Well that headline got your attention! But Nick did not do it alone as he was one of the crew aboard Swish who finished the race in an elapsed time of 8 days, 19 hours, 06 minutes and 49 seconds. Subject to ratification by the World Speed Sailing Record Council, this breaks the previous World Record for Monohulls 40 feet and less, set by Concise 2 in 2010, by over 18 hours.
This race has see 5 World Record broken.
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