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Cheyenne Sets Record


WSSR Newsletter No 59.

Subject to WSSR ratification, there is a new Round the World record:

Steve Fossett in Cheyenne.

Time: 58 days 9 hours32 minutes 45 seconds

Margin over the existing record held by Bruno Peyron is:

5 days 23 hours 4 minutes 39 seconds
Cheyenne’s record by segment

Segment Time Record
Start-Equator 8 days 6 Hours No
Equator-Cape of Good Hope 9 days 17 hours Yes
Cape of Good Hope- Cape Leeuwin 7 days 15 hours Yes
Cape Leeuwin- Cape Horn 14 days 2 hours No
Cape Horn-Equator 10 days 11 hours Yes
Equator-Finish 7 days 21 hours Yes



History of the Jules Verne Record




Year Skipper Yacht Nationality Days Hours Minutes Seconds Speed in Knots Type Comment
1993-94 Bruno Peyron Explorer French 79 6 15 56 11.35 Catamaran Fomer Jet Services
1994-95 Robin Knox Johnston-Peter Blake Enza NZL/GBR 74 22 17 22 12.00 Catamaran Will sail in The Race
1997 Oilivier De Kersauson Sport Elec French 71 14 22 8 12.66 Trimaran
2002 Bruno Peyron Orange French 64 8 37 24 14.08 Catamaran
2004 Steve Fossett Cheyenne American 58 9 32 45 15.63 Catamaran

 

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