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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
Michael Smith, November 2015, first solo circumnavigation in a single-engine flying boat [69] in Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey two-seater light sport aircraft [70] Fyodor Konyukhov , 23 July 2016, broke the record for the fastest circumnavigation in a hot air balloon.
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
They make a very fast crossing of the southern seas starting with the Indian Ocean, [15] covering 8091,73 miles in 10 days, maintaining an average of 809 miles per day. This episode began ahead of the front of a depression which moved at a speed corresponding to the boat's potential from South America to the Pacific Ocean.
Sea Shepherd noted that the vessel had been the only one in the fleet fast enough to keep up with all vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet. [ 32 ] On 17 October 2009, the Earthrace was presented to the media with a new black paint job, and it was renamed Ady Gil , after the name of a major sponsor (a Hollywood lighting-equipment magnate who ...
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 ...
Seraj-1 is a military speed boat that is used by Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps.It is based on the British made Bradstone Challenger, a Bladerunner 51, which holds the record for the fastest circumnavigation of Britain. [1]
The two launched a 1993 attempt (thwarted by damage) on the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest sail circumnavigation of the world. They captured the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, circling the globe in 74 days 22 hours 17 minutes and 22 seconds. By 1998, British skipper Tracy Edwards had bought the yacht and renamed her Royal & SunAlliance ...