Trimaran Banque Populaire V

Loïck Peyron and crew have broken the Round Britain and Ireland record

samedi 9 juillet 2011Christophe Guigueno

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Last night (french hour) at 11:06 pm, Loïck Peyron and his 12 men crew have crossed the finishing line of the Round Britain and Ireland record at Lizard cape. The new skipper of the 40m long trimaran Banque Populaire V adds a new record in the way to break next winter the Jules Verne Trophy.


"This record helped me in discovering the trimaran" said Peyron. "We worked in a "round the world" way of sailing".

Peyron and his crew (Juan Vila, Kevin Escoffier, Xavier Revil, Florent Chastel, Frédéric Le Peutrec, Emmanuel Le Borgne, Billy Besson, Jean-Baptiste Levaillant , Yvan Ravussin, Brian Thompson, Thierry Chabagny, Pierre-Yves Moreau) have sailed the 2077 nm course (3900 km) in 3d 3h 49min 14s.

They break Sidney Gavignet’ previous record at the helm of Oman Air Majan by one day


Banque Populaire V / FRA times

 08 July 2011 (waiting for World Speed Sailing Record Council official times)
 3 days 3 hours 49 minutes 14 secondes
 Distance covered : 2077 milles (3900 km)

Previous records

 Oman Air Majan / FRA (Sidney Gavignet solo) : 4d 15h 9min 27s - august 2010
 Playstation / USA (Steve Fossett and crew) : 4d 16h 9mn 36s - october 2002



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