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FT |Trimaran smashes round-the-world record

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French sailor Loïck Peyron and his crew of 13 broke the world record for circumnavigating the globe nonstop under sail at the weekend in their trimaran Banque Populaire V, winning the Jules Verne trophy in a time of just 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds.

Helped by onshore weather forecasters using satellite imagery, and the development of lightweight multihull boats that travel as fast as petrol-driven speedboats but use only the wind, sailors such as Mr Peyron have sharply reduced the time taken to go around the world by sea in recent years. The journey used to take months.

“There was a time when one couldn’t imagine doing it in less than 80 days. It was thought a crazy thing,” Mr Peyron, 52, said after completing the journey of 29,002 nautical miles at an average speed of 26.51 knots.

“Now, a few years later, it’s 45 days, and in a few years it’ll be less. Even this boat is capable of doing it in less, with slightly better weather conditions to shorten the distance.”

Banque Populaire beat the previous record set in 2010 by Groupama III, another French boat, by nearly three days, and also set other sailing records during the journey.
France is home to many of the world’s fastest long-distance sailors, and Brian Thompson, a British crew member, described Mr Peyron as “the best multihull sailor there is”.
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Some of us are old enough to remember the brigantine Yankee and its many voyages around the world. A classic National Geographic special featured it, to the delight of millions. These two brigantines are named after its owners.

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America's Cup

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Shelagh Mackenzie and Kent Nason, Singlehanders (1982)

49 min 25 s

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Follow 2 Canadians, Bob Lush and Mike Birch, aboard their yachts during the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. More than a record of this prestigious international sailing event, the resulting film is the starting point for an epic of challenge and determination.
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Wonderful.

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i get proper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror from the deep ocean, cant intellectualise my way out of it, only suffer it.
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No serious injuries among the crew. The boat will need a bit of work.

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Prada Cup final. First team to win 7 races earns the right to compete against New Zealand for the America's Cup.

Day 2. Italy 4 | UK 0

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heres a ship you need work songs for.
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A beautiful schooner.
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Prada Cup.

Italy 7 | UK 1

Italy wins 7 races and is now the challenger against New Zealand for the America's Cup.

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I have participated in 3 regattas. The only part I ever understood was the 4AM phone call saying, “Nonc! We need ballast! Can you get here?”
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Sailing boats look beautiful looking at .. but they extremely uncomfortable .. they only good for fanatic spartan sailing enthusiast.

Good to look at, from a distance.
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without wishing to piss in the punchbowl, its one of the things i agree with azari about.

looks much better than experiencing it - i loved pottering around tropical islands in calm conditions but caught in big ocean swells, I hated every moment of it and wanted to die.
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Coming abou….THWOCK!

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