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A combination of boat, airplane, and trains [14] [15] John Henry Mears: 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds 1928 1928 [16] Hugo Eckener: 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes 8 August 1929 29 August 1929 First circumnavigation in an airship, aboard LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst, New Jersey [17] [18] Pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty
Also the second fastest outright circumnavigation time. 2016 49d 3h 7m 38s Thomas Coville (FRA) Sodebo Ultim (formerly Geronimo) Trimaran 102 ft Arrived on 25 December 2016, non-stop. Also the sixth fastest outright circumnavigation time. 2008 57d 13h 34m 06s Francis Joyon (FRA) IDEC 2: Trimaran 97 ft Arrived on 19 January 2008, non-stop. 2005
Also held fastest circumnavigation by microlight until broken. Bodill was part of an entourage of 4 aircraft, one of which carried supplies and support. [58] Steve Fossett, 2 July 2002, first solo balloon circumnavigation. Matevž Lenarčič; 2004; Circumnavigation with microlight aircraft Pipistrel".
The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. [1] A vessel holding the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the absolute round the world record.
Her time along the clipper route of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds was the fastest ever circumnavigation of the world by a single-hander. [21] While this record still leaves MacArthur as the fastest female singlehanded circumnavigator, in 2008, Francis Joyon eclipsed the record in a trimaran with a time of 57 days, 13 hours, 34 ...
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He completed his second solo circumnavigation of the world in the yacht Saga Insurance on 4 May 2007, finishing in fourth place in the Velux 5 Oceans Race. [13] At 68, he was the oldest competitor in the race. [14] In late 2008 and early 2009, Knox-Johnston took part in a BBC programme called Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice.
Flying time for the four Lakehurst to Lakehurst legs was 12 days, 12 hours, and 13 minutes; the entire circumnavigation (including stops) took 21 days, 5 hours, and 31 minutes to cover 33,234 km (20,651 mi; 17,945 nmi). [62] [68] It was the fastest circumnavigation of the globe at the time. [69]