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His next
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  Le "Channel
The Channel Record Trophy (or the Channel Crossing
record)
The starting line is Cowes (island of Wight), and the finishing line
is Dinard.
For a monohull, the record is held in 14h 48’ 15’’ by the crew of
a 60 VOR, the "Silk Cut", managed by Lawrie Smith, a British
citizen, in July 1999. The "unofficial" record is held
by « Adrien » and its crew since Monday 12 August 2002. They covered
the distance in 11h 44’ 12’’, by improving the record by a little
more than 3 hours. This time,
Jean-Luc will be alone aboard « Adrien ». He will be on stand-by
from next 16 August.
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Global
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 On
Tuesday 9 March 2004, by crossing the finishing line
located between Cap Lizard and Ushant, Jean-Luc VAN
DEN HEEDE brought the Global Challenge record down
to 122 days 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
The Global Challenge is a sailing around the world record, single-handed,
with no stopover, and against the prevailing winds and currents during
most of the trip.
Go
to the Global Challenge Presentation
During this attempt, VDH route was widely marked out by position
statements and daily logbooks, press releases, radio sessions and
images.
Consult the record
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