close during the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. The 630-nautical mile race has more than 100 yachts starting in the race to the island state of Tasmania. (Salty Dog/CYCA via AP)

  17. Comanche sets new Transatlantic Race record

    The 30.48 metre sailing yacht Comanche has set a new monohull race record after taking Monohull Line Honours in the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race.. Skippered by Mitch Booth, Comanche and its crew completed the 3,000 nautical mile race from Lanzarote to Grenada in seven days, 22 hours, 1 minute and 4 seconds (that's two days quicker than the previous record holder).

  18. Comanche finds new owner Down Under

    Comanche, the innovative record-breaking 100 foot maxi yacht designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and launched in 2014 for Jim and Kristy Clark, has been sold to Australian Jim Cooney.

  19. Comanche, Jim Clark's 100ft super maxi, smashes the transatlantic

    Comanche, the 100ft maxi racing yacht built to break records for Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark, has set an astonishingly fast new transatlantic record. In making the crossing in just 5 days, 14 ...

  20. Sydney to Hobart winner Comanche sold to Russian interests

    Comanche has been sold to Russian interests after winning its third Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The three-time Sydney to Hobart winner Comanche may never return to take on the blue water classic.

  21. Comanche: Designer notes

    Comanche is a virtually narrow boat; she is made to sail heeled thanks to the appendages' plan. As such, she enjoys a high fineness ratio sail plan. Inside, the structure is optimized to make ...

  22. The speed awards already broken by Comanche

    Comanche sets a new 24-hour distance record. The Transatlantic speed record comes 12 months after Comanche set a new 24-hour distance record for monohulls. The record was broken during the 2015 Transatlantic Race after Comanche covered 618.01 nautical miles in 24 hours. Her average speed was recorded as 25.75 knots, on the cusp of some strong ...

  23. Comanche Yacht

    The 30.48m Hodgdon Yachts sailing yacht Comanche is currently not listed for sale. Visit our yachts for sale section to find similar superyachts on the market. Comanche yacht owner, broker or captain, use the Update Sales Info link to report any changes in the sales information.