Rohan Veal World Record - the Jo Verne Trophy?

by Rohan Veal on 2 Nov 2007 Someone in Dubai thought it might be a good idea to make sand islands off shore to resemble a map of the world and then sell each of the countries off to those that had enough money to buy a country.

And so of course the yachties in Dubai , thought 'aaaaah' lets race 'around the world' and set sailing records. Its now known locally as the 'Jo Verne Trophy' (named after the guy invented it), not to be confused with the 'Jules Verne Trophy' which is the award offered to the fastest lap of the planet (not the world).

As of yesterday the record was held by a VX40 catamaran at 1 hr 42 mins, but today Australian International Moth star Rohan Veal set a new 'Round the World record' at 1 hr 29 mins and 37 seconds.

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