Quote of the Month

Quote of the Month; The Commodore of the club leads by example, usually he leads round the race track as well-Joe King.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Banque Populaire smashes Jules Verne Trophy Record

Banque Populaire V has set a new record for the round the world Jules Verne Trophy the new record time is 45d 13h 42m the maxi trimaran sliced 2 days 18hr 1m and 59 seconds off the record achieving an average speed of 26.5 kts over the duration of the record. 

Banque Populaire V has incredible speed potential having achieved a 24 hr run of 908nm during the Atlantic record which was reduced to slightly over 4 days and was achieved with and average speed of 33kts.


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