A 4-time Cape Horner, Francis Joyon became the first person compete a solo non-stop circumnavigation in a multihull in 2004, breaking the record in the process. Two years later he repeated the feat, retaking the record from Dame Ellen MacArthur with a time of, 57d 13h 34m
On 6 July 2005 Joyon aboard his multihull IDEC broke the 11-year solo transatlantic record from Ambrose Light off New York to the Lizard with time of 6 days 4 hours 1 minute and 37 seconds. During the voyage he also broke the 24-hour distance record for single-handed sailing with a run of 543 nautical miles (1,006 km)
In 2017 He and his crew aboard IDEC Sport reduced the Jules Verne Challenge circumnavigation record to 40d 23h 30m
wikipedia link – Francis Joyon
