I-Maserati Multi 70 ibuyile eNyakatho Nenkabazwe ngemva kokuwela inkabazwe ngobude obungu-5°W namuhla ngo-10:28 UTC ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-21, amahora angu-13 nemizuzu engu-15. Isikhathi esibalulekile kukaputeni u-Giovanni Soldini kanye nabanye abasebenzi abane (Guido Broggi, Sébastien Audigane, Oliver Herrera Perez no-Alex Pella) njengoba uSoldini echaza: “Sesidlule i-Equator. Ukufika lapho ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-21 kuphela usuka e-Hong Kong kanye nezinsuku eziyisithupha ukusuka eCape of Good Hope isikhathi esihle kakhulu. Siyajabula, inketho yethu yasempumalanga, ngisho ukuthi ukukhetha kwethu ukuhamba eduze nogu lwase-Afrika, kukhokhelwe. Sinomoya omuhle futhi sigcina isivinini esihle. Manje sicabanga ngeNyakatho Nenkabazwe, ingxenye yokugcina yesifundo; nayo inzima kakhulu ngoba sizofika ebusika. Kumele sizilungiselele.”
Kusukela endaweni yayo yamanje, i-Maserati Multi 70 izoqhubeka nomzila wayo obheke ku-NW iqhubeke nogu lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika ngaphambi kokungena emimoyeni yohwebo esenyakatho-mpumalanga ebukeka izinzile ngamandla nangendlela esukela ku-latitude 10°N.
Ngemva kwalokho, izisebenzi zizonquma umzila okhuphukela eYurophu futhi kuzoncika endaweni ye-Azores ephakeme kanye nemizila yemigodi yasebusika eshanela iNyakatho ye-Atlantic kulawo ma-latitudes.
Ngo-11:20 amazinga e-UTC, inzuzo ye-Maserati Multi 70 kumephu yomgwaqo yomphathi werekhodi ingamamayela angu-2,009, amamayela angu-3,630 kuphela kuze kube sekugcineni. Ngemva kwamasonto amathathu nosuku olulodwa lokuzulazula, iMaserati Multi 70 isihambe u-9,033 nm wamamayela ayi-13,000 omzila wetiyori (isivinini esimaphakathi samafindo angu-17.5). Empeleni, isivele idlule amamayela ayi-10,186 ngomkhumbi ngesivinini esimaphakathi samafindo angu-19.7.
Isuka e-Hong Kong ngoJanuwari 18, ukuze yehlule irekhodi elabekwa ngo-2008 ngu-Lionel Lemonchois egibele i-100 footer maxi catamaran Gitana 13 (izinsuku ezingu-41, amahora angu-21 nemizuzu engu-26), i-trimaran Maserati Multi 21.20 yamamitha angu-70 kufanele inqamule intambo. ngaphansi kweQueen Elizabeth II Bridge phezu koMfula iThames ngaphambi kukaMashi 1.
