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Ellen MacArthur welcomes Francis Joyon in Brest
“It couldn’t have gone to anyone better”, said Ellen MacArthur in Brest, welcoming Francis Joyon who magnificently broke her solo round-the-world record, established in 2005. Joyon, who had been the first man to complete a non-stop circumnavigation in 2004, had the following year lost his crown to E...
Bravo Mr Joyon!
In Brest Harbour last night, at 2339 GMT to be precise, Francis Joyon rounded off his solo circumnavigation in style after setting out on 23rd November 2007. The skipper of the IDEC trimaran completed the theoretical 22,000 mile course in just 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds, that is 14 ...
JOYON Smashes Solo Round The World Record By 14 Days
Francis JOYON has completed his solo round the world voyage in 57 days, 13 hours and 34 minutes – smashing the existing record by 14 days. The record is subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC)....
FRANCIS JOYON COULD LOSE HIS MAST!
Whilst working on top of the mast, Francis found damage on the starboard fixation of the shroud. That threatens to break and could cause the dismasting of the boat. Also the skipper injured his ankle during his second climb at the top of the mast during the night. ...
COVILLE Beats 24 Hours Record And Then Retires
Thomas COVILLE has abandoned his attempt on the solo round the world record attempt after discovering serious damage to one his crash boxes minutes after bettering the solo 24-hour distance record. ...
The land of Fear !
Whilst sailing abeam of the Cape of Good Hope, at the gateway to the Indian Ocean at 48 degrees South, (NB: the town of Brest, NW tip of France, is situated at 48 degrees North), Thomas Coville has just been through one of the most stressful nights of his sailing life. ...
The first signs of the forties
For the past two days, Thomas Coville has found fresh wind again and, what is more a good W'ly wind which is progressively shifting round to the NE, propelling the red and white trimaran along at over 20 knots towards the Cape of Good Hope. Installed abeam of Sodeb'O's course, the Saint Helena High ...
SAINT 'ELLEN' ACROSS THE ROUTE
The name 'Saint Helena High' has never been so fitting in the eyes of Thomas Coville, such is it currently protecting Ellen MacArthur's record. The immense 'high pressure zone' stretches right across the whole Southern Atlantic and is barring the course of the Trimaran Sodeb'O to the Cape of Good Ho...
IN A FEW HOURS TIME, THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Despite a far from perfect weather sequence since the start, Sodeb'O is currently sailing at 2 degrees North and is likely to pass the equator tonight, after a little over 7 days racing, that is with a day and a half's lead over Ellen and a few hours extra than Francis Joyon's record time....
Like a flying fish
In three days, Sodeb'O has been making an average of over 20 knots of boatspeed at the latitude of the Canaries. Indeed, Thomas Coville has pointed out to us how ephemeral the seasons are when you're at sea on a multihull. Setting out in an icy cold at the start of the week, Thomas has already remov...
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