Francois Joyon has broken the singlehanded transatlantic record by over 16 hours. The new record is 5 days 2 hours 56 minutes and 10 seconds; not quite setting a new 24 hour record in the process.
Yesterday I was called over the line early on a start. Traffic was heavy so I was watching the bowman. As you see he has his thumb up (the red and yellow boat). I won’t argue for a moment that we were on the line but the boat to leeward was bow out on us. Oh well, as the saying goes ” you’re not trying unless you’re over on occasion”.
I think I remember doing that a time or two. Nice racing though Stephen! Bill