The 72ft vessel was commissioned by Branson for the historic Blue Riband Transatlantic Challenge.

Fastest boat across atlantic. Crewed sailing is a bit faster than single-handed and so the world record for a crewed boat is 3 days 15 hours and 25 minutes by a French skipper called Pascal Bidégorry in 2009. If you start west and head east which is taking the Northern passage heres how the travel breaks down. Even the most daunting world records are meant to be broken eventually.

A modern ocean liner such as the Queen Mary. Although not recognized as a Blue Riband crossing by commercial passenger ship the fastest crossing was by the 22m 72 ft Virgin Atlantic Challenger II in 1986 taking 3 days 8 hours 31 minutes. The 72ft boat - then worth 15million - spent years languishing in a marina in Majorca.

For elite navigator Stan Honey and a crew of sailing all-stars beating the prestigi. How to Cross an Ocean. Sailing across the Atlantic from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Rodney Bay Saint Lucia in 10 days 21 hours 25 minutes and 10 seconds the eight-man crew were delighted to have beaten the ARC record which previously stood at 11 days 5 hours 32 minutes and.

Hugo Vihlen set the record on a boat named Fathers Day Fathers Day measures in at 5 feet and 4 inches in length. Is my boat too small. Disabled ex-Royal Marine breaks record for fastest solo row of the Atlantic.

It took Hudson more than two months to sail from Amsterdam to New York City on his sailing ship the Half Moon. It beat a time set in 1990 by Hoverspeed Great Britain a 243-foot catamaran ferryboat that crossed the Atlantic in 79 hours 55 minutes. From the Caribbean to Bermuda youll travel five to eight days.

The 3000-mile trip was the second Atlantic. Tell students that Henry Hudson was a European explorer traveling across the Atlantic during the colonial period. The tycoon made history in 1986 when the Virgin Atlantic Challenger II crossed the Atlantic faster than ever.