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The catamaran can
11:58 a.m. EST Apr 6, 2004
Cheyenne has done it! A record in round-the-world-sailing was made yesterday, beating the previous record by nearly 5 days. Steve Fossett, veteran wild man, skippered the 125 foot catamaran for 59 days 9 hours over roughly 28,000 miles to finish back in France.
The previous round-the-world sailing record of 64 days, 8 hours and 37 minutes was set by Frenchman Bruno Peyron in 2002.
Steve set a new transatlantic sailing record in October 2001 in the same multi-million pound catamaran, formerly called PlayStation.
The former businessman, who financed the current record attempt, already has 21 world sailing records to his name and made the first solo round the world manned balloon flight in 2002.
American skipper Steve Fossett and his international crew of 12 aboard the 125’ maxi-catamaran Cheyenne crossed the official WSSRC start-finish line here at Le Stiff lighthouse on the French island of Ouessant (Ushant) - and have demolished the 2 year old Round The World Sailing record - by almost 6 days (improvement 5d 23h 4m 39s). Their time topples the May, 2002 mark of Bruno Peyron and Orange I and fulfills Fossett’s decade old ambition to achieve ‘the most important record in sailing’.
Image of Cheyenne crossing finish line courtesy of Fassettchallenge.com
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