The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Record:
Record: Singlehanded24 hour record
Yacht: Banque Populaire 7. 103 ft Trimaran
Name: Armel Le Cleac’h FRA
Dates:.26th to the 27th January 2014.
Start time: 00;30;00 on 26/01/14
Start position: 26 58.69’N, 24 51.27’W
Finish time: 00;30;00 on 27/01/14
Finish position: 27 01.14’N, 37 37.95W
Elapsed time: 24 hours.
Distance: 682.85 M
Average speed: 28.45 kts
Comments: Previous record: “Idec”, Francis Joyon FRA, 2012, 666.2M, 27.74 kts
John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council