French Sailor Smashes North Atlantic Speed Sailing Record By 16 Hours
Francis Joyon has shattered the North Atlantic record: 5 days, 2
hours, 56 minutes and 10 seconds or in other words a time that is 16
hours, 34 minutes and 30 seconds less than the previous record set by
Thomas Coville in 2008.
Over the final stretch, Francis Joyon came very close to beating his own outright distance record over 24 hours (666.2 miles) and this enabled the Breton skipper to make important gains over the second half of the crossing, in spite of sailing some distance away from the Great Circle Route. ------------------------- AFLOAT
Over the final stretch, Francis Joyon came very close to beating his own outright distance record over 24 hours (666.2 miles) and this enabled the Breton skipper to make important gains over the second half of the crossing, in spite of sailing some distance away from the Great Circle Route. ------------------------- AFLOAT
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