There is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht and was first awarded to a yacht which sailed around the world in less than 80 days. Can you guess after whom the trophy is named?
"Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin book) Around the World in 80 Days is the book that Michael Palin wrote to accompany the BBC TV program """". This trip was intended to follow in the footsteps of the (fictitious) Phileas Fogg in the Jules Verne book ""Around the World in Eighty Days"". The use of aeroplanes was not allowed, a self-imposed restriction. Steam liners don't exist any more, so all of the long sea journeys had to be on container ships or freighters. The one exception was the trip from Dubai to Mumbai (Bombay) on a dhow, a"
"two weeks less than the previous record. Francis Joyon Francis Joyon (born 28 May 1956) is a French professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. Joyon and his crew currently hold the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation, on ""IDEC SPORT"" (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds), nearly five days less than the previous reference time. He held the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation from 2008 to 2016. Although previously well known as an offshore sailor, Joyon's real leap to international prominence came in February 2004 when the Breton became the fastest world solo yachtsman, setting a time of"
"prize for the fastest circumnavigation, and with the help of a wildly optimistic table of probable performances, he even predicted that he would be first to finishdespite a planned departure on 1 October. Given the design of the race, there was no organised start; the competitors set off whenever they were ready, over a period of several months. On 1 June 1968, the first allowable day, John Ridgway sailed from Inishmore, Ireland, in his weekend cruiser ""English Rose IV"". Just a week later, on 8 June, Chay Blyth followed suitdespite having absolutely no sailing experience. On the day he set"
"inspired by the ""Golden Globe Race"", which was the first single-handed round-the-world yacht race. Although the ""Golden Globe"" was a non-stop race, the ""BOC Challenge"" concept was for a single-handed round-the-world race, to be run in stages (in contrast to the ""Vendée Globe"", which is non-stop). As the longest single-handed event in the world, it is regarded as one of sailing's ultimate challenges. The race is run every four years. The first edition was won by Philippe Jeantot, who won all four legs of the race with an overall elapsed time of just over 159 days. In 1990, the race"
"Columbus Atlantic Trophy The Columbus Atlantic Trophy is an award for the fastest non-stop two way crossing of the Atlantic Ocean within a given time period. It was inaugurated in 1992 by New York Yacht Club in concert with Costa Smeralda Yacht Club of Sardinia, The Columbus Atlantic Trophy is a two-foot silver goblet, which was actually given in 1928 to the NYYC by King Alfonso XIII of Spain, as the prize for the 1928 trans-Atlantic yacht race won by NYYC's yacht ""Elena"". The trophy is available to any vessel that can set a trans-Atlantic record one way, then (within"
"Francis Joyon Francis Joyon (born 28 May 1956) is a French professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. Joyon and his crew currently hold the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation, on ""IDEC SPORT"" (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds), nearly five days less than the previous reference time. He held the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation from 2008 to 2016. Although previously well known as an offshore sailor, Joyon's real leap to international prominence came in February 2004 when the Breton became the fastest world solo yachtsman, setting a time of 72 days 22 hours and 54 minutes"
"Atlantic Trophy, posted by the yacht club in response to the Virgin Atlantic Challenge for the fastest two-way voyage i.e. a single crossing and return voyage within a specified time. Meanwhile, Incat, builders of fast catamaran ferries, and therefore indisputably commercial vessels, decided to make an attempt to win the Hales Trophy, for which the record was still that of ""United States"". This was achieved in 1990 by ""Hoverspeed Great Britain"", with a non-stop crossing of 79 hours 54 minutes, averaging 36.6 knots and Incat were awarded the trophy by the Hales Trophy Committee. Eight years later this record was"
"established a new speed record for a commercial vessel on her eastbound delivery voyage without passengers that year. The trophy has been won twice since then, each time by an Incat vessel. In 1935, Harold K. Hales (1868–1942), a member of the UK Parliament and owner of a shipping company, commissioned a Sheffield goldsmith to produce a large trophy to be presented to the fastest ship crossing the Atlantic. The four-foot-tall, nearly 100-pound Hales Trophy is made of solid silver and heavy gilt fashioned with a globe resting on two winged figures of Victory standing on a base of carved"
"which Phileas Fogg traverses the planet (albeit by railroad and steamboat) in 80 days. The current holder is ""IDEC Sport"" skippered by Francis Joyon in 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds. The original idea for this competition has been attributed to Yves Le Cornec in 1985. The rules were defined in 1990. A committee was put in place to guarantee respect of the rules and fairplay. This committee included Peter Blake, Florence Arthaud, Jean François Coste, Yvon Fauconnier, Gabrie Guilly, Robin Knox-Johnston, Titouan Lamazou, Yves Le Cornec, Bruno Peyron, Olivier de Kersauson, and Didier Ragot. While the current"
"part of 2021. The cup was originally awarded in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, which was won by the schooner ""America"". The trophy, originally named the '£100 Cup', was renamed the America's Cup after the yacht and was donated to the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) under the terms of the Deed of Gift, which made the cup available for perpetual international competition. Any yacht club that meets the requirements specified in the deed of gift has the right to challenge the yacht club that holds the"
"made such trips relatively common. The nautical global and fastest circumnavigation record is currently held by a wind-powered vessel, the trimaran IDEC 3. The record was established by six sailors: Francis Joyon, Alex Pella, Clément Surtel, Gwénolé Gahinet, Sébastien Audigane and Bernard Stamm; who wrote themselves into history books on 26 January 2017, by circumnavigating the globe in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. The absolute speed sailing record around the world followed the North Atlantic Ocean, Equator, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Equator, North Atlantic Ocean route in an easterly direction. The map"
"feat, Francis Joyon held the world record for solo circumnavigation of the world, set on January 20, 2008. The 51-year-old Frenchman circled the planet alone in 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 6 seconds in a trimaran. He beat British sailor Ellen MacArthur's record set in February 2005 for which she spent just over 71 days at sea. Francis Joyon and crew of five sailors; Dec 2016–Jan 2017; the Maxi trimaran ""IDEC SPORT""; current absolute (wind or mechanically powered) fastest maritime circumnavigation, in 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds of sailing. Average speed of 26.85 knots (30.71 MPH),"
"and 22 seconds, over 20 days faster than the previous record for a circumnavigation. During the record run he sailed more than at an average speed of on the """". ""IDEC"", formerly known as ""Sport Elec"", had previously taken 71 days to win the Jules Verne Trophy. Joyon took only an extra day on his own with a boat not designed for single-handed sailing, original (over 10 year old) sails and no weather router. In February 2005 Ellen MacArthur beat Joyon's record by 1 day, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds. On 6 July 2005 Francis Joyon and ""IDEC"" crossed"
"still left them with a dilemma in terms of the prize. A race for the fastest time around the world was a logical subject for a prize, but there would obviously be considerable interest in the ""first"" person to complete a non-stop circumnavigation, and there was no possibility of persuading the possible candidates to wait for a combined start. The ""Sunday Times"" therefore decided to award two prizes: the ""Golden Globe"" trophy for the first person to sail single-handed, non-stop around the world; and a £5,000 prize (a considerable sum then, equivalent to £58,100 in 2005) for the fastest time."
"won by the yacht ""Hamburg"". Third place went to the ""RSY Valhalla"" who despite being by far the largest participant, came in a respectable ‘’easy third’’. She crossed the Atlantic under sail in 14 days and 2 hours. The yacht ""Atlantic"" won the race with a time of 12 days and 4 hours. News of the race was published in the New York Times and the London Times newspapers. A report of the race was also published in the Los Angeles Herlald newspaper. The Imperial German cruiser Pfiel greeted the competitors at the end of the race, and the yachts"
"a trophy for the fastest speed on a closed circuit for airplanes. The 1909 race in Rheims, France was won by Glenn Curtiss for two circuits of a 10 km rectangular course at an average speed of 46.5 miles per hour (74.8 km/h). From 1896 to 1914, the champion of Paris, USFSA football (soccer), received a trophy offered by Gordon Bennett. He did not marry until he was 73. His wife was Maud Potter, widow of George de Reuter, son of Julius Paul Reuter, founder of Reuters news agency. He died on May 14, 1918, in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Bennett"
"The masters of the square-rigged grain carriers engaged in unofficial competition who would sail fastest across the southern ocean, around Cape Horn and up the Atlantic. While the race was informal, it was a source of betting and prestige. The competition gathered so much attention that in 1928 the ""International Paint Company"" donated a silver cup for the fastest passage. The ship with most victories was the four-masted barque ""Herzogin Cecilie"" at six times. The fastest ship was ""Parma"" in 1933 in 83 days, and the events of the voyage are described by the captain's apprentice, Betty Jacobsen, in her"
"Global Challenge The Global Challenge (not to be confused with Global Challenge Award) was a round the world yacht race run by Challenge Business, the company started by Sir Chay Blyth in 1989. It was held every four years, and took a fleet of one-design steel yachts, crewed by ordinary men and women who have paid to take part, round Cape Horn and through the Southern Ocean where winds can reach . The fee for the last race proposed (in 2008) was £28,750. It was unique in that the race took the westabout route around the world against prevailing winds"
"was a philanthropist and yachtsman whose schooner once held the record for the fastest trans-Atlantic yacht passage ever made. According to a 2007 biography, Tunney promised Polly that he would quit boxing and defended his title only one more time after the second Dempsey fight, against Tom Heeney of New Zealand. In 1928, the U.S. Marine Corps presented – as a sign of friendship – a challenge cup to the Corps of Royal Marines, in the hope it might be competed for by Royal Marines association football teams. The Royal Marines named the trophy the ""Tunney Cup,"" in honor of"
"the crew for the race. Known throughout the world for her outstanding achievements, ""Great Britain II"" was the ultimate dream-come-true for Chay Blyth, the adventurous pioneer who sailed east-to-west around the globe. This 77 ft sloop is of British design and craftsmanship and is constructed of fibreglass and foam sandwich to give the lightest possible displacement. Designed to be the fastest yacht in the world and finished in second place after the Mexican Swan 65 named ""Sayula II"" – the first Whitbread Round the World Race winner in 1973. ""Great Britain II"" has taken part in all six Whitbread Round"
"−5 to +40 degrees Celsius and will only take one change of clothes. In 1972 England's Whitbread company and the British Royal Naval Sailing Association agreed to sponsor a globe-circling regatta, which would be called the 'Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race'. 17 yachts and 167 crew started the first race of , which began from Portsmouth, United Kingdom on 8 September 1973. Approximately 3000 spectator boats set out to witness the historic start. The first race was won by Mexican amateur Ramon Carlin in a Swan 65 yacht, ""Sayula II"" The original course was designed to follow the route"
"for strength and the lowest possible weight. The top speeds of these boats can approach . The Race was won by the -long catamaran ""Club Med"" skippered by Grant Dalton. It went round the globe in 62 days at an average speed of . A catamaran configuration fills a niche for powered vessels, where speed and sea-kindliness is favored over bulk capacity. In larger vessels, this niche favors car ferries and military vessels for patrol or operation in the littoral zone. Two advances over the traditional catamaran are the ""small-waterplane-area twin hull"" (SWATH) and the ""wave-piercing"" configuration—the latter having become"
"already being planned by various sailors; for this reason, there were no qualification requirements, and competitors were offered the opportunity to join and permitted to start at any time between 1 June and 31 October 1968. The Golden Globe trophy was offered to the first person to complete an unassisted, non-stop single-handed circumnavigation of the world via the great capes, and a separate £5,000 prize was offered for the fastest single-handed circumnavigation. Nine sailors started the race; four retired before leaving the Atlantic Ocean. Of the five remaining, Chay Blyth, who had set off with absolutely no sailing experience, sailed"
"for a new non-stop race, and 1989–1990 saw the first running of the Vendée Globe, a single-handed, non-stop, round-the-world yacht race, by way of the great capes. Founded by former BOC Challenge winner Philippe Jeantot, this is essentially the successor to the Golden Globe race. The race, which takes place every four years, is regarded by many as the ultimate event in single-handed sailing. The inaugural event was won by Titouan Lamazou of France, in ""Ecureuil d'Aquitaine II"", with a time of 109 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes. The theoretical distance for each course is shown, and the average speed"
"them what she has achieved after stepping out of those doors of high school. She told them that she has set a world record for going around the world on a yacht in less than 64 days. She said she once told her crew when they were absolutely exhausted, “If you don’t try now and we lose that world record by one second, you will never forgive yourself but if you put everything into it, then you know you’ve done what could be done to complete it.” She has been the navigator on four line honours winners in the Sydney"
"Graham, Michael ""Mick"" Brown, Sir Peter Jackson, Rob Fenwick, Sir Peter Gluckman, Sir Mason Durie and Dame Tariana Turia. ""Seamaster"" was originally built in France. After Blake's death she was eventually purchased by and renamed ""Tara"". She continues to undertake successful expeditions. Peter Blake (sailor) Sir Peter James Blake, (1 October 1948 – 5 December 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the fastest time around the world as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand, and led his country to successive victories"
"racing, however when a visiting British Royal Navy Officer, Captain John Illingworth, suggested it be made a race, the event was born. The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race has grown over the decades, since the inaugural race in 1945, to become one of the top three offshore yacht races in the world, and it now attracts maxi yachts from all around the globe. The 2018 race will be the 74th edition. Australia's foremost offshore sailing prize is the Tattersall's Cup, awarded to the ultimate winner of the handicap competitions based on the length, shape, weight and sail dimensions of the"
"Peter Blake (sailor) Sir Peter James Blake, (1 October 1948 – 5 December 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the fastest time around the world as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand, and led his country to successive victories in the ""America""'s Cup. In honour of his services to yachting, Blake was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1995, and received an honorary doctorate in 2000 from Auckland University of Technology. Blake was shot and"
"leg, but lost a spinnaker at the two-thirds point of the downwind run. At the finish, ""Vigilant"" beat ""Valkyrie II"" by 40 seconds in corrected time to successfully defend the cup. The World reported it as the fastest race ever sailed, over a course of 15 miles to windward and return under reefed sail and a gale. ""Valkyrie II"" existed for barely a single year. On July 5, 1894 this Cup contender was struck amidships by A. D. Clarke’s cutter yacht ""Satanita"" at the start of the Mud Hook Regatta on the Firth of Clyde. Lord Dunraven and all his"
"Hales Trophy The Hales Trophy (officially the North Atlantic Blue Riband Challenge Trophy) is an award for the fastest Atlantic crossing by a commercial vessel. It was created in 1935 by Harold K. Hales a British politician and owner of Hales Brothers shipping company, donated the trophy. to be a permanent, tangible expression of the Blue Riband, the unofficial accolade then given for this feat. Hales also wished to formalize the rules regarding the contest, which up to then had no official form, though they were, by tradition, widely recognized. The rules for the Hales Trophy were different from the"
"the first single-handed round-the-world race since the Golden Globe, the BOC Challenge, was inaugurated. This event is raced in stages, with between two and four intermediate stops, going eastabout by way of the great capes, and is run every four years. The first edition was won by French yachtsman Philippe Jeantot, who won all four legs of the race with an overall elapsed time of just over 159 days. With changes in sponsorship the race later became known as the Around Alone, and is now the VELUX 5 Oceans Race. With the success of the BOC, the stage was set"
"is presented with the ""Manzi Trophy"", named after Mike Manzi, the local jeweller who made it. A second trophy, the ""Venus Trophy"", is won by the crew which wins the second leg. The race is hosted by Penzance Sailing Club and has been run annually since 1978. The first race was organised on behalf of the yacht club by Richard Wood, Brian Saunders and Colin Harrison, who saw the result of their preparations realised when the first race took place in August 1978. For the first two years the race took place on a single day, with the competitors starting"
"of the three great capes; and she completed a fast (although not without outside assistance) circumnavigation in just 272 days. According to the rules of the World Sailing Speed Record Council, a circumnavigation of the globe for speed record purposes has to start and finish in the English Channel; James started and finished her voyage in Dartmouth, therefore fulfilling this condition. In 1988, Kay Cottee of Australia became the first woman to complete a ""non-stop"" single-handed circumnavigation, on ""Blackmore's First Lady"". The first woman to sail around the world was Jeanne Baret, a French woman who, disguised as a man,"