Zephyrus

During a three-year period with owner Robert McNeil, Bertrand was Project Manager and Skipper for two Zephyrus ocean racing maxis. The 75-foot Zephyrus IV shattered the Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro Race record in 2000 by almost two days. Later the same year, she broke the record for Mediterranean’s 600-mile Middle Sea Race which starts and finishes in Malta. Bertrand played a lead role in the conception, building, outfitting and campaigning of Zephyrus V, a water-ballasted, new look maxi that became the genesis for a new class of 86-foot, canting keel super maxis. Within a year, Zephyrus V logged three first-to-finish victories and broke the long-standing 32-year-old record for the classic 600-mile Pineapple Cup passage race from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Montego Bay, Jamaica.