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SCUTTLEBUTT EUROPE #1403 - 7 JANUARY 2008

Brought to you by YachtsandCruisers.com ( www.YachtsandCruisers.com ), Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors — with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor [Email address: editor #AT# scuttlebutteurope.com - replace #AT# with @ ]

A RECORD… THEN RETIREMENT
At 1245 UTC with 619.3 miles or 1115 kilometres covered at an average of 25.8 knots, Thomas Coville on Sodeb’O beat the 24 hour record distance sailing single-handed. In this way he beats the record held by Francis Joyon (616.03 miles) by 3 miles. The record is currently awaiting approval from the WSSRC.

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