Past Records
In April 2005, the VO70 ‘movistar’ broke the 24 hour world monohull speed record when she sailed 530 nautical miles. In 2006 "ABN AMRO TWO" broke that record when she sailed 562.96 nautical miles. This record was broken in 2008 by Ericsson 4, 596.6 nm
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