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Who's the Boss (of the 60s)?

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Who's the Boss (of the 60s)?
This just in from the doublehanded Barcelona World Race...now in its 27 day. "One year ago, Alex Thomson was being rescued from his sinking boat in the Southern Ocean. 12 months on, he has set a new 24 hour distance world record… "British sailor Alex Thomson and his co-skipper Andrew Cape have broken the 24 hour distance record for a 60 foot monohull yacht. Competing in the Barcelona World Race aboard HUGO BOSS, the pair covered 499.22 miles nautical miles (nm) between 11.15 and 11.15 GMT from 6th-7th December, at an average speed of 20.8 knots. Thomson already holds the 24 hour distance record for a single-handed sailor, having covered 468.72 nautical miles in a day on his previous yacht, which he lost in the Southern Ocean last year." [For the record, and those who enjoy their trivia, the outright, ratified 24-hour record, recorded in 2007, belongs to Frank Cammas' Groupama 3, the 103-foot trimaran: 794 nautical miles at an average of 33.08 knots.] “It’s a great feeling to have set a new world record,” commented an elated Alex Thomson this morning. “When I broke the record on my last boat in 2003, the average wind speed was 35 knots, compared to just 23 knots which we have experienced over the past 24 hours. The new HUGO BOSS is a beast - there is no doubt about it! Four days ago we were 400 miles behind the leader and now we are just over 100 miles behind, so we are slowly reeling them in.” HUGO BOSS is in fourth place, 125 nm behind leader PRB (FRA). Full Story »

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