The IDEC Sport crew celebrating the Julio Verne Trophy. Photo: JM Liot / DPPI

The French maxi will tribarán IDEC SPORT, tripulated by Francis Joyon, Clément Surtel, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet, Sébastien Audane and the Spanish Alex Pella this morning has beat the record of the Jules Verne Trophy, completing the circumnavigation to the fastest planet in history with crew and without scales.

At 8: 49 hours today Thursday, 26, the patron Francis Joyon and his crew ended their return to the world in a record time after having sailed a total of 26,412 miles (48,915 km) in 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds at an average speed of 26.85 knots (49.7 km / h).

IDEC SPORT hinders the previous record set by French Loïck Peyron and his crew on board the maxi will tribe Banque Populaire V, improving it in 4 days 14 hours 12 minutes and 23 seconds.

During this return to the world IDEC SPORT has beaten nothing more and nothing less than six records including that of Cabo Leeuwin (Australia), the date change line, Cabo de Hornos, in Ecuador and on the island of Ouessant, on the Breton coast.

IDEC Sport trusts to get the Julio Verne Trophy next Thursday

Francis Joyon at the end of the IDEC Sport Tribe.

Less than 2,500 miles from the goal and after 38 days of navigation, the maxi will tribe "Idec Sport" hopes to reach the port of Brest (France) next Thursday 26 January, between 08: 00 and 13: 00 UTC hours. In this way they would be able to beat the record of the sailing world by cutting in 4 days the current brand of the "Banque Populaire V" (45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds).

The last hours of the maxi will be in the toilets served as a reminder that the multicasco needs to be controlled at times to avoid risks and to suffer damage. Francis Joyon, Bernard Stamm, Alex Pella, Sébastien Audigane, Clément Surtel and Gwénolé Gahinet had to reduce the speed by about ten knots, going from thirty to twenty knots to avoid unnecessary risks. "We have to ensure the optimal wind, but not too much, to get to Brest without any problems," says Alex Pella. "We are all eager to come and meet our families," Pella says.

On Saturday, the crew of the "Idec Sport" made a new record by investing, between Ouessant and Ecuador, 35 days, 4 hours and 9 minutes, improving in 2 days, 22 hours and 36 minutes the one set by "Banque Populaire V"