Hi Dermot,
It sounds to me like youall do things differently in Europe than we do here in the US. I can understand when racing/sailing to cross one of the major obstacles/oceans on the surface of the earth that an effort should be allowed to be made and be official whenever a team is willing to try. Very few teams ever attempt this goal. But, to try to set an additional record to the actual race record for the largest catamaran race in the world seems puffed up. Racing across the Atlantic Ocean and racing around a little island off the coast of Holland are not equivalents.
Bill