Gavignet claims the outright and single-handed Around Great Britain and Ireland records.

The Record

Record: Around Great Britain and Ireland, Outright and Single-handed
Yacht: Oman Air Majan 105ft trimaran
Name: Sidney Gavignet (FRA)
Dates: 19 - 24 August 2010
Start time: 17:54:08 UTC 19 August 2010
Finish time: 09:03:35 UTC 24 August 2010
Elapsed time: 4 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes and 27 seconds
Distance: 1773nm
Average speed: 15.95 knots

Previous Records

Record: Outright Around Great Britain and Ireland
Yacht: Playstation
Name: Steve Fossett (USA)
Date: October 2004
Elapsed time: 4 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds

Record: Single-handed Around Great Britain and Ireland
Yacht: Sodebo
Name: Thomas Coville (FRA)
Date: August 2006
Elapsed time: 6 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes and 31 seconds

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