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Joyon sets round-the-world sailing record

26 January 2017 at 10:20
The team on Idec Sport entered Brest on the west coast of France having completed the trip in 40 days 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.
Francis Joyon used a 31 metres maxi-trimarin to break the record
Francis Joyon used a 31 metres maxi-trimarin to break the record

Sixty-year-old Frenchman

The team on Idec Sport entered Brest on the west coast of France having completed the trip in 40 days 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.

The veteran sailor beat by more than four days, the record set in January 2012 by fellow Frenchman Loick Peyron, who with a crew of 13, set a time of 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds when they won the Jules Verne Trophy.

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