Around The World In 42 Days: Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record : The Two
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Around The World In 42 Days : Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP There is a new world record for sailing around the world : 42 days   16 hours   40 minutes and 35 seconds . If verified   it is more than 6 days faster than the previous record   set a year earlier . Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP French sailor François Gabart   aboard a 100 - foot trimaran   set out on Nov . 4 to break the record held by countryman Thomas Coville . On Sunday   Gabart crossed the virtual finish between France ' s northwest tip and Lizard Point in southwest England at 0145 GMT before turning homeward to Brest in northwestern France . He reportedly averaged 27 . 2 knots ( 31 . 3 mph ) over 27   859 . 7 nautical miles . YouTube Making such a journey is a difficult feat . It involves tackling the cold and stormy Southern Ocean that rings Antarctica   all the while tending a high - performance sailing vessel at the edge of its performance envelope . After reaching Brest   Gabart   34   said he was " aching all over ." "[ It ' s ] been like that for weeks   weeks since a proper sleep – I can hardly go on  " he told reporters after making landfall at Brest . " It was hard and I was on the very edge of things the whole time ." Exhausted or not   Gabart managed to share a bottle of champagne with his shore crew . " It hasn ' t sunk in yet but I know it ' s a great time  " he said . Britain ' s Dame Ellen MacArthur won the title for fastest non - stop circumnavigation in 2005   but lost it to Francis Joyon of France . She regained it three years later .  Gabart ' s  record must be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council   which will scrutinize  his  vessel ' s GPS data before signing off on the new record .
Around The World In 42 Days : Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP There is a new world record for sailing around the world : 42 days   16 hours   40 minutes and 35 seconds . If verified   it is more than 6 days faster than the previous record   set a year earlier . Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP French sailor François Gabart   aboard a 100 - foot trimaran   set out on Nov . 4 to break the record held by countryman Thomas Coville . On Sunday   Gabart crossed the virtual finish between France ' s northwest tip and Lizard Point in southwest England at 0145 GMT before turning homeward to Brest in northwestern France . He reportedly averaged 27 . 2 knots ( 31 . 3 mph ) over 27   859 . 7 nautical miles . YouTube Making such a journey is a difficult feat . It involves tackling the cold and stormy Southern Ocean that rings Antarctica   all the while tending a high - performance sailing vessel at the edge of its performance envelope . After reaching Brest   Gabart   34   said he was " aching all over ." "[ It ' s ] been like that for weeks   weeks since a proper sleep – I can hardly go on  " he told reporters after making landfall at Brest . " It was hard and I was on the very edge of things the whole time ." Exhausted or not   Gabart managed to share a bottle of champagne with his shore crew . " It hasn ' t sunk in yet but I know it ' s a great time  " he said . Britain ' s Dame Ellen MacArthur won the title for fastest non - stop circumnavigation in 2005   but lost it to Francis Joyon of France . She regained it three years later .  [TGT]record must be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council   which will scrutinize  [TGT]  vessel ' s GPS data before signing off on the new record .