The fastest solo crossing of the North Atlantic in a monohull

Then, I was in the mist almost all the way to the longitude of the Azores. I moved along with one low-pressure area then another. I always had plenty of wind with one particular exception: the final 24 hours, when I was seriously slowed down with an area of calms associated with the Azores High. With wind right up to the finish, I would have got a better time, but for now, I’m just enjoying this great performance.” Before setting out from New York, Marc Guillemot said that he wanted to do something amazing sailing solo to get over his early exit from the Vendée Globe. He has now done just that. “We didn’t give up and it’s great to bounce back like this. It’s good for me, for the team and for Safran, which has invested so much technically. We have proved that Safran is a boat we can rely on.” There was a race within the record and Marc Guillemot has also won his duel with the Polish skipper, Zbigniew Gutkowski. He moved ahead thanks to better timing with a gybe as he moved up towards Ireland. “This battle against Gutek was a source of additional satisfaction. Unlike most record attempts, I wasn’t just racing against the clock,” stressed Marc. Safran is now heading back to her home port of la Trinité-sur-Mer. Marc Guillemot will be competing in the Fastnet Race in August racing double-handed with Pascal Bidégorry.

A good way to prepare for the Transat Jacques Vabre that the two men will take part in on Safran next November WSSR Boletín No 233. Safran Monocasco sola mano 60 pies Transatlantic 17/07/13 El Consejo WSSR anuncia la creación de un nuevo récord mundial.Registro: monocasco de 60 pies sin ayuda Transatlántico Yate: “Safran” IMOCA 60 Nombre: Marc Guillemot. FRA Fechas: . 27 th junio al 6 th julio 2013 Hora de inicio: ; 19; 23 20 UTC del 27/06/13 Acabado el tiempo: 04; 39; 40 UTC del 07/06/13 Tiempo transcurrido: 8 días 5 horas 20 minutos y 20 segundos Distancia: 2880m Velocidad media: 14,62 nudos Comentarios: Registro anterior: “Hugo Boss”. Alex Thomson, GBR. 12 de Julio. 8d 21h 8m 31s John Reed Secretario del Consejo WSSR RELATED GUINNESS WORLD RECORD: French sailor Francois Gabart has written his name into the seafaring history books after setting a new world record for Fastest circumnavigation sailing monohull solo (male). The 29-year-old pulled off the feat on his way to the victory last month in the 2012/13 Vendee Globe yacht race, managing to lap the globe in just 78 days, 2 hours and 16 minutes. The time beat fellow countryman Michel Desjoyeaux’s previous record of 84 days and three hours set in 2009. When Gabart crossed the equator line on January 15 he was already more than five days quicker than Desjoyeaux in 2009. Founded by famed French sailor Philippe Jeantot in 1989, the Vendée Globe is an around-the-world single-handed yacht race sailed non-stop and without assistance which takes place every four years. Gabart, who also became the youngest skipper to take part in the race, was followed over the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne in western France by Frenchman Armel Le Cleac’h in second and Briton Alex Thomson in third.