French record chaser Francis Joyon set this new outright 24-hour speed record on July 31 aboard his 29m maxi trimaran IDEC.

French trimaran speed record. April 16 2021 is the day a Maserati finished one of the most sought-after events in the sailing world Plymouth to La Rochelle. François Gabart finished his circuit of the globe early. These speed records are attempted and sometimes achieved in response to the Jules Verne Trophy.

2004 75-foot trimaran B. Whether or not Jules Verne the well-know science-fiction writer of the late 1800s could have. After years of tryingand many many failures some of them catestrophicThébault finally succeeded setting a 500-meter speed record of 4481 knots in 2007 and a nautical mile record of 4309 knots in 2008.

News came in last night that French maxi-trimaran Groupama 3 bettered by over two days the previous round the world non-stop sailing record held by Bruno Peyron on Orange II since 2005. The French trimaran LHydroptere has set two world sailing speed records. French sailor Thomas Coville has just set a new solo record for crossing the Mediterranean.

LHydroptère will also forever retain a place in history as the first true sailboat as opposed to a kiteboard to break the 50-knot barrier after it hit a top speed of 563 knots on December 21 2008. French sailor François Gabart aboard a 100-foot trimaran set out on Nov. The massive French trimaran Maxi Spindrift 2 is en route to Dun Laoghaire from France to attempt to beat Phaedos Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record set in a time of 36 hours and 52 minutes in August last year.

The team hit speeds of up to 555 knots nearly five knots faster than the previous outright speed record of 5057 knots set by French kiteboarder Alexander Caizergues. The current low pressure over Ireland. A year later MacArthur sets a new solo round-the-world record of 71 days 14 hours 2007 105-foot trimaran Sodebo designed for Thomas Coville to beat Ellen MacArthurs solo record is launched in Sydney.

Sailing his maxi trimaran he set the solo record across the Mediterranean sea between Marseille France and Carthage Tunisia in one day one hour 36 minutes and 36 seconds sailing at an average speed of 1762 knots over 458 miles. 97-foot trimaran IDEC 2 is launched for Francis Joyon and sets a new 24-hour solo record of 616 miles. For lHydroptere to overtake the record the crew will have to maintain an average speed faster than 197 knots to beat Geronimos record on the 2215-nautical-mile trek.