After 10 days, two hours, and 26 minutes, the World’s Fastest Sailing Boat, the Hydroptère, finally arrived at Kewalo Basin from Los Angeles in an attempt to set the record for the fastest sail from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
The sailing boat was accompanied by French skipper Alain Thèbault, his co-skipper Jacques Vincent, and a crew of four Americans. They set sail on Monday, June 22 at 11:27 a.m. HST from Point Fermin and crossed the finish line near Diamond Head, Hawaii at 2:28 p.m. on July 2.
The crew wasn’t able to break the record because of certain obstacles, such as a drop in wind speeds as well as an encounter with the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is reportedly the size of Texas. Read More
