Not done yet...
They are 300 miles + up on the record but this is far from a done deal in the Jules Verne...
“As bad as Cape Horn,” was how the late Sir Peter Blake recalled crossing the Bay of Biscay in the northern hemisphere winter of 1994 onboard ENZA New Zealand. He and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, with an exhausted crew onboard, strung out what they termed as ‘drop hawsers’ to try and control the speed of their 28 metre cat - in reality it was every warp they could find onboard in a desperate attempt to slow the boat down and stop either a pitch pole or a capsize.
It worked and a new record of 74 days, 22 hours, 17 minutes, and 22 seconds was recorded. At the time I thought that could never be beaten. Blake and Knox-Johnston were heroes in my young eyes, so too the crew of David Alan-Williams, Angus Buchanan, Ed Danby, Barry Mackay, Don Wright and George Johns. They still are to me to this very day. Big respect.
