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2 hours 4 minutes and 14 seconds for Phaedo^3 around the Isle of Wight

by Rachel Fallon-Langdon 20 Aug 2016 09:26 BST 19 August 2016

Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo^3 set a new incredible World Record time* of 2 hours 4 minutes and 14 seconds around the Isle of Wight on Friday afternoon. Now the MOD70 holds both the World Record and Race Record.

The boat itself already held the old record of 2 hours 21 minutes and 25 seconds, but that is when is was "Foncia" and being skippered bi Michel Desjoyeaux.

Crew onboard for the race: Brian Thompson, Miles Seddon, Robert Greenhalgh, Peter Greenhalgh, Pete Cumming, Sam Goodchild, Fletcher Kennedy, Justin Slattery. Onboard media; Rachel Fallon-Langdon.

* Record to be ratified by the WSSRC

2 hours 4 minutes and 14 seconds for Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo^3 around the Isle of Wight - photo © Rachel Fallon-Langdon
2 hours 4 minutes and 14 seconds for Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo^3 around the Isle of Wight - photo © Rachel Fallon-Langdon

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