One whale of an accomplishment !

[lizzyhermit]

just yesterday a 28 yr. old female British sailor accomplished an amazing feat:



sailing solo, non-stop around the world.



I believe this has only been attemped in a multi-hull sailboat five time with only one ever completing the circumnavigation. the previous record wasn't even a year old yet.



The Briton became the fastest person to sail solo non-stop around the world when she finished on Monday in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds. I think I read that this is the fourth fastest ever sail around the world which includes fully crewed.



27,348 miles at an average of 15. 9 knt.



"a whale of an accomplishmnet" ? MOBI was the nickname of her trimaran. The boat was 75ft in length with a 100ft mast, which btw, she had to asend twice to make repairs.

 

[lil red cummins]

this is really a major accomplishment. i am amazed i haven't heard more about it in the news.



i believe paul harvey mentioned this today. he said more people have gone into space, than have gone around the world solo on the ocean.



71 days 14 hours - thats a long time to be on your own.



hats off and congratulations to Ellen MacArthur



found this article:



http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sailing/2005-02-07-sailing-record_x.htm



jim

 

[ACoyle]

The name of the noat was B&Q



Her 75-foot trimaran B&Q broke the record set by Francis Joyon, who set the mark of 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds, in February 2004



From the text below, I think that the previous record holder also sailed a multihull.



The around-the-world record has been attempted only five times in a multihull, the fastest and most extreme class of boats on the ocean. Only Joyon has been successful.



Joyon, a Frenchman, set his record in a 90-feet trimaran, IDEC. He broke the record of 93 days, 3 hours and 57 minutes set by Michel Desjoyeaux in the 2000-01 around-the-world Vendee Globe race, which is contested by 60-foot monohulls



AC



All in all, a great accomplishment.



AC

 

[Boomer II]

It was in the Dallas paper today, pretty tough gal.