List of World Sailing Speed Records since May 2000.
CADIZ TO SAN SALVADOR. WORLD RECORD.
Yacht: ClubMed
Sailed by: Grant Dalton & Bruno Peyron
Dates: June 7th to June 18th 2000
Elapsed Time: 10days 14hours 53minutes 44seconds.
GREATEST DISTANCE SAILED IN 24 HOURS. WORLD RECORD.
Yacht: ClubMed.
Sailed by: Grant Dalton & Bruno Peyron.
Dates: 10th to 11th June 2000
Distance sailed: 625. 7nm
ROUND THE WORLD, NON STOP,WESTABOUT,SINGLEHANDED. WORLD RECORD.
Yacht: Uunet
Sailed by: Philippe Monnet
Dates: 9th January 2000 to 9th June 2000
Elapsed Time: 151days 19hours 54minutes 36seconds
ROUND BRITAIN AND IRELAND, NON STOP, SINGLE HANDED WORLD RECORD.
Yacht: Zeal.
Sailed by: Peter Keig.
Dates: 12.00hrs, 5th August to 01.59.59, 24th August 2000.
Elapsed Time: 18days, 13hours, 59minutes, 59seconds.
ROUND THE WORLD. NON STOP. SINGLEHANDED. THE FIRST UNDER WSSR RULES BY A DISABLED PERSON
Yacht: Vision Quest
Sailed by: Vincent Lauwers
Dates: 20th December 1999 to 9th August 2000.
Elapsed Time: 233 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes, 8 seconds.
GREATEST DISTANCE SAILED IN 24 HOURS BY A MONOHULL SAILED SINGLE-HANDED. WORLD RECORD.
Yacht: Union Bancaire Privee
Sailed by: Dominique Wavre
Dates: 5pm December 8th to 5pm December 9th 2000
Distance sailed: 430.7 nautical miles
TRANSATLANTIC W TO E, AMBROSE LIGHT - LIZARD POINT, MONOHULL. WORLD RECORD
Yacht: Armor Lux - Foie Gras Bizac
Sailed by: Bernard Stamm and a crew of 3
Dates: 28th January 2001 to 6th February 2001
Elapsed time: 8days 20h 55m 35s
John Reed.
Secretary to the WSSR Council
cjohnreed@compuserve.com