Speed sailing record

This was the traditional measure used in the days of packet and clipper ships and varied in the actual time dependent on whether the vessel was sailing east or west.

He then signs a performance increase of between 30 and 40% compared to the record to be broken by Loïck Peyron 5 years earlier.

Leaving the southern seas with a lead of 4 j 06 h 35 min over Loïck Peyron's previous record, Francis Joyon, Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and Sébastien Audigane regained the equivalent of 2,800 miles on the record during this episode.

[11] During the return trip after his victory in the 2021 Transat Jacques-Vabre, Charles Caudrelier broke two unofficial records on the fr:Maxi Edmond de Rothschild: in false solo training, he reached 50.7 knots, and covered 880 miles in 24 hours at an average speed of 36.6 knots.

This heavy gust of wind overpowered the sailboat, causing it to capsize at high speed.

This ship achieved the fastest ever recorded speed of a sailing vessel (22 knots).