k, they just took down the record of sailing across the globe, without any stop, to 45 days… but, meh… from the perspective of doing “circumnavigation” of the world, they made a pretty strange path… I would have done something like the arrows I marked down, passing by Suez and Panama channels. Yes, this would have been delaying the enterprise, but seriously… crossing Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope, come on… that was a challenge for the 17th century with wood boats, not for the carbon fiber monster used these days. Anyhow, if u look at the map, 90% of the fun was some long fast rides in the middle of the ocean: the dots on the colored paths are day markers, as u can see a long distance between dots, means they were going fast like hell

ref: “Un’imbarcazione francese ha effettuato il periplo in 45 giorni“, Corriere della Sera
ref: “le Maxi Trimaran Banque Populaire V s’empare du Trophée Jules Verne“, Banque Populaire

anyhow… KUDOs to these guys 😉

p.s. they were doing 30 knots of speed… amazing 😀

k, u need to click on the listing’s icon to see it…