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Francis JOYON<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row gap=”30″ css=”.vc_custom_1555066675403{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

An exceptional sailor, Francis JOYON, winner of the last “Route du Rhum”<\/h2>\n

Whether sailing solo or with a crew, Francis Joyon has held all the major records.<\/p>\n

Champion of the extreme, he is the only sailor to have held all the major solo records at the same time: The round the world, Atlantic and 24-hour records\u2026 He achieved this with his very own way of doing things: doing better with less.<\/p>\n

His meeting with the IDEC GROUP in 2002 would be a turning point in his career. Francis Joyon went on an incredible record-breaking spree, starting with the most prestigious: the non-stop solo, round the world record, where he set a new record time of 72 days, 22 hours 54 minutes and 22 seconds in 2004. A year later, the British yachtswoman, Ellen MacArthur grabbed the record from him, leading the Frenchman to try once again. Meanwhile, he had smashed another legendary record: the solo North Atlantic record. Thanks to the loyal support of the IDEC GROUP, Francis had a new trimaran built designed specifically to sail around the world. Aboard IDEC, the second to bear the name, he shattered the record with a time of 57 days 13 hours 34 minutes and 6 seconds and improved on other major records: the North Atlantic, the 24-Hour record and the Columbus Route.<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Sailing around the world in 40 days<\/h3>\n

Francis Joyon and his crew triumphantly completed the legendary Jules Verne trophy record finishing in Brest on 26th January. All of the intermediate records would be broken (thirteen in all). 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds, or 4 days and 14 hours better than Lo\u00efck Peyron\u2019s crew which had previously held the record.<\/p>\n

Winner of the Route Du Rhum<\/h3>\n

Hardly had he time to get over his 40-day voyage around the world,\u00a0 and Francis was already aiming for another success by tackling the legendary Route du Rhum, a race which he had been dreaming of since the start and had taken part in six times.<\/p>\n

Far from being the favourite when they set off from Saint-Malo, he faced the new generation of flying trimarans. IDEC SPORT would once again pull off a huge success winning the 2018 Route du Rhum by crossing the finish line in Point \u00e0 Pitre after 7d 14hrs 21 mins and 47s of racing, just a few minutes ahead of Francis Gabart\u2019s MACIF trimaran.[\/vc_column_text]