It is the fastest catamaran ever sailed solo in 24 hours, no other solo catamaran even comes close to that boat.
And still, it doesn't hold the outright record for 24 hour solo run.
Actually there are 3 forced mode displacement boats and skippers that in front of it in the record listing. One of these being a 60ft tri. Note how "Médiatis Région Aquitaine" is a 60 ft cat build to the same rules as the 60 foot tris.
Basically, you statement is only "true" because you choose to include the condition that any challenger must be a "solo catamaran". If you had used ""solo multihull" then your statement would not even have been in the least bit "truthful".
Situation is very much the same for fully crewed 24 hour records even in the 60ft or shorter class.
Nice try, but definately a smoke and mirrors kind of counter argument.
Wouter
Wouter,
My argument is not "smoke and mirrors", I am merely pointing out that "Mediatis-Region Aquitane" is a very succesful boat, contrary to what you seem to be trying to indicate in your post.
Regardless of the fact that there are three trimarans that have since beaten Yves Parlier's 24 hr solo record, I still can't see how you can maintain that this boat is not a winner, unless you are so desperate to never admit that you have made a stupid statement.
For people who are not familiar with this 60ft catamaran and who may take Wouter's statement at face value:-
As far as the 24 hr record is concerned, the boat is the fastest solo catmaran ever, it is the fastest fully crewed catamaran under 100ft and has proved itself to be up there with the best of the trimarans regardless of size. I will leave it to each individual to decide wether that makes it a "winner" or not.
