Transatlantic Challenge record expected to fall

June 1, 2005 Owner Robert Miller (Hong Kong/New York) and his crew on board the 140-foot (43m) schooner Mari-Cha IV are at present on course to pass Lizard Point later today to better Charlie Barr and the schooner Atlantic’s 100-year-old race record by more than two and a half days. "This is my seventh transatlantic crossing, and I can safely say that it has been by far the toughest one for me," Robert Miller said. "Not only has the weather been in our face for the first six days, making life extremely difficult, but since then we have always been sailing close to the limit, which means that there is the risk of hurting the boat and the crew.

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