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Could the 40-day around the world record fall? Helen Fretter talks to this year’s Jules Verne challengers
Charles Caudrelier at the bow of his flying Gitana 17 gives some perspective as to the huge size of these incredible foiling trimarans. Photo: Eloi Stichelbaut/PolaRYSE/Gitana
Forty days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds: that is the time that is embedded in the psyche of crews currently challenging for the Jules Verne trophy.
The clock will mercilessly count down 983 hours as they attempt the near-impossible: to beat Francis Joyon’s blistering time set on
Idec Sport three years ago; to become the first foiling trimarans to fly around the world; and maybe, just maybe, to break the incredible 40-day barrier.