Playstation sets new speed record!

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Latest News: - October 07th 2001 - 22.00 GMT

PlayStation TransAt Express Roars On Towards England.

Fossett and Crew Recapture 24 Hour Record with 687.17nm on 2nd day.

Position 7/10/01 22:00GMT Lat: 48 43.070 N, - Lon: 43 19.440 W

Present Spd - 29.1kts

Mission Control UK -

Averaging over 600miles per day 2 days out from NY, Skipper Steve Fossett's maxi-catamaran PlayStation and her 10 man crew remain ahead of schedule to break the 11 year old TransAtlantic Sailing Record. Plus a new 24 Hour record has been set in the process, 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first claimed by Fossett and PlayStation in March 1999 (580.23nm - superseded several time by Club Med in 2000-2001).

Steve Fossett::

After completing our second day of this attempt at 17:19GMT and - assuming that Jet Services 5 (June 1990) 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.

PlayStation is once again the fastest sailboat in the world.

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 (7/8 Feb 2001) during The RACE.

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

Posted : October 7, 2001 6:26 pm

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(from the ISAF website)

Playstation Smashes Record

Monster cat PlayStation maintained amazing speeds of between 25-28 knots to smash the Transatlantic record, crossing the finish line at The Lizard, off Cornwall in Great Britain at 10:47 GMT in 4 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 6 seconds.

Skipper Steve Fossett and his crew have smashed the current time of 6 days 13 hours 3 mins 32 secs set by Serge Madec on Jet Servcies 5, 11 years ago (subject to ratification by the WSSRC).

They set off from the official line at Ambrose Light off New York at 17:19.17 GMT on Friday 5 October. They have taken nearly 44 hours off the existing record, which is a phenomenal achievement. PlayStation maintained an incredible 25.78 knots average speed all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, finishing at 10.47.23 GMT today (Wednesday 10 October). A new 24 Hour speed record of 687.17 nm was also set during the period 22.00 GMT 6 October - 22.00 GMT 7 October.

Shortly after passing the finish line at The Lizard an elated Steve Fossett said,