The WSSR Council announces the establishment of 2 new World Records:
Record 1: 60ft Monohull 24 Hour Distance
Yacht: “Holcim-PRB” IMOCA 60ft Monohull
Name:Kevin Escoffier, Abby Ehler, Sam Goodchild,
Tom Laperche, Julien Champolion
Start time: 02:15:18UTC 11 March 2023
Finish time: 02:15:18UTC 12 March 2023
Elapsed time: 24 hours 0 minutes and 0 seconds
Distance: 595.26 NM
Average speed: 24.80 knots
Comments: Previous Record: 539.71 NM 'Hugo Boss', Alex Thomson July 2018.
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Record 2: Outright Monohull 24 Hour Distance
Yacht: “Holcim-PRB” IMOCA 60ft Monohull
Name:Kevin Escoffier, Abby Ehler, Sam Goodchild, Charles Caudrelier, Yann Riou.
Start time: 23:45:18 UTC 24 May 2023
Finish time: 23:45:18 UTC 25 May 2023
Elapsed time: 24 hours 0 minutes and 0 seconds
Distance: 640.48 NM*
Average speed: 26.68 knots
Comments: Previous Record: 618.01 NM 'Comanche', Jim Clark/Ken Read USA July 2015.
* On 26 May 2023 ‘Team Malizia’ achieved 640.70 NM which was a longer distance, but not by a sufficient margin to claim the record (rule 26.4.)
Simon Forbes, Secretary to the WSSR Council