Wednesday the 6th of May 2015 - Oman Sail breaks the Irland round record
Skipped by Sydney Gavignet, the MOD 70 Oman Sail broke the Irland round record in 40h 51 min 57 sec, improving the last record established by the American Steve Fosset in 1993 by 4 hours.
Sydney Gavignet : "We had do be very careful (...) and we had no other choice than slow down (because of the weather conditions) but breaking the record as early in the season is an amazing feeling .It was a priority and now it is done.'