I don't know Gareth, what does the JV and around the world sailing compare to best.
Laser 1 sailing in the olympics of the ORMA / round the world sailing events ?
Take look here :
http://www.sailspeedrecords.com./transatlantic.html7 French 2 USA no brits.
Then here :
http://www.sailspeedrecords.com./roundnonstop.html5 French, 3.5 Brits, 2 USA and 0.5 NZL (Of the 5 last records since 1989 3 were held by French sailors)
Then look here :
http://www.sailspeedrecords.com./distancerun.htmlLongest distance run in 24 hours :
By any yacht, any crew : Bruno Peyron (FRA) on Orange 706 NM at average 29.42 knots
By any yacht singlehanded : Laurent Bourgnon (FRA) On Primagaz 540.0 nautical miles, 22.50 knots
And then we go into the DEFINED records that are only records because we define other boats and sailor OUT of the comparison.
Up to 60 ft monohull, any number of crew : John Kostecki and crew (GER)
By monohull, any number of crew MariCha IV, Robert Miller GBR and a crew of 24, 140 ft monohull
By monohull, single-handed : AT Racing, Alex Thomson GBR,
Maybe we should ALSO define a 3 layered record framework for multihulls to make things fair again; Like Multihull up to 60 Foot (ORMA boats = French) ; Multihull to any length (Orange = French) and Multihull solo (Joyon = French).
With respect to
http://www.sailspeedrecords.com./ratified.htmlpassage records.
16 USA, 13 FRA and 11 GBR
BUT
FRA
Transpacific, Los Angeles – Honolulu
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light - Lizard Point, singlehanded
Cadiz to San Salvador, Singlehanded
Transpacific W to E, Yokohama – San Francisco
Round the World, non stop, singlehanded
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light to Lizard Point, single-handed female any vessel
Transatlantic E to W, Plymouth – Newport singlehanded
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, monohull
Round the World, non stop, singlehanded, monohull
New York – San Francisco, non stop, crewed
Round the World, non stop, westabout, singlehanded
***
Cowes to Dinard, monohull and singlehanded.
Marseille – Carthage
USA (pretty much all Steve Fosset when doing his round the world on playstation)
Transpacific W to E, Yokohoma – San Francisco, singlehanded
Transpacific E to W, San Francisco – Yokohoma
Honolulu – Yokohoma
Round the World, non stop, crewed, any type
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, crewed
Cadiz – San Salvador
Fastnet Course (Cowes-Fastnet Rock-Plymouth
Plymouth-La Rochelle
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point
***
Miami – New York
Newport, RI – Bermuda, singlehanded
Newport, RI – Bermuda
Thailand Gulf (Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen sailing for USA ? BS ! What kind of passage is Thailand Gulf on a beachcat ?
Round the Isle of Wight (This is like the UK round Texel!)
Honestly I think the last 5 verified USA records are a bit of a stretch. We can squable over the Miami-New York one but the others are just not regarded in the general public as serious records. And even the FastNet Course is not considered an ocean passage.
When looking at the French we might cross away the marseille -carthage and Cowes to Dinard. All trips of less then or about a day.
Lets look at the UK guys or rather WOMEN (Mainly Ellen).
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point, monohull
Transatlantic W to E outright women, and singlehanded woman
Sydney – Hobart
Round the World, non stop, singlehanded, woman, Vendée Globe
Bermuda to Plymouth
Transatlantic E to W, Plymouth – Newport, monohull and woman any vessel
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, women
Round Ireland, (single-handed)
***
Round the World, assisted, westabout, (257 days !!!!! recreational sailors have done it quicker !)
Round the Isle of Wight, monohull, rule 5c (The UK round Texel)
Cowes – Dinard
4 records of the UK are because they were set by women instead of men out of 6 records that were set by women. So the UK is very emancipated but compared to 2 all out records held by French women of which one because she was a woman.
The last 3 records of GBR are a little funny.
Who are the record holders
I say that the smallest nation among these the French seriously outperform their size in relation to nations like GBR and USA. USA can thank Fosset on their knees as he is the one that holds 90% of the US records. However the French hold to important ones. The all-out records and the largest number of true big ocean pasages.
You guys may not like it but it is the truth.
And this is ONLY the WSSRC racing records, when we start adding race wins like in teh Minitransat and ORMA cirquits than the French come out even better. As well as the Aussies and NZl-ders
Again don't shoot the messenger
Wouter