Alex Thomson brought his IMOCA 60 HUGO BOSS to New York for his final stop of a North American Tour. This was his first stop in New York since the 2016 New York Vendée race.
Having previously set the monohull singlehanded 24 hour distance record of 536.8 miles in just 24 hours in 2017 Thomson has set his eyes on the prize again with a new upcoming new boat for the next Vendée Globe Race.
Challenge and Adventure’s photographer George Bekris was onboard for an afternoon of sailing with Thomson on the Hudson beneath the New York City skyline. They put the foiling IMOCA 60 through her paces sailing from North Cove Marina in Battery Park down past the Statue of Liberty.
The commuters on the Staten Island Ferry got a bird’s eye view of the race boat as she sped past them down the harbor.
Once returning to the UK Alex Thomson Racing will be proceeding with plans for a new IMOCA 60 race boat. The new HUGO BOSS will be constructed by Carrington Boats.
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