Tunisia – The Mediterranean sailing record has been smashed by Banque Populaire V, the largest racing trimaran sailboat in the world. That’s right, the fastest sailboat across the Atlantic is now also the fastest sailboat across the Mediterranean, completing the 455 mile course between Marseilles and Carthage in just 14 hours 20 minutes and 30 seconds. By sailing at an average speed of 33.24 knots, and reaching speeds of up to 44 knots, the crew shaved an incredible 2 hours 47 minutes and 47 seconds off Franck Cammas’ record on Groupama 3, proving once again that this mammoth boat was built to smash one sailing record after another … Details
16-year-old sailor Jessica Watson has successfully finished her 23,000 nautical mile adventure around the world.
The brave Australian teenager spent 210 days out in the sea and consumed 32 cans of spam, 64 cans of tuna, 32 cans of pineapple, 576 chocolate bars and 290 freeze dried ready meals her yacht.
She is now the youngest person ever to …Â Details
A key crewmember on board Dennis Connor’s victorious Stars and Stripes catamaran when they decidedly beat the 90 ft super-monohull from New Zealand during the 1988 America’s Cup.
Cam was the only American aboard the Commodore Explorer, the catamaran that in 1993 broke the mythical 80-day around-the-world record to become the first holder of the coveted Trophée Jules Verne. In The Race, the ultimate around-the-world sailing competition among unrestricted multihulls that took place in 2000, Cam Lewis’ 110 ft catamaran Team Adventure was arguably the fastest boat in the fleet and only serious damages pushed his team into third place. Cam Lewis is often considered a multihull sailor because his most spectacular victories happened aboard catamarans, but his talent is for making any boat go fast.
‘My mantra in life is to sail fast boats fast, in any waters, as often as possible,’ Cam said …Â Details & Pictures
In a matter of hours, Jessica Watson will pass into Sydney Harbour, and she will complete her voyage only to face even more controversy than she escaped with her departure. The 16 year old girl who has captured the hearts and realized the dreams of people around the world will now find herself the focal point of both blind adoration and caustic bitterness from literally millions of people, while her campaign and those behind it will be criticized and analyzed, accused, defended, exposed, nitpicked and lauded for days and weeks to follow. The talking heads, the fanboys and haters, the keyboard cowards and the die-hard fanatics have been having a field day and raking the muck already, and this will almost certainly escalate as they continue to squeak and squeal for some time to come. Such is the price of fame … Details