Francis Joyon

Advantages: holds the record for sailing single handed
Disadvantages: none

Francis Joyon was born on May 28, 1956.He is a sail boat racer and yachtsman, and currently holds the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation.Although previously well known as an offshore sailor, Joyon's real leap to international prominence came in February 2004 when the Breton became the fastest world solo yachtsman, setting a time over 20 days faster than the previous record for a circumnavigation of 72 days 22 hours and ...
...sailed more than 28,000 nautical miles (51,900 km) at an average speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) on the 90 feet (27.4 m) trimaran IDEC.In 2008,he beat the record for sailing single-handed around the world in 57 days 13 hours 34 minutes and 6 seconds comprehensively beating Ellen MacArthur's existing record by 14 days, 00 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds . wow!!! ... Read review