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Limits RegistryThomas Coville and the seven-strong crew of the trimaran Sodebo Ultim 3 sailed around the world in about 40 days, 10 hours and 45 minutes, finishing in January 2026. They took the Jules Verne Trophy from Francis Joyon's IDEC Sport, whose 40 days 23 hours from 2017 had stood for nine years.
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Thomas Coville and the seven-strong crew of the trimaran Sodebo Ultim 3 sailed around the world in about 40 days, 10 hours and 45 minutes, finishing in January 2026. They took the Jules Verne Trophy from Francis Joyon's IDEC Sport, whose 40 days 23 hours from 2017 had stood for nine years.
The shortest elapsed time for a nonstop, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe by a crewed sailing yacht of any type, between Ushant and the Lizard as certified by the WSSRC.
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Limits Registry. LR-FASTEST-CREWED-SAILING-CIRCUMNAVIGATION. Fastest crewed sailing circumnavigation (Jules Verne Trophy). 2026.