Phaedo3 sets new Cross Channel World Record
by Rachel Jaspersen on 23 Sep 2015
Phaedo3 Rachel Jaspersen / Team Phaedo
After achieving two world records last week, Phaedo3 screeched out of the Solent bound for Dinard, Brittany just before 9am on Tuesday 22nd September.
A mere four hours, forty-nine minutes and fifty-one seconds later Lloyd Thornburg and his crew, heavily reefed, and in large seas crossed the line off Dinard smashing the record set by Lending Club two this April. Not only did the crew of Phaedo3 beat the larger multihull’s record, but they did it by over 25 minutes (still to be ratified by the WSSRC).
At a very rough finish line off the Northern Brittany coast, Lloyd Thornburg reported that their average speed on this course was 28.7 knots. They also recorded a top speed of 40.9 knots.
Crew on board for the record: Lloyd Thornburg, Brian Thompson, Miles Seddon, Pete Cumming, Robert Greenhalgh, Sam Goodchild and Warren Fitzgerald.
[Sorry, this content could not be displayed]
If you want to link to this article then please use this URL: www.sail-world.com/138605
