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The first solo record was set by Joshua Slocum in the Spray (1898). The current record holders are IDEC 3 , skippered by Francis Joyon in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds for a crewed journey, and François Gabart with Macif in 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds for a solo journey.
Time Yacht Skipper Crew Date Average speed 12d 04h 01m 19s Atlantic: Charlie Barr: 1905 10.20 knots (18.89 km/h) 10d 05h 14m 20s [Multihull] Paul Ricard (trimaran) Éric Tabarly: Éric Bourhis, Georges Calvé, Dominique Pipat 1980 12.15 knots (22.50 km/h) 9d 10h 06m 34s Elf Aquitaine: Marc Pajot: 1981 13.18 knots (24.41 km/h) 08d 16h 36m Jet ...
In 1933, Wiley Post repeated his 1931 circumnavigation by aeroplane, but this time solo, using an autopilot and radio direction finder. He made the first solo aerial circumnavigation in a time one day faster than his previous record: 7 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes, in which he covered 25,110 kilometres (15,600 mi), but did not cross the equator.
During her Jules-Verne trophy record in 2016-2017, the trimaran Idec sport in the hands of Francis Joyon and his crew of Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and Sébastien Audigane, covered 894 nautical miles in 24 hours, and 10 consecutive days at 809 miles / 24 h. Francis Joyon rounds Cape Horn, 16 days after riding ...
A solo trip around (not across) America: Modern-day Forrest Gump nears finish line after 10,000+ miles ... Indiana, about 61 miles north of Indianapolis, and has hit 33 states so far with two more ...
He launched the 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom from Northam, Western Australia on June 19, 2002 and returned to Australia on July 3, 2002, subsequently landing in Queensland. Duration and distance of this solo balloon flight was 13 days, 8 hours, 33 minutes (14 days 19 hours 50 minutes to landing), 20,626.48 statute miles (33,195.10 km ...
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10 January 1980 Retains record for circumnavigation using only scheduled transportation. [26] Air France: 32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds 12 October 1992 13 October 1992 Concorde FAI "Westbound Around the World" world air speed record from Lisbon, Portugal. [27] [28] [29] Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru 31 hours 27 minutes and 49 seconds