Groupama 3 smashes the 24 hour record

Propelled along by a disturbed system coming across from Canada and heading towards Great Britain, Groupama 3 has benefited from some ideal conditions to break the 24 hour distance record. Franck Cammas and his nine crew are the first to break the symbolic 800 mile limit by covering 841 miles at an average of over 35 knots!



The best distances covered in 24 hours:

1854: Champion of the Sea (USA) monohull 67.50 metres = 467 miles
1984: Formule Tag (CAN), catamaran 24.40 metres (Mike Birch) = 512.5 miles
1987: Fleury Michon 8 (FRA), trimaran 22.80 metres (Philippe Poupon) = 517 miles
1990: Jet Services V (FRA), catamaran 22.80 metres (Serge Madec) = 522.73 miles
1994: Lyonnaise des Eaux (FRA), trimaran 22.50 metres (Olivier de Kersauson) = 524.63 miles
1994: Primagaz (FRA), trimaran 18.24 metres (Laurent Bourgnon) = 540 miles
1994: Explorer (FRA), catamaran 25.65 metres (Bruno Peyron) = 547.3 miles
1999: PlayStation (USA), catamaran 32.90 metres (Steve Fossett) = 580.23 miles
2000: Club Med (NZL), catamaran 33.50 metres (Grant Dalton) = 625.7 miles
2001: Club Med (NZL), catamaran 33.50 metres (Grant Dalton) = 655.2 miles
2001: PlayStation (USA), catamaran 37.90 metres (Steve Fossett) = 687.17 miles
2002: Maiden 2 (GBR), catamaran 33.50 metres (Cahalan-Darvelid-Thompson) = 694.78 miles
2004: Orange II (FRA), catamaran 36.60 metres (Bruno Peyron) = 706.2 miles
2006: Orange II (FRA), catamaran 36.60 metres (Bruno Peyron) = 766.8 miles
2007: Groupama 3 (FRA), trimaran 31.50 metres (Franck Cammas) = 794 miles
2009: Groupama 3 (FRA), trimaran 31.50 metres (Franck Cammas) = 841 miles (35.04 knots)

Source: Yachts and Yachting