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en : Solo round the world record
Thomas Coville leaves Brest to beat Joyon’s record
The maxi-trimaran Sodeb’O crossed the start line of the solo round the world race against the clock in a multihull today, Tuesday 18th November, just minutes before 1400 hours GMT, that is at 13 hours 54 minutes and 14 seconds GMT precisely. There was 15 to 17 knots of N/NW’ly wind and the boat was making headway under one reef mainsail and (…) -
en : Virgin Money Transatlantic Challenge
Branson’s family, Sanderson and Ainslie on track
The 99ft monohull maxi-yacht Virgin Money (ex-Speedboat owned by Alex Jackson, USA) set sail this morning on its Cross-Atlantic Challenge. Richard Branson, his children Holly (26) and Sam (23) and the TEAMORIGIN crew, which includes Mike Sanderson as co-skipper and triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie, aim to break the world record for (…) -
en : Solo North Atlantic record
Coville crosses the Atlantic in 5 days 19 hours
Setting out from New York 5 days earlier, the French sailor Thomas Coville, the skipper of the trimaran Sodeb’O, beat the legendary solo North Atlantic record under sail on Tuesday 15th July at 07 hours, 17 minutes and 20 seconds; a record held since 2005 by Francis Joyon. -
en : Transatlantic Speed Record
ICAP Leopard sets new record in 7 days 19 hours
ICAP Leopard, the 100 foot super maxi yacht owned by Mike Slade, this evening broke the Transatlantic speed record held by luxury yacht Phocea. Finishing the 2,925 nautical mile crossing from New York to the Lizard, Cornwall, UK, in seven days, 19 hours and 21 minutes, ICAP Leopard shaved eight hours off the existing record, to claim her second (…) -
en : Antarctica Cup
Fedor Konyukhov rounds Antartica in 102 days
Russian solo circumnavigator Fedor Konyukhov returned to Albany, Western Australia, a hero today, throwing down the gauntlet to yachtsmen around the world to break his 102 day record around the Antarctica Cup Racetrack. -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas : "we want to head back out again next winter"
Back in France after righting Groupama 3 in the New Zealand port of Dunedin, eight of the crew of the giant trimaran confirmed from Groupama’s Managerial staff that the adventure is continuing. Indeed, the damage suffered by the giant trimaran is considerable but reparable. Franck Cammas indicated that Groupama 3 was going to be loaded onto a (…) -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas : "we capsized in the space of ten seconds"
Whilst sailing off New Zealand, Groupama 3 capsized following the breakage of her port float. The ten men were very quickly airlifted via helicopter by the New Zealand rescue services and taken to Dunedin (South Island). They will do everything they can to salvage the trimaran once the conditions on zone have improved. -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Cammas and crew around the world
At 07h 50’ 17’’(GMT), the ten men on Groupama 3 set off on the Jules Verne Trophy attempt. They will need to cross this same line, between Lizard Point and the Créac’h lighthouse, after rounding the three capes, prior to 15th March at 00 hours 09 minutes 21 seconds (GMT) to snatch the round the world record. The reference time held by Bruno (…) -
en : Trophée Alain Colas
Joyon 14 days faster than MacArthur around the World
Francis Joyon and his 30m long trimaran Idec 2 have crossed the finishing line of the round the world record on Saturday January 19th at 23h39’58’’ GMT after 57 days and 13 hours. The french solo sailor breaks Ellen MacArthur’s previews record by 14 days! 36 yeas after Alain Colas, he is three time faster than the trimaran Manureva. -
en : Solo records
Fedor Konyukhov around Antarctica
After leaving Falmouth, UK on October 12 bound for Albany, Western Australia and the start of his record chasing attempt around Antarctica, Russian sailor Fedor Konyukhov has found the NE Trade winds and is heading south towards his next challenge – the Doldrums.
