For his first attempt, François Gabart the skipper of
trimaran MACIF set a new solo round the world record in 42 days 16 hours
40 minutes and 35 seconds, he improved by 6 days 10 hours 23 minutes
and 53 seconds the time set on 25 December 2016 by Thomas Coville (49
days 3 hours 4 minutes 4 minutes 28 seconds).
His
time is the second best overall, crew and solo sailor in the round the
world race, with only IDEC Sport (Francis Joyon) having done better on
26 January 2017 on the Trophée Jules-Verne (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes
and 30 seconds).
Ultim moments
François Gabart left Ouessant at 10:05 a. m. on Saturday, November 4 and crossed the finish line for his solo round-the-world race between Cap Lizard and Ouessant at 2:45 a. m. (French time) on Sunday, December 17.
The MACIF trimaran will have actually covered 27,859.7 miles, her actual average on this course is 27.2 knots.
Evolution of a record :
French sailor Francois Gabart has taken just 42 days to circumnavigate the globe single-handed non stop.
How sailing has developed in the last 50 year.
The first person to do it, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, took 313 days in 1969
and in 1988 Philippe Monnet more of 129 days.
The MACIF trimaran will have actually covered 27,859.7 miles, her actual average on this course is 27.2 knots.
French sailor Francois Gabart has taken just 42 days to circumnavigate the globe single-handed non stop.
How sailing has developed in the last 50 year.
The first person to do it, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, took 313 days in 1969
and in 1988 Philippe Monnet more of 129 days.
At some Nm of the arrival
First contact with sailing for François on an Optimist in the 90's (with the same sponsor)
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