PARLIER SMASHES 24 HOUR RECORD
(Following is an excerpt from a story posted on thedailysail
subscription website on Monday.)

Today Yves Parlier sailing his radical 'hydro-foiler' catamaran Médiatis Région Aquitaine smashed the singlehanded 24 hour record. Parlier set off his solo attempt to break Francis Joyon's outright solo 24 hour
record of 543 miles at midday yesterday and over the course of the following 24 hours he sailed a very impressive 585 miles (awaiting, of course, ratification) at an average of 24.33 knots. This is an improvement of 45 miles over the previous record for a 60ft multihull - Laurent Bourgnon's time set during his solo transatlantic record in 1994
(and for a long time faster than any fully crew records).

This record is the first real prize for Parlier since he launched his radical catamaran with its twin rigs, one mounted in each hull and its unusual stepped hulls, a shape taken from sea plane underbellies back in January 2004. Médiatis Région Aquitainehas already covered 597.81 miles
in 24 hours fully crewed. ABN Amro Two's fully crewed Volvo Open 70 record at present stands at 562.96 miles in 24 hours. Alex Thomson's solo Open 60 24 hour record stands at 468.82 miles. --
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