All dressed up and no weather to go

The Jules Verne Trophy is awarded to the team which sets the fastest time for a crewed, unassisted, round the world under sail effort. It has been held since 2017 by Francis Joyon and his crew with a time of 40:23:30:30, but Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard want it.

However, this duo hasn’t had much luck. They’ve made three previous attempts at breaking the record, posting the third best time in history in 2016, and have been on standby since November 1 to try again with the largest racing multihull ever built at 37 metres…

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