Fastest Around the World Record in a Boat

[BosnBill]

The fastest around the world record in a speedboat was achieved by a boat named Earthrace. I've seen pictures of this incredible space age boat, but only recently heard a little more about her. If you haven't seen this craft in action, I have a couple of videos you can view here, "Earthrace" - Latest 'Round the World Record!

 

[sarabande]

so environmentally friendly, wasn't it ? What exactly did it achieve to progress maritime knowledge, or advance the cause of humanity ? Let alone killing one fisherman in Guatemala.


I see nothing to be proud of in the whole sad self-centred story.

 

[Firefly625]

so environmentally friendly, wasn't it ? What exactly did it achieve to progress maritime knowledge, or advance the cause of humanity ? Let alone killing one fisherman in Guatemala.


I see nothing to be proud of in the whole sad self-centred story.

a very sad tale indeed, and the boat continued on to its strange destiny..

 

[Neil_Y]

Nigel Irens designed this type of boat in 1988 with ilan Voyager

Somehow I don't quite understand going for this record, as they used two canals? it's like doing the round britain race and going via Loch Lomond. They said it was ocean going but it avoided the Southern Ocean? and why use all that diesel when you can go round the long way by wind power in 48 days without stopping?

Personally I think it was more ego driven than it should have been and in some ways questionably skippered from what I read on the collision reports, a very sad record.

However some really nice designs coming from the same stable (I worked on and supplied some drive train parts for Tatami, a really good use of tri wave piercing)
http://www.lomocean.com/projects/pleasure/27.5m+-+tatami

 

[idpnd]

The sea shepherds were using both of them. The Adi Gyl got sunk in a collision with a Japanese whaler, youtube it.

Sail is faster, doesnt need canal shortcuts nor refuelling - welcome to the future!

The Guatemala incident they got officially let off for by a court there - the locals didn't have any lights.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

so environmentally friendly, wasn't it ? What exactly did it achieve to progress maritime knowledge, or advance the cause of humanity ? Let alone killing one fisherman in Guatemala.


I see nothing to be proud of in the whole sad self-centred story.

Agreed, a voyage round the world spewing out hundreds of tons of CO2 in order to lecture the rest of us about our CO2 emissions. Just like the hundreds of tons of CO2 emitted carrying the thousands of delegates to the Climate Change conference in sunny Durban by the seaside to achieve bugger all

 

[oceanfroggie]

Agreed, a voyage round the world spewing out hundreds of tons of CO2 in order to lecture the rest of us about our CO2 emissions. Just like the hundreds of tons of CO2 emitted carrying the thousands of delegates to the Climate Change conference in sunny Durban by the seaside to achieve bugger all

Hear hear, and to add the unintelligent loony Whale War episodes

 

[Keen_Ed]

Earthrace has nothing to do with the outright RtW record by a boat. Earthrace took 61 days. The current non stop sailing record is 48 days 7 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds, by the tri Groupama 3.

The even bigger tri Banque Populaire is currently having a go. They started 22 days ago at Ushant, and are currently south of New Zealand. They're about 2000 miles ahead of Groupama's pace, so something like 44 days is certainly feasable.

And, in fact, Earthrace has never held the boat RtW record. Their completed trip was in 2008, whereas Orange 2 circumnavigated in 50 days in 1995.

ETA- Earthrace is slower even than Francis Joyon, the current holder of the single handed round the world record with 57 days 13 hours.

 

[wakeup]

Earthrace has nothing to do with the outright RtW record by a boat. Earthrace took 61 days. The current non stop sailing record is 48 days 7 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds, by the tri Groupama 3.

The even bigger tri Banque Populaire is currently having a go. They started 22 days ago at Ushant, and are currently south of New Zealand. They're about 2000 miles ahead of Groupama's pace, so something like 44 days is certainly feasable.

And, in fact, Earthrace has never held the boat RtW record. Their completed trip was in 2008, whereas Orange 2 circumnavigated in 50 days in 1995.

ETA- Earthrace is slower even than Francis Joyon, the current holder of the single handed round the world record with 57 days 13 hours.

Not sure you are comparing apples v apples. I think in the above they sailed to the southern ocean then did the shortest possible circumference round the pole. Arguably not around the world but through all the lines of longitude at the south pole.

 

[idpnd]

I think in the above they sailed to the southern ocean then did the shortest possible circumference round the pole. Arguably not around the world but through all the lines of longitude at the south pole.

That's the definition of RTW, using the canals is not permitted (since you'd stop). Stopping over for fuel also doesn't make it particularly non-stop, as achieved by 14 year old girls on sailboats these days.

 

[Keen_Ed]

World Speed Sailing Record Council rules for RtW records

a. RTW - Round the World, eastbound and westbound 21600NM. 2 separate records.
To sail around the World, a vessel must start from and return to the same point, must cross all meridians of longitude and must cross the Equator. It may cross some but not all meridians more than once (i.e. two roundings of Antarctica do not count). The shortest orthodromic track of the vessel must be at least 21,600 nautical miles in length calculated based on a 'perfect sphere'. In calculating this distance, it is to be assumed that the vessel will sail around Antarctica in latitude 63 degrees south.
A vessel starting from any point where the direct orthodromic distance is too short shall pass one single island or other fixed point on a required side so as to lengthen his orthodromic track to the minimum distance.
No starting point will be permitted more south than 45 ° south.
1 degree of longitude at 63 degrees south will be taken as 27.24NM

The equator is 21600 nautical miles.

 

[wakeup]

World Speed Sailing Record Council rules for RtW records

a. RTW - Round the World, eastbound and westbound 21600NM. 2 separate records.
To sail around the World, a vessel must start from and return to the same point, must cross all meridians of longitude and must cross the Equator. It may cross some but not all meridians more than once (i.e. two roundings of Antarctica do not count). The shortest orthodromic track of the vessel must be at least 21,600 nautical miles in length calculated based on a 'perfect sphere'. In calculating this distance, it is to be assumed that the vessel will sail around Antarctica in latitude 63 degrees south.
A vessel starting from any point where the direct orthodromic distance is too short shall pass one single island or other fixed point on a required side so as to lengthen his orthodromic track to the minimum distance.
No starting point will be permitted more south than 45 ° south.
1 degree of longitude at 63 degrees south will be taken as 27.24NM

The equator is 21600 nautical miles.

Rules shmules, I think you confuse doing the distance with the spirit of sailing round the real known in habited world which is a different thing. Take your point about non stoppedness as they also stopped for fuel.