As the crews went past the one-third mark of the third leg of The Ocean Race from Cape Town to Itajai, 11th Hour Racing Team set a new record for the event.
In excellent conditions throughout Friday and the early hours of Saturday, the team sailed 586.36 nautical miles (subject to ratification), which is a new record for a distance covered in 24 hours by an IMOCA boat.
Ad The previous official record (ratified by the World Speed Sailing Record Council — WSSRC) was 539.71nm set by Alex Thomson's crew in 2018.
The Ocean Race'Something that is very important' — Holcim-PRB skipper Escoffier on helping troubled rivalsYESTERDAY AT 21:41 Just last week, 11th Hour Racing broke the mark by travelling 544.63nm, but the IMOCA website lists the crew of Charal, who did 558 nautical miles in a 24 hour period but that has yet to be ratified by the World Speed Sailing Record Council, so there is slight confusion over what the current record was.