
Joyon Keeps Bombing Along
French sailing dynamo, Francis Joyon, just keeps cracking off the miles on his quest for the fastest singlehanded circumnavigation world record. As of this morning, Joyon and his 97-ft trimaran IDEC were 40 days into their assault on Ellen MacArthur’s record and some 3,400 miles ahead of where MacArthur was on her 40th day.

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After experiencing terrible conditions during his rounding of Cape Horn, Joyon was able to recuperate over the last couple days — which will help him thread the needle of two weather systems bearing down on him.
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