El Gitana 13 Lo Logro

11 Días 12 Minutos 55 Segundos

San Francisco - Yokohama
10.04.2008 - 01:26 - And number two! Gitana 13 adds the North Pacific crossing to its list of conquests by covering the 4,482 theoretical miles of the (direct) course in 11 days 12 minutes and 55 seconds. Leaving San Francisco on Saturday 29th March at 22h45’45’’UT, for the second record of their 2008 campaign, Lionel Lemonchois and his ten crew crossed the finish line off Yokohama, in Tokyo Bay on Wednesday 9th April at 22h58’40” UT. The maxi-catamaran equipped by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild improved on the previous reference time by 3 days 22 hours 27 minutes 46 seconds, held by Olivier de Kersauson and his crew on Geronimo since 2006.