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Médiatis Région Aquitaine in Canaries Islands 2005 |
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The course of distance run in 24 hours corresponds to the distance run, taken in a straight line by a position of the boat at the moment T until a position of the boat 24 hours later ( T+24).
Most of the records of distance run in 24 hours were generally beaten in open sea races or during attempts of offshore records, but they can be tempted in a specific way since the meteorological conditions are convenient.
To do it, the arbitrator is the GPS of the boat, coupled with a system of automatic sending of the information, which will beforehand have been verified by a responsible for the WSSRC, and again controlled on the return to the boat. If the boat is in race, it is the data supplied by the committee of race (precise positions GPS passed on via satellites) that will allow to validate the stopwatch.
On the hydraplaneur, it is Inmarsat Mini-C of Mobile France Telecom Satellite Communications that sends automatically the data of the boat.
A distance and an average speed are then established over precise 24 hours.
At present the records of distance run in 24 hours are held as follows:
By any yacht, any number of crew:
Orange II Catamaran, 120 ft, Bruno Peyron (FRA) and a crew of 10, North Atlantic, 22nd and 23rd August 2004, 706.2 nautical miles, 29.42 knots.
By any yacht, sailed single-handed:
Primagaz, Laurent Bourgnon (FRA), trimaran 60ft (18.29m), North Atlantic, 28-29 June 1994
540.0 nautical miles, 22.50 knots
Up to 60 ft monohull, any number of crew:
VOR 60 Illbruck, John Kostecki and crew (GER), Atlantic Ocean, 29 - 30 April 2002, 484 nautical miles, 20.16 knots.
By monohull, any number of crew:
MariCha IV, Robert Miller GBR and a crew of 24, 140 ft monohull, North Atlantic, 6th /7th October 2003, 525.7 nautical miles, 21.90 knots.
By monohull, single-handed:
AT Racing, Alex Thomson (GBR), Open 60, North Atlantic, 11- 12 December 2003, 468.72 nautical miles, 19.53 knots. |
