The World Sailing Speed Record Council recognizes a similar feat by Alessandro di Benedetto FRAITA in 2009-10 who sailed a 65m 21ft 39in Mini yacht around the world in 268 days 19 hours 36 minutes 12 seconds.

Fastest boat to circumnavigate the globe. PlanetSolar View 4 Images The worlds largest solar-powered boat TÛRANOR PlanetSolar. Minimum boat for world cruising LOA is 40ft 1219m but smaller boats will be considered. The use of the trade winds makes it a relatively easy sail although it passes through a number of zones of calms or light winds.

The journey took 60 days 23 hrs 49 mins beginning in Sagunto Spain on 27 April 2008 finishing 27 June 2008. The Fast One features a fixed hydrofoil system to reduce drag Pete Bethune of New Zealand holds the current record of 60 days 23 hours 49 minutes which was set on board the 24 metre trimaran Earthrace in 2008. The crew of Earthrace consists solely of international volunteers.

The record for circumnavigating the world within our own atmosphere was set back in 1992 by Air France who made the trip in the Concorde in a little under 33 hours. But speed wasnt in the cards for Crowhurst. Alongside the typical handful of South Florida-based yachts that pop up here during the summer was an angular flat-topped catamaran with a glistening blue deck called the.

The 61-year-old is hoping to go full throttle in November 2016 attempting to beat the current fastest-circumnavigation record of 60 days 23 hours and 49 minutes. On 27 September 2010 the boat left Monaco to circumnavigate the globe. Szymon who set sail last year from Plymouth on August 19 completed the circumnavigation in 270 days 10 hours and 29 minute.

But once you get into outer. The TURANOR PlanetSolar embarks on its record breaking circumnavigation attempt Image. The difficulty in responding to the basic criteria set by Magors friend is one of being constructive ie.

Australia Plymouth sailing world record Szymon Kuczynski originally set sail from Britains Ocean City of Plymouth on August 19th 2017. The aim was to become the fastest of the nine entrants to circumnavigate the globe. It was a journey that should have taken three days but instead took two weeks.