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Cammas breaks Peyron’s Mediterranean record
And that makes five! Franck Cammas and his crew have bagged the first record of their 2009 campaign and the fifth since the 105 foot trimaran saw the light of day in June 2006. -
500m speed record
Macquarie Speed Sailing Team breaks 50 knots barrel
Australia’s Macquarie Innovation last night made world speed Speed #speedsailing sailing history when it powered down the 500m Sandy Point course at an average speed Speed #speedsailing of 50.43 knots. In winds of only 24 knots, Macquarie Innovation reached a maximum speed of 54.23 knots (100km/hr) and became the first sailing (...) -
Vendée Globe
Desjoyeaux’s day in Les Sables
This sudnay, Michel Desjoyeaux has won his second Vendée Globe. The 60’ monohull Foncia has crossed the finishing ling od the round the world race at 4:11 pm (french hour), after 84 days 03 hours 09 minutes and 08 seconds at sea (official time). This is his second win in the single handed round the world race after his firt one in (...) -
Solo round the world record
Thomas Coville back to Brest after 59d 20h
Thomas Coville crossed the finish line on his solo round the world record attempt aboard a multihull today, off the Petit Minou light in Brest Brest #brest , Saturday 17th January at 10 hours, 41 minutes and 57 seconds UTC. -
Round the world record
Earthrace smashes round-the-world speed record
Earthrace, the world’s fastest eco-boat, has smashed the world speed Speed #speedsailing record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe, completing the journey in 60 days, 23 hours 49 mins, and knocking almost 14 days off the previous record. The boat crossed the finish line in Sagunto at 12.24 GMT (14.24 CET) on Friday 27 June (...) -
Giraglia Rolex Cup
Alfa Romeo smashes the Giraglia Race record
Neville Crichton has smashed his own course record in the Giraglia Race, after steering Alfa Romeo across the finish line at Genoa at 0803 hours this morning. This means the 100-footer completed the 243-mile course in just over 18 hours, a massive improvement on the record set by Crichton’s previous Alfa Romeo, a 90-footer which set a (...) -
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. -
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 (...) -
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 (...) -
Rolex Middle Sea Race
Stromboli record for George David and the 90’ Rambler
Two stories of dramatically contrasting fortune have unfolded over the past 24-hours of the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race. Both stories ended happily. Both could have ended quite differently. In one, an American crew defied the elements to destroy a seven-year old course record. In the second, an Australian crew were rescued from their yacht as (...)