Coville and navigator Benjamin Schwartz, along with Frédéric Denis, Pierre Leboucher, Léonard Legrand, Guillaume Pirouelle, crossed the finish line between France’s Ushant and England’s Lizard Point at 0746 French time on Sunday morning after nursing their 32-metre (105-foot) boat for two days through the horrendous wind and waves of the intense Atlantic storm ‘Ingrid’.
France's Sodebo crew averages 22 knots around the world to set new Jules Verne Trophy record
It looked touch and go over the final few days of their 28,000-nautical mile nonstop circumnavigation of the planet, but yesterday Thomas Coville and his five-strong crew aboard the Ultim trimaran Sodebo set a new Jules Verne Trophy benchmark time of 40 days, 10 hours, and 45 minutes.
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Racing Roundup #024
Our weekly curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
Behind the re-brand: A new look and feel for the British America’s Cup team
I caught up with the key protagonists of the newly rebranded GB1 campaign in Naples this week for a deep dive into the team's new-look challenge for the 38th America's Cup.
A legend reborn
Against all odds one of the great offshore yacht designs of the late 20th Century – Peter Norlin’s fast and elegant Omega 42 – is back in production.
What went on at the America's Cup gathering in Naples?
The first official gathering of the 38th America's Cup was a glitzy affair as five teams and the America's Cup entourage rolled into Naples.