PlayStation sets new 24 hr record

Over 687nm as Steve Fossett's maxi-catamaran takes back the record

Steve Fossett's maxi-catamaran PlayStation has set a new 24 Hour record, recapturing the traditional, "bragging rights" first claimed by Fossett and PlayStation in March 1999 (580.23nm - superseded several time by Club Med in 2000-2001).

Navigator Stan Honey spelled it out: "Our 24 Hour run from 22z 6 October - 22z 7 October was 687.17nm which (pending ratification by the WSSRC) should be a new record. We recall that Grant Dalton and crew on Club Med set the current record in the Southern Ocean at 655.13nm during The RACE. PlayStation is once again the fastest sailboat in the world."

Averaging over 600miles per day two days out from NY, PlayStation and her ten man crew remain ahead of schedule to break the 11 year old TransAtlantic Sailing Record.

Steve Fossett:: "After completing our second day of this attempt at 17:19GMT and - assuming that Jet Services 5 had sailed at a constant speed - we were 383nm ahead of their run, with a little more than 1600nm to reach The Lizard. Our focus for the past 2 days has been on making progresss on this TransAt - but getting the 24 Hour Record back from Grant is pretty nice, too."

PlayStaion is still managing to stay in front of the cold front/gale. The wind is currently 33knots from SSW, and they are sailing at about 30 knots. It is foggy, because of the warm southerly wind blowing over the cold Labrador current, but they are nearly past Flemish Cap, and the water should be warming.

Serge Madec (France) and crew aboard the catamaran Jet Services 5 set - and have tenaciously held - the existing TransAtlantic record at 6 days 13hrs 3min 32sec since June of 1990.