Geronimo finishes

Big tri betters Orange's Jules Verne time by 18 hours

The Cap Gemini and Schneider Electric trimaran crossed the Jules Verne Trophy finish line at 13:17:26 GMT (15:17:26 local time) today, Thursday 29 April.

Geronimo and her crew therefore circled the globe in 63 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes and 46 seconds (subject to ratification by the WSSRC within the next 24 hours).

The existing Jules Verne Trophy record of 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 40 seconds set by Bruno Peyron and the crew of Orange in 2002 looks to be broken

Geronimo crossed the line between Lizard Point and the Créac'h lighthouse in mid-channel, her time being monitored by radar and satellite rather than by sight from either of the lighthouses at the ends of the line.