Transatlantic sailing records

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Banque Populaire V , current record holder of multihull yachts

Since Christopher Columbus' five-week sailing voyage in 1492, during which he quickly and safely crossed the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and America, it has always been an important goal to follow suit.

Today it has become a classic route for sailing yacht skippers . Holding the transatlantic record in sailing is very prestigious, only topped by winning the Jules Verne Trophy , for which it is a good preparation.

The record can be reached in two directions: from west to east or from east to west. The record is rated in the categories of one-hand yacht or crew yacht with the further distinction between monohull yacht ( English monohull ) and multihull yacht ( English multihull ). The record performances have been monitored by the World Sailing Speed ​​Record Council (WWSSRC) since 1972 .

Transatlantic from west to east

This route is the fastest as it follows the prevailing westerly winds. This route is of the greatest interest among skippers. The Atlantic crossing begins at the Ambrose Light beacon , east of the Sandy Hook peninsula , south of New York Bay, to an imaginary line that can be drawn from Lizard Point (Cornwall) (England) to Ouessant (France). The distance is approximately 2,880 nautical miles (5334 km).

Crew yachts

time yacht Skipper crew date Average speed
12d 4h 1m 19s United StatesUnited States   Atlantic Charlie Barr 1905 10.20 kn
10d 5h 14m 20s FranceFrance   Paul Ricard Eric Tabarly Éric Bourhis, Georges Calvé, Dominique Pipat 1980 12.15 kn
9d 10h 6m 34s FranceFrance   Eleven Aquitaine Marc Pajot 1981 13.18 kn
8d 16h 36m FranceFrance   Jet Services 2 Patrick Morvan Jean Le Cam , Marc Guillemot , Serge Madec 1984 14.29 kn
7d 21h 5m 42s FranceFrance   Royale 2 Loïc Caradec 1985 15.76 kn
7d 12h 49m 34s FranceFrance   Fleury Michon VIII Philippe Poupon 1987 16.48 kn
7d 6h 32m FranceFrance   Jet Service V Serge Madec Marc Guillemot 1988 17.07 kn
6d 13h 3m 32s FranceFrance   Jet Service V Serge Madec 1990 18.97 kn
6d 17h 52m 39s United StatesUnited States   Mari-Cha IV Robert Miller 2003 18.6 kn
5d 14h 21min 25s United StatesUnited States   Comanche (fastest monohull yacht) Casey Smith Stan Honey, Tony Mutter, Dirk de Ridder, Chris Maxted, Jon von Schwarz, Juggy Clougher, Julien Cressant, Nick Dana, Pablo Arrarte, Pepe Ribes, Peter van Niekerk, Phil Harmer, Richard Clarke, Robert Greenhalgh, Shannon Falcone, Yann Riou 2016 21.44 kn
4d 17h 28m 6s United StatesUnited States   PlayStation Steve Fossett Stan Honey, Ben Wright, Dave Scully, Gino Morrelli, Peter Hogg, Shaun Biddulph, Dave Calvert, Paul Van Dyke, David Weir 2001 26.26 kn
4d 8h 23m 54s FranceFrance   Orange II Bruno Peyron Roger Nilson , Bernard Stamm , Ludovic Aglaor, Florent Chastel, Pascal Bidégorry , Jacques Caraes, Ronan Le Goff , Jean-Baptiste Epron, Yann Guichard, Clément Surtel, Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant 2006 28.54 kn
4d 3h 57m 54s FranceFrance   Groupama 3 Franck Cammas Franck Proffit , Stève Ravussin , Frédéric Le Peutrec, Sébastien Audigane, Yann Guichard, Ronan Le Goff , Bruno Jeanjean, Loïc Le Mignon, Pascal Blouin 2007 29.81 kn
3d 15h 25min 48s FranceFrance   Banque Populaire V (fastest multihull yacht) Pascal Bidégorry Ronan Lucas, Kévin Escoffier, Yvan Ravussin, Ewen Le Clech, Sébastien Audigane, Florent Chastel, Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant, Emmanuel Le Borgne, Marcel Van Triest, Pierre-Yves Moreau, Xavier Revil 2009 32.94 kn

One-handed yachts

Trimaran Groupama 3 , previous record holder for both directions, from west to east and east to west, both directions as a crew yacht and one-handed under the name "IDEC Sport"
time yacht Skipper date Average speed
11d 11h 46m 36s FranceFrance   Explorer Bruno Peyron 1987
9d 21h and 42min FranceFrance   Pierre 1er Florence Arthaud 1990
9d 19h and 22min FranceFrance   Explorer Bruno Peyron July 1992
7d 2h 34m 42s FranceFrance   Primagaz Laurent Bourgnon June 1994 17.47 kn
6d 4h 1m 37s FranceFrance   IDEC Sport Francis Joyon July 6, 2005 19.75 kn
5d 19h 29m 20s FranceFrance   Sodebo Thomas Coville July 15, 2008 24.72 kn
5d 2h 56m 10s FranceFrance   IDEC 2 Francis Joyon June 16, 2013 27.47 kn
5d 2h 07m FranceFrance   IDEC Sport Francis Joyon July 13, 2017 27.65 kn
4d 11h 10m 23s FranceFrance   Sodebo Ultim Thomas Coville 15th July 2017 28.35 kn

Transatlantic from east to west

The Atlantic crossing is between Cadiz, Spain and San Salvador, Bahamas , a distance of 3884 nautical miles (7193 km). The route is road of discovery ( English Road of the discovery ) in memory and in honor of Christopher Columbus called and his Atlantic crossing in the 1492nd Here he went ashore first.

Crew yachts

time yacht Skipper crew date Average speed
12d 12h 30m 27s FranceFrance   Jet Service V Serge Madec Marc Guillemot , Olivier Despaignes, Gerry Roufs , Jean-Yves Bernot 1988 14.91 kn
10d 14h 53m 44s New ZealandNew Zealand   Club Med Grant Dalton Franck Proffit , Bruno Peyron 2000 17.58 kn
9d 13h 30m 18s United StatesUnited States   PlayStation Steve Fossett Dave Scully, Pete Melvin, Brian Thompson , Peter Hogg, Mark Featherstone, Dave Calvert, Mikaela Von Koskull, Will Howden, Tim Zimmermann, Nick Leggatt, Simon Fisher, Dave Thomson 2003 16.92 kn
7d 10h 58min 53s FranceFrance   Groupama 3 Franck Cammas Franck Proffit , Stève Ravussin , Pascal Blouin, Loic Le Mignon, Bruno Jeanjean, Sébastien Audigane, Frédéric Le Peutrec, Ronan Le Goff, Marcel Van Triest 2007 21.70 kn
6d 14h 29m 21s SwitzerlandSwitzerland   Spindrift 2 Dona Bertarelli & Yann Guichard Xavier Revil, Jean Baptiste Le Vaillant, Antoine Carraz, Thierry Douillard, Christophe Espagnon, Sébastien Marsset, Nicolas Texier, Erwan Tabarly , François Morvan, Thomas Rouxel , Simone Gaeta, Erwan Israel 2013 24.50 kn

One-handed yachts

time yacht Skipper date Average speed
11d 3h 17m 20s FranceFrance   IDEC 2 Francis Joyon November 2004 14.53 kn
10d 11h 50m 20s FranceFrance   Sodebo Thomas Coville July 8, 2005 15.42 kn
9d 20h 35m 3s FranceFrance   IDEC 2 Francis Joyon November 7, 2008 16.42 kn
8d 16h 07m 5s FranceFrance   IDEC 2 Francis Joyon February 15, 2013 18.66 kn
6d 23h 42m 18s FranceFrance   Banque Populaire VII Armel Le Cleac'h January 2014 23.16 kn

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WSSRC: Transatlantic, Ambrose Light Tower to Lizard Point, Crewed. World Sailing Speed ​​Record Council, accessed June 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Lars Bolle: "Mari Cha IV" undercuts transatlantic record. In: yacht.de. October 9, 2003, accessed June 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Comanche Crushes Transatlantic Record. Scuttlebutt Sailing News, July 28, 2016, accessed June 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Yacht Magazin: Transatlantic: "Comanche" creates a new record. In: YACHT.de. Retrieved July 28, 2016 .

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