Yves Parlier has just solo~sailed at an AVERAGE speed of 30 knots (thirty nautical miles per hour) for 7 hours for a distance of 210 miles. That's nautical miles, but who cares!!

http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2005/0405/Apr15/Apr15.html#anchor471372


GARY

Again, he earns his nickname: "the extraterrestrial".

Nice shot of his Low Flying Object. I can see a reacher furled on the port bow but not one on the starboard. I suppose he has twin reachers.

He's averaging 30kts and most freighters do 15-20kts. How long can he go to sleep/have a meal/toilet break before he has to get up to check the horizon to avoid a collision? He'd have to be like Ellen did and limit himself to 20 minutes at a time. It certainly wouldn't be too restful.

That shot was from some earlier test runs on the boat. He has a furled head stay in front of each mast but the boat would only use one at a time on the leeward rig to help airflow over that rig (since it could be partially shadowed by the windward rig). The boat appears thusfar to have a very narrow groove for wind angle and speed but when it's on, it's ON.

With regards to eating, sleeping, and other necessities, I'm pretty sure that for a 24 hour record attempt, Yves does very little without his hand on the tiller and probably wouldn't sleep at all.