Maserati Speed Yacht Racing to Hawaii

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The 47th Trans-Pac yacht race from Los Angeles to Honolulu kicked off yesterday — and one of the flashy-named contenders is the Maserati.

Named for the high-end car, Maserati the yacht is equally quick, recently breaking the speed sailing record from New York to San Francisco.

USA Today reports that one of the boat’s nine crewmen is John Elkann, chairman of Maserati parent company Fiat. 

The Maserati is trying to break the Trans-Pac record, held by Hasso Plattner’s Morning Glory in 2005: six days, 16 hours and four minutes. The race ends at Diamond Head Lighthouse next weekend.

As of Monday, the leader in the race was an Australian yacht named Ragamuffin.

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