by Helen Fretter, Yachting World
Thomas Coville’s Sodebo and Francois Gabart’s SVR-Lazartigue set off inside hours of one another, making an attempt to interrupt the continuous around the globe crewed document, the famed ‘no limits’ Jules Verne Trophy.
The 2 crews hope to higher the present time set in 2017 of 40 days, 23 hours, half-hour and 30 seconds.
Coville was first to begin, crossing the digital begin line off Brest in western France, at 2103 on November 29. The ‘line’ is between Ouessant and the Lizard, UK. In an effort to break the document, Sodebo might want to return to cross the road by January 9, 2025 at 2034hrs.
Francois Gabart’s SVR-Lazartigue then set off November 30 at 08.51 (native time). They might want to return by the morning of January 10 to be able to break the document. – Full report
The principles for the Jules Verne Trophy are easy – it’s for the quickest time around the globe by any sort of yacht with no restrictions on the dimensions of the crew, beginning and ending from the precise line between the Le Créac’h Lighthouse off the tip of Brittany and the Lizard Level in Cornwall. It was first received in 1993, with all 9 winners as both catamarans or trimarans. The present problem is to beat the document time of 40 days 23 hours half-hour and 30 seconds set by Francis Joyon and crew on the 31.5m IDEC Sport in 2017.
Report Information
• Begin and end: a line between Créac’h lighthouse (Isle of Ushant) and Lizard Level (England)
• Course: continuous around-the-world tour racing with out exterior help by way of the three Capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn)
• Minimal distance: 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 kilometres)
• Ratification: World Crusing Pace Report Council, www.sailspeedrecords.com
• Time to beat: 40 days, 23 hours, half-hour and 30 seconds
• Common velocity: 21.96 knots
• Date of present document: January 2017
• Holder: IDEC SPORT, Francis Joyon and a 5-man crew
Break up Time References – Full Crew:
Ushant-Equator: 4d 20h 07 ‘(Spindrift 2 in 2019)
Equator-Cape Aiguilles: 6d 08h 55 ‘(Banque Populaire V in 2012)
Cape Aiguilles-Cape Leeuwin: 4d 09h 32 ‘(IDEC Sport in 2017)
Cape Leuuwin-Cape Horn: 9d 08h 46 ‘(IDEC Sport in 2017)
Cape Horn-Equator: 7d 04h 27 ‘(Banque Populaire V in 2012)
Equator-Ushant: 5d 19h 21 ‘(IDEC Sport in 2017)
Listed here are the 9 which have held the trophy:
2017 – Francis Joyon / IDEC SPORT (31.5m) – 40:23:30:30
2012 – Loïck Peyron / Banque Populaire V (40m) – 45:13:42:53
2010 – Franck Cammas / Groupama 3 (31.5m) – 48:07:44:52
2005 – Bruno Peyron / Orange II (36.8m) – 50:16:20:04
2004 – Olivier De Kersauson / Geronimo (33.8m) – 63:13:59:46
2002 – Bruno Peyron / Orange (32.8m) – 64:08:37:24
1997 – Olivier De Kersauson / Sport-Elec (27.3m) – 71:14:22:08
1994 – Peter Blake, Robin Knox-Johnston / Enza New Zealand (28m) – 74:22:17:22
1993 – Bruno Peyron / Commodore Explorer (28m) – 79:06:15:56
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