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Gildas Morvan* (Skipper of Cercle Vert) and Vincent Riou** (Skipper of PRB) discovered the SolOceans one-design (16 metres - 52.5 foot) during the 25th Transmanche en double on the 220 nautical mile course from l’Aber Wrac’h (Brittany - France), to Plymouth breakwater (England) and back. At 14.95 knots on average, they broke by 1 hour 31 minutes and 11 second the previous monohull record established by Gaël Le Cleac’h on board the Open 60 prototype SILL - Beurre Le Gall and by 37 minutes the multihull record established by Hervé Cléris on board a 50-feet trimaran. The SolOceans one-design finished the race 1 hour and 19 minutes behind BT (Farr prototype IMOCA 60) steered by Sébastien Josse and Jean-François Cuzon, who set the new record at 13 hours 14 minutes and 30 seconds at 16.62 Knots on average.
Gildas Morvan at the helm (right) and Vincent Riou tested the SolOceans one-design during 25th Transmanche en double on 29 and 30 May 2009 and thus in strong conditions. They completed the 220-nautical mile course of the race at 15 knots on average, and at the same time beat the previous monohull as well as multihull time record.
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