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dimanche 2 août 2009Christophe Guigueno

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Pascal Bidégorry and his 11 men crew aboard the maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V has just broken the historic North Atlantic Record Record #sailingrecord . With an overal time of 3 days 15 hours 25 minutes and 45 seconds, the 40 meters long multihuls has covered the 2921 miles at an average speed of 32,94 knots !

They left New York (the Ambrose light) at 22:47 UTC on July the 30th and crossed the Atlantic in only 3 days and a half. Pascal Bidégorry from La Rochelle in France and his crew crossed the fininshing line at Lizard cape at 2:13 pm this Sunday.

Banque Populaire V is the last and the biggest offshore racing trimaran in the world. She was launched in August 2008 in Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. .

During this short North Atlantic crossing, the second of her live, Banque Popualire V also broke the 24 hours record Record #sailingrecord , sailing 908 milles at the extreme average speed of 37,8 knots !

- Officiel website (in french) : www.voile.banquepopulaire.fr

Banque Populaire V’s crew

- Pascal Bidégorry - skipper
- Ronan Lucas - bowman
- Kévin Escoffier - helmsman / trimmer
- Yvan Ravussin - shift leader
- Ewen Le Clech - bowman
- Sébastien Audigane - shift leader
- Florent Chastel - bowman
- Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant - helmsman/trimmer
- Emmanuel Le Borgne - helmsman/trimmer
- Marcel Van Triest - meteorologist
- Pierre-Yves Moreau - trimmer/bowman
- Xavier Revil - helmsman/trimmer


RECORD DE L’ATLANTIQUE NORD

- Start time : 30 July 2009 à 00h 47mn 42s french hour (22h 47mn 42s TU)
- Cape Lizard arriving : 2 August 2009 à 16h 13mn 13s french hour (14h 13mn 13s TU).
- Distance covered : 2921 nautic miles ( 5 410 km)
- Average speed : 32,94 knots
- Best speed : 47,15 knots

New record : 3d 15h 25 min 48s

RECORD 24H

- Distance covered : 908 miles (1682 km)
- Average speed : 37,8 knots



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