PlayStation Smashes TransAtlantic Record

by PlayStation Media on 10 Oct 2001 American skipper Steve Fossett and his international crew aboard 125' maxi
cat PlayStation have set a remarkable new W-E TransAtlantic world sailing
speed record (subject to official ratification by the WSSR Council). The
time of 4 days 17 hours 28 mins 6 secs beats the previous record of 6d 13h 3m
32s set 11 years ago by Serge Madec on Jet Services 5 by the huge margin of
almost 44 hours.

They sailed a theoretical almost perfect course. The WSSRC official distance
for the NY-UK passage is 2876 nautical miles and PlayStation sailed 2885 nm,
just 9 nm further.

Shortly after passing the finish line at The Lizard an elated Steve Fossett
said, 'This is enormously satisfying. We put it all together; an extremely
fast boat in PlayStation, ideal weather and a crew who sailed brilliantly.'

Navigator Stan Honey added, 'I'm absolutely delighted. It is an honour to
sail with Steve and these guys.'

PlayStation crossed the start line at Ambrose Light, NY on Friday (5 October)
at 17.19.17 GMT and maintained an incredible 25.42 knots average speed all
the way across the Atlantic Ocean, finishing at 10.47.23 GMT today (Wednesday
10 October). A new 24 Hour speed record of 687.17 nm was also set during
the period 22.00 GMT 6 October - 22.00 GMT 7 October.

PlayStation and her jubilant crew are now sailing to Mayflower Marina in
Plymouth. All media and supporters are welcome to greet the boat dockside
and join us for the celebration.

PlayStation's TransAtlantic Crew

Steve Fossett (USA) Skipper

Stan Honey (USA) Navigator

Ben Wright (AUS) Watch Captain

Dave Scully (USA) Watch Captain

Gino Morrelli (USA) Boat Designer/Crew

Peter Hogg (NZ) Crew

Shaun Biddulph (UK) Crew

Dave Calvert (USA) Crew

Paul Van Dyke (USA) Crew

David Weir (USA) Crew