>Great American has held the multihull record for 19 years. Thanks, Peter, for thinking of me. If 10 men sailing a 110-foot catamaran with a multi-million budget cannot break my multihull record AND the open record, then they'll have failed miserably. For those interested in speed-sailing on a grand scale, the far more interesting race at the moment is the one by Frank Cammas and his crew aboard a 105-foot trimaran chasing after the 50-day around-the-world record. http://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/index.jsp Imagine averaging 25 knots over almost two months at sea. Encroyable! --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997 Site see: <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com>