Ocean Racing Magazine - #2 - April & May 2007 - (Page 26)

RECORDS BRUNO PEYRON THOMAS COVILLE crowned 2006 champions With eight records being improved on, the 2006 season will be considered as a great year as far as breaking ocean records is concerned. As 2007 begins with a large number of launches and new campaigns, we honour the 2006 champions: Bruno Peyron in the crewed category and Thomas Coville for the single-handed yachtsmen. © Sodebo Coville scored on the Channel and around the British Isles (solo). Peyron,King of the Atlantic Thanks to his performance on the route between New York – The Lizard and the improvement achieved on this same crossing of his own 24-hour record, Bruno Peyron is a clear winner for the title of 2006 Records world champion. In second place, Olivier de Kersauson also had a great season, setting two new records for the Pacific crossing (San Francisco – Yokohama and the return voyage). The end of the year 2006 however was not to be a relaxing one for Peyron, as he was prematurely dropped by his partner Orange: "Now the boat is called Team Explorer. I decided to buy it in December 2006, but it does not mark an end to the Ocean Racing - april 2007 ©Orange

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