{"id":229,"date":"2012-03-09T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2012-03-09T20:17:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T20:17:48","slug":"what-sails-5x-faster-than-pandora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"What sails 5x faster than Pandora?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jules Vern Trophy is one of the enduring sailing records to beat and is awarded to the \u00a0yacht with the fastest trip around the world. \u00a0The first &#8220;running&#8221; was in the novel buy\u00a0<a title=\"Jules Verne\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jules_Verne\">Jules Verne<\/a>\u00a0novel\u00a0<em><a title=\"Around the World in Eighty Days (book)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_(book)\">Around the World in Eighty Days<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in which\u00a0<a title=\"Phileas Fogg\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phileas_Fogg\">Phileas Fogg<\/a>\u00a0makes the trip around the world (albeit by\u00a0<a title=\"Railroad\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railroad\">railroad<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Steamboat\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steamboat\">steamboat<\/a>) in 80 days. The current holder of the record is\u00a0<em><a title=\"Banque Populaire V\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banque_Populaire_V\">Banque Populaire V<\/a><\/em>\u00a0skippered by\u00a0<a title=\"Loick Peyron\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loick_Peyron\">Loick Peyron<\/a>\u00a0in 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds. \u00a0 This is a great video summary of the trip. \u00a0Funny, but even at 30 knots a\u00a0behemoth\u00a0like Banque Populaire V doesn&#8217;t look all that fast. \u00a0No, actually it does look fast, really fast.<\/p>\n<p>This running is just one more example of how the French take sailing very seriously and multihulls in particular. \u00a0 \u00a0Too bad that we in the US don&#8217;t look at it that way.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/37602884?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I guess that Pandora won&#8217;t be going for the trophy any time soon. \u00a0 No, with crew (Brenda), no make that the &#8220;honored guest&#8221; that says &#8220;the best part of sailing is being anchored&#8221; I expect that a non-stop run around the planet wouldn&#8217;t happen any time soon. \u00a0For now, I will have to enjoy videos of others doing this.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, my aspirations fall far short of a circumnavigation. \u00a0Oh yea, the answer is that this boat is way faster, as are a lot of boats. \u00a0The good news is that there are tons that are slower, at least the mere mortal ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jules Vern Trophy is one of the enduring sailing records to beat and is awarded to the \u00a0yacht with the fastest trip around the world. \u00a0The first &#8220;running&#8221; was in the novel buy\u00a0Jules Verne\u00a0novel\u00a0Around the World in Eighty Days\u00a0in which\u00a0Phileas Fogg\u00a0makes the trip around the world (albeit by\u00a0railroad\u00a0and\u00a0steamboat) in 80 days. 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