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Cammas sets around-the-world sailing record

The Columbian
Published: March 21, 2010, 12:00am

BREST, France (AP) — French skipper Franck Cammas and his nine-man crew have beaten the around-the-world sailing record by more than two days to take the Jules Verne Trophy.

Cammas and his multihull vessel Groupama 3 crossed the finish line late Saturday, beating the old mark set by Orange 2 in 2005 by 2 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes.

Cammas finished his circumnavigation via the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn in 48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes and 52 seconds.

Cammas said Sunday he was slowed by bad weather and that “the new record can be improved.”

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