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PlayStation will be attempting to break the speed record of 2 days 22 hours 50 mins 16 secs from Miami to New York. This is presently held by Explorer which was co-skippered by Bruno Peyron of France and Cam Lewis of USA and set on 2 June 1999.
The projected departure time for the attempt is at the end of April.
The boat has undergone repairs in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and some modifications. However, there has been no disclosure of what those modifications are.
Damage in The Race was a broken daggerboard and a 3 foot rip in the mainsail at the first reef clew.
Following is the list of the team members - Crew size of 12.
- Skipper: Steve Fossett - was on The Race team
- Navigator: Stan Honey - was on The Race team
- Boat captain: Ben Wright - was on The Race team
- Crew: Damian Foxall - was on The Race team
- Crew: Peter Hogg - was on The Race team
- Crew: Gino Morrelli - co-designer of PlayStation (with Pete Melvin), was on The Race team
- Crew: Dave Scully - was on The Race team
- Crew: Brian Thompson -
- Crew: Pete Melvin (USA) - of Morelli and Melvin boat designers
- Crew: Roland Gaebler (GER)
- Crew: Thomas Coville (FRA) - transatlantic race winner
- Crew: Sean Biddulph (UK)
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