Jule Verne Trophy - IDEC Sport lowers record by 4days 23.5hrs
by IDEC Sport on 26 Jan 2017
Maxi Trimaran IDEC SPORT, Skipper Francis Joyon and his crew, break the Jules Verne Trophy record, crew circumnavigation, in 40d 23h 30min 30sec, in Brest on January 26, 2017 JM Liot / DPPI / IDEC SPORT
The maxi Trimaran IDEC Sport sailed by Francis Joyon, Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and Sébastien Audigane won the Jules Verne Trophy, the outright round the world sailing record, this morning.
They crossed the finish at 0749hrs UTC on Thursday 26th January 2017.
Francis Joyon and his crew sailed the 22,461 theoretical miles in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds, at an average speed of 22.84 knots.
Out on the water, they actually sailed 26,412 miles at an average speed of 26.85 knots.
They shattered the previous record set by Loïck Peyron and the crew of the maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V by 4 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds.
During this round the world voyage, they smashed no fewer than six intermediate records at Cape Leeuwin, off Tasmania, on the International Date Line, at Cape Horn, at the Equator and off Ushant.
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