{"id":82228,"date":"2025-06-26T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=82228"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:20:17","slug":"line-honors-for-tschuss-2-in-transatlantic-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/line-honors-for-tschuss-2-in-transatlantic-sprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Line Honors for Tsch\u00fcss 2 in Transatlantic Sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-44-1024x688.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Tsch\u00fcss 2 in the 2025 Transatlantic Race\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-44-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-44-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-44-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-44.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Tsch\u00fcss 2 powering toward the Transatlantic Race finish off the Royal Yacht Squadron <\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Lloyd Images\/RORC<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>The Volvo 70 Tsch\u00fcss 2, owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, claimed line honors in the West to East <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rorc.org\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rorc.org\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transatlantic Race<\/a> 2025 in an elapsed time of 07d:15h:29m:10s. Tsch\u00fcss 2\u2019s crew for the crossing was Zugel, Mordaunt, Al Fraser, Andrew McLean, Campbell Field, Christopher Welch, Edward Myers, Fredric Shanks, Neal McDonald, Nicholas O&#8217;Leary, Pete Cumming, Stefano Nava, Stu Bannatyne, Trystan Seal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"x8aa2rgac1\" src=\"https:\/\/Sailingworld.dragonforms.com\/x8aa2rgac1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Zugel may be relatively new to offshore racing, but his recent achievements with Tsch\u00fcss 2 are nothing short of astounding. Since July 2024 Tsch\u00fcss 2 has won four major offshore races overall under IRC and logged 22,000 nautical miles in the process. Tsch\u00fcss 2 has been the overall winner for the 2024 Roschier Baltic Sea Race, the 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race, RORC Caribbean 600 and looks untouchable for the West to East Transatlantic Race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was a phenomenal race &#8211; very fast and far beyond my expectations,\u201d said Zugel after finishing in Cowes. \u201cWe ended up beating the IRC corrected time record by 30 hours. That\u2019s something I never imagined when we set out. In this campaign we\u2019ve now sailed the same as one lap around the equator &#8211; including two transatlantic races. We\u2019ve been pushing hard, but smart. Our boat is still in great shape, and our crew is motivated and injury-free. We could probably go sailing again tomorrow!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the crossing itself, Zugel added, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to put into words. You leave Newport in fog, thread your way through the Gulf Stream with bizarre wave patterns and bubbling 25\u00b0C water, and then make a break north just in time to ride a cold front across the Atlantic. I\u2019ve flown over the ocean 150 times but sailing it is something else entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-43-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"The crew of Christian Zugel&#039;s Tschuss 2 after securing line honors in the eastward Transatlantic Race between Newport, Rhode Island and Cowes, UK.\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-43-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-43.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Tsch\u00fcss 2\u2019s crew for the Transatlantic Race crossing was Christian Zugel, Johnny Mordaunt, Al Fraser, Andrew McLean, Campbell Field, Christopher Welch, Edward Myers, Fredric Shanks, Neal McDonald, Nicholas O&#8217;Leary, Pete Cumming, Stefano Nava, Stu Bannatyne, Trystan Seal.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Lloyd Images\/RORC<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>His advice to others? \u201cGo for it &#8211; but be prepared. You need a serious boat and a professional crew. If you get caught in 55 knots unprepared, that\u2019s trouble. But for me, this was the race of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full Speed Across<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur watch system is pretty slick,\u201d commented Nicholas O\u2018Leary, revealing what life is like on board in the North Atlantic. \u201cWe run four groups rotating every two hours with two watch captains\u2014Stu Bannatyne and Neal McDonald. It means there\u2019s always someone on deck who knows exactly what\u2019s going on, and intel gets passed seamlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you\u2019re helming in zero visibility, spray flying, pitch dark and fog so thick you can\u2019t see two boat lengths, you\u2019ve just got to trust the numbers. You\u2019re trimming for VMG constantly. Despite the brutal conditions, the mood on board was always positive. Everyone\u2019s a pro, and even though most hadn\u2019t sailed together before, we clicked fast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Clean Run<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-skipper Mordant attributes the team\u2019s success to the highly experienced offshore sailors and a well-prepared boat with virtually no equipment failures. \u201cThe key to our success across has been the strength of our team,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ve got some of the best offshore sailors in the world, each bringing a wealth of experience. That knowledge trickles down and creates a solid foundation. The crew know what to expect, how to stay safe, and how to push performance. It\u2019s about discipline and consistency, and it\u2019s worked again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We push hard, stick to our plans, and execute well. From my side as boat captain I\u2019m pleased to report virtually no equipment failures &#8211; just two minor issues, and neither were on me. The boat was fast, the team was sharp, and we were calm even in tough conditions like zero visibility at 22 knots.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Volvo 70 Tsch\u00fcss 2, owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, claimed line honors in the West to East Transatlantic Race 2025 in an elapsed time of 07d:15h:29m:10s. Tsch\u00fcss 2\u2019s crew for the crossing was Zugel, Mordaunt, Al Fraser, Andrew McLean, Campbell Field, Christopher Welch, Edward Myers, Fredric Shanks, Neal McDonald, Nicholas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":82230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Louay Habib\/RORC","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[250,177,178],"class_list":["post-82228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-offshore-racing","tag-racing","tag-sailboat-racing"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}