2002 Round Britain and Ireland World Record
October 25, 2002
Friday October 25th , 2002 – American skipper Steve Fossett and his international crew of 13, aboard 125′ maxi catamaran PlayStation, set a new world record for the round Britain and Ireland (RBI) course. Their time of 4 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds for the 1787 nm run left them with an average speed of 15.93 knots.
The previous record for this course was set by Brian Thompson (GB) and Helena Darvelid (SWE) on the 110′ catmaran Maiden II. Their time of 4 days, 17 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds broke Steve’s previous 1994 record on the 60′ trimaran, Lakota.
CREW:
- Steve Fossett (USA), skipper
- Chris Tibbs (England), navigator
- David Scully (USA), watch captain
- Gino Morrelli (USA), watch captain
- Quentin Dimmer (Scotland)
- Mitch Booth (Australia)
- Mikaela Von Koskull (Finland)
- Howie Hamlin (USA)
- Simon Cotter (Eire)
- Mark Featherstone (England)
- Richard James (Australia)
- Nick Leggatt (South Africa)
- David Thomson (England)
- Fraser Brown (NZ)
