Discovery Route record for Francis Joyon


9:58 AM Fri 7 Nov 2008 GMT
'Francis Joyon onboard Idec ? JM Liot / DPPI/ IDEC' &copy IDEC Click Here to view large photo

Francis Joyon, skipper of the maxi trimaran IDEC, crossed the finish line of the Discovery Route in San Salvador in the Bahamas today, Friday at 02 hours, 06 minutes (or 03 hours, 06 minutes - European time).

With a running time of 9 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, he set a new solo record on the theoretical 3 885 miles of the trail the average of 16.4 knots per hour, overtakes 60-foot trimaran Sodebo Thomas Coville.




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