Congratulations to French Sailor Thomas Coville who has set a new solo North Atlantic crossing record on his 32m trimaran Sodeb’O. The new record is 5 days 19 hours and 29 minutes. The record was previously held by Francis Joyon who completed the route in 6 days and 4 hours in 2005.
Coville sailed from the Ambrose Lighthouse off New York to the Lizard, on the South West coast of England a distance of 2859.9 nautical miles at an average speed of 20.5 knots.
More details are available on the Sodeb’o website.
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