{"id":14037,"date":"2017-12-18T04:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/around-the-world-in-42-days-frenchman-sets-new-sailing-record\/"},"modified":"2017-12-18T04:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T12:35:00","slug":"around-the-world-in-42-days-frenchman-sets-new-sailing-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/around-the-world-in-42-days-frenchman-sets-new-sailing-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Around The World In 42 Days: Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n French skipper, Fran\u00e7ois Gabart, waves aboard his 100-foot trimaran as he celebrates his world record off Brest harbor, western France, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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There is a new world record for sailing solo around the world<\/a>: 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds. If verified, it is more than 6 days faster than the previous record, set a year earlier.<\/p>\n

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\n Gabart reacts after his world record, in the Brest harbor, western France, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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French sailor Fran\u00e7ois Gabart, aboard a 100-foot trimaran, set out on Nov. 4 to break the record held by countryman Thomas Coville.<\/a> On Sunday, Gabart crossed the virtual finish between France’s northwest tip and Lizard Point in southwest England at 0145 GMT before turning homeward to Brest in northwestern France.<\/p>\n

He reportedly averaged<\/a> 27.2 knots (31.3 mph) over 27,859.7 nautical miles.<\/p>\n

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Making such a journey is a difficult feat. It involves tackling the cold and stormy Southern Ocean that rings Antarctica, all the while tending a high-performance sailing vessel at the edge of its performance envelope.<\/p>\n

After reaching Brest, Gabart, 34, said he was “aching all over.”<\/p>\n

“[It’s] been like that for weeks, weeks since a proper sleep \u2013 I can hardly go on,” he told reporters after making landfall at Brest.<\/p>\n

“It was hard and I was on the very edge of things the whole time.”<\/p>\n

Exhausted or not, Gabart managed to share a bottle of champagne with his shore crew.<\/p>\n

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?Les premi\u00e8res images de l’arriv\u00e9e du #trimaranMACIF<\/a> quai Malbert \u00e0 @BrestFr<\/a> ! ?? #RecordTourDuMonde<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/KwGUORSlsQ<\/a><\/p>\n

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“It hasn’t sunk in yet but I know it’s a great time,” he said.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Dame Ellen MacArthur won the title for fastest non-stop circumnavigation in 2005, but lost it to Francis Joyon of France. She regained it three years later.<\/p>\n

Gabart’s record must be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council<\/a>, which will scrutinize his vessel’s GPS data before signing off on the new record.<\/p>\n