510 results for "jules verne record shattered"

64 Day Circumnavigation …Read More

Maxi-catamaran returns to port after mast tip breaks …Read More

In the face of tragedy, a big record fell in a big way. …Read More

Loick Peyron and his crew aboard the giant multihull Banque Populaire V have set a new record for the fastest sailing circumnavigation of the globe. …Read More

Bruno Peyron and team beat previous record by 7 days …Read More

Around the world in 74 days; January 16 to April 1, 1994 …Read More

And what rough beast, it’s hour come ’round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born? All photos by Kimball Livingston Below, friends, is a document that I want on record at the Blue Planet Times. I’ll be referring to it on Monday, when I write the story of the first vehicle ever to go Dead [...] …Read More

A group of Australian waterskiers broke the world record for most skiers successfully towed behind a single boat. A total of 114 skiers from the Horsehead Waterski Club managed to get up and ride for a mile, sharing the glory of a world record on the waters of Tasmania. They held the line behind a 35 [...] …Read More

Noted offshore racer and cancer survivor going big just one more time. …Read More

BRINGING ALCHEMY TO THE WIND “Because it wasn’t there.” Sir Edmund Hillary All photos by Kimball Livingston Oops, I guess that’s a slight misquote of Hillary. But how else to introduce Rick Cavallaro, who invented an unproblem and then solved it—to the consternation of many an internet flamer—and opened up new possibilities in wind energy extraction, all [...] …Read More