Gitana 13 in Yokohama Japan

We have received more photos in from the crew of the maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 in Yokohama Japan. As you have read here at YachtPals.com Gitana 13 added the North Pacific crossing to its list of conquests this week by sailing the 4,482 theoretical miles from San Francisco to Yokohama in just 11 days 12 minutes and 55 seconds.

Leaving San Francisco on Saturday 29th March at 22h45’45’’UT, for the second record of their 2008 campaign, Lionel Lemonchois and his ten crew crossed the finish line off Yokohama, in Tokyo Bay on Wednesday 9th April at 22h58’40” UT. The Gitana 13 maxi-catamaran equipped by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild improved on the previous reference time by 3 days 22 hours 27 minutes 46 seconds, held by Olivier de Kersauson and his crew on Geronimo since 2006.

North Pacific Crossing (San Francisco – Yokohama):
Record broken: 11 days 12 minutes 55 seconds
Time to beat – 14 days 22 hours 40 minutes 41 seconds
Departed San Francisco – Saturday 29th March at 22h45’45’’ UT
Finished in Yokohama – Wednesday 9th April at 22h58’40’’ UT

Photo of the Gitana 13 crew arriving in Yokohama Japan. Yoichi Yabe / Gitana S.A.

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