''IDEC 2'' is an
ocean racing
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trimaran
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skippered by
Francis Joyon
Francis Joyon (born 28 May 1956) is a French professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. Joyon and his crew currently hold the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation, on ''IDEC SPORT'' (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds), nearly five days les ...
and sponsored by groupe IDEC. She is currently named ''Qingdao China''.
As ''IDEC 2''
The main goal of Francis Joyon was to regain the single-handed
round-the-world record from
Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005, ...
. The yachtsman from
Locmariaquer did so, in January 2008, beating her record by more than two weeks, and even managed to get the second best time around the world behind ''
Orange II'' and in front of crewed sailboats such as ''
Cheyenne
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'', ''
Geronimo
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'' and ''
Orange
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*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
''.
As ''Qingdao China''
By 2016 the ''IDEC 2'' had been sold and renamed ''Qingdao China''. She was used by Chinese sailor
Guo Chuan
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in an attempt to break the world record for a solo crossing of the Pacific, sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. Chuan set sail from San Francisco on 18 October 2016, but the
US Coast Guard
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was notified after they lost contact with him on 25 October some 600 miles off the Hawaiian island of
Oahu
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. A team from the reached the yacht on 27 October, finding it adrift with a damaged sail, with no sign of Chuan, but with his lifejacket still aboard. The crew removed his personal belongings, and left the yacht for later salvage.
Records
*2007 24 hours distance record
single-handed:
[WSSRC 24h records]
/ref> ;
*2007 Channel crossing record (Cowes
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to Dinard
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Dinard is on the Côte d'à ...
), the 19 August 2007, in 6h 23m and 36s, at an average speed of .[WSSRC ratified passage records](_blank)
*2008 Around the world record single-handed, non-stop and with no assistance : 57d 6h 23m 6s, with an average speed of .
Notes and references
External links
{{commons category, IDEC (ship, 2007)
website
Trimarans
Individual sailing vessels
2000s sailing yachts
Sailing yachts built in France
Route du Rhum yachts