Wow -
impressive accomplishment --{this from a guy that has done 7 Worrell 1000s }

The boat looks or reminds me of the Hobie 21 in both general hull shape and having wings ,-I like the deeper narrower hulls with the good amount of rocker in profile --more sea kindly type hulls .

looking forward to the full stories and reports .
An Atlantic crossing has always interested me also ,-think their approach of keeping two hulls in is safer ,but slower than a catamaran is capable of achieving .
take care
Carl

Hey Carl,
You can't even give a compliment without bragging can you?
Tell us how many 1000s you won.

Hey, Sam.

How many Worrels have you won? Sounds like you have participated in most and won a few.. But that is not the point of this thread.

*this feels like feeding the trolls*

I agree with Carl, en extraordinary achievement. Looking forward to find out what kind of shape the two guys are in and what they have to say about the trip. Especially the sleeping quarters..

7 Worrels also is a great achievement (heck, even one is a great achievement)!

Rolf,
I guess you haven't gotten as tired as I have of reading Carl pat himself on the back.
He even lowers himself to use someone elses accomplishments to blow his own horn.

[From "ScuttlebuttEurope"}

NEW WORLD RECORD DAKAR-GUADELOUPE IN AN OPEN CATAMARAN
Sailing from Dakar in Senegal to Guadeloupe in an open catamaran of 20ft
is not easy. Trying to break the 1986 record of 18 days and 22 hours by
Pradel(Fra) and Laurent(Aus), 3 sailors lost their lives. In 1999 Hans
Bouscholte(Ned) and Gerard Navarin(Fra) set a new worldrecord after 4
attempts of mainly French crews. On a modified Inter 20, Bouscholte and
Navarin sailed the 2700 miles in 15 days, 2 hours and 26 minutes. On the
9th of January 2005, on their second attempt, Andrea Gancia and Matteo
Miceli (ITA), sailing their 20 ft cat Abaco broke this reference in a new
World Record (to be ratified by the WSSRC) of 13 days, 15 hours and 26
minutes. Andrea and Matteo were 35 hours faster than Bouscholte and
Navarin.

They left Dakar on the 27th of december with favourable weather,
tradewinds and moderate seas. Halfway, the wind got lighter and the
Italians had to gybe offen to sail the westerly course. Because of the
sunburn, constant manouvres and humidity, Andrea and Matteo had severe
wounds on their hands, feet and body. In the last 300 miles, the wind got
stronger, 20-25 knots of NE with big 3 meter waves. Exhausted but happy,
Gancia and Miceli arrived sundayevening at 21 hours 26 minutes LT in
Guadeloupe.

Hans Bouscholte:
Andrea and Matteo made big gains on us in the beginning. We had a big
leakage the first night, hitting an unidentified object and after
partially repairing the leakage, we had to pump 2 hours a day clearing the
water. We also lost time in the manoeuvres, because of big wounds on our
hands. In the end we were navigating under floating anchor without any
sails for 15 hours because of a tropical storm with 40 knots of wind and 5
metre waves.

It hurts to lose the hard fought record, but it happens sooner or later.
Congratulations to Andrea and Matteo, you sailed very well and fast.

Glen Roothoofd and Thomas Plog from Belgium will attempt this record
next winter and an Australian crew is also prepairing.

Website for Gancia and Miceli: http://www.oceancat.net
Website for Hans Bouscholte: http://www.bouscholte.com