Around the World in 45 days

French sailors on the trimaran Banque Populaire V set a new world record in the world tour on a sailing ship. A team of 14 people headed by Captain Loïc Peyron circled the globe in 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes and 53 seconds, improving the previous achievement of almost three days. The yacht has overcome more than 27 thousand nautical miles at an average speed of about 26 knots. According to one of the crew members, the Briton Brian Thompson, the journey passed relatively quietly. Along the way, Banque Populaire V set several world achievements. Trimaran in record time, covered the distance from the start, the city of Brest in France, to the equator, and then to the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Luwin, as well as from one line to the other equator. The campaign was marked by winning the Jules Verne, which has been awarded since 1993, when the first boat was able to circumvent the globe in less than 80 days. Almost all of the owners of this award - the French. Remarkably, it was the first winner, Bruno Peyron, the brother of Captain Banque Populaire V.