A selection of images of the super-maxi Rambler, beating out of the solent at the start of the 2011 Fastnet.
Rambler was launched as Speedboat in Auckland New Zealand in 2008. After an unsuccessful period of racing in the USA she was renamed Virgin Money and charted by Richard Branson for his attempt on the Trans Atlantic record.
3 years ago she was bought by American yachtsman George David. The yacht was extensively revamped in Newport RI and dubbed the fastest super-maxi in the world. It was intended for her to challange Bob Oatleys super-maxi Wild Oats XI 5 times winner of the Sydney to Hobart race for line honours for the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Race.
In the spring of 2011 she successfully won 3 out of 4 races in the Super-maxi Cup and later set a new Trans Atlantic record of 6 days 22 hours 8 min and 2 sec in a race from Newport RI to Lizard point defeating Ocean Leopard