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North Atlantic Record
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| From New York to Lizard Point |
| Together with the Jules Verne Trophy and 24 hour distance record, the Atlantic is synonymous with the ultimate triple haul
for the record hunter. Charlie Barr and then Eric Tabarly were the main record holders at a time when crossing the Atlantic
in a steamship was still a must.
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From 7th July 2009
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Record attempt on Groupama 3
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Crewed race
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Distance: 2,925 nautical miles
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Franck Cammas and his nine crew beat the Atlantic crossing record on 24th July 2007 in 4 days 03 hours 57 minutes
and 54 seconds, at an average speed of 29.26 knots across a 2,925 mile course; improving on the time set by Bruno
Peyron by 4 hours 26 minutes.
Yet the giant trimaran didn't have ideal conditions for this historic record,
officially established for the first time on 11th June 1905 by the schooner Atlantic and helmed by the legendary Charlie
Barr. In 102 years, this reference time has been beaten nine times by multihulls, but the advances in speed have increased
virtually threefold! Indeed Groupama 3 maintained a deafening average speed of over 29 knots for over four days...
It was an unimaginable feat just ten years ago, since it is greater than that of steamships which still cross the Atlantic
today.
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Less than four days?A genuine Concorde of modern times, Groupama 3 was the first yacht to complete the course in under 100 hours. Will
Franck Cammas and his crew also be the first to traverse the ocean in less than four days? This is certainly something that
is in the trimaran's grasp in any case, and they may also be able to benefit from the attempt to surpass another benchmark:
that of 800 nautical miles covered in 24 hours...
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