NEW TRANS-ATLANTIC RECORD

Banque Populaire a 130 foot trimaran crossed the atlantic in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes, 48 seconds. I should add that in the process they sailed 907 miles in 24 hours.

I sailed the same course in 2005 on an 80 ketch, winning our class, in 14 days and some hours.

907 MILES IN 24 HOURS

907 miles in 24 hours. Who would have imagined. Now they ( the crew aboard Banque Populaire) are seriously considering 1000 miles.

I think the real heros of this achievement are the weather routers, the French weather routers.

This record was part of the larger plan to break the record from New York to the Lizard.

Sea state played an important part of this achievement.