They had done it: covering 28,315 miles in 40 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes and 50 seconds, beating the previous record set in ...

PARIS (AP) — French skipper Thomas Coville set a new record for the fastest sail around the world, improving the previous mark by more than 12 hours when he won the Jules Verne Trophy on Sunday.

A French crew, lead by skipper Thomas Coville set a new round-the-world sailing record on Sunday, beating Francis Joyon's ...

January's cold may be icing-up sailing aspirations in much of North America right now, but the international sailing news cycle has been lit-up of late with tales of adventure, record-breaking ...

Hornell, from Northland, is also believed to have broken Sir Peter Blake's 1994 record for circumnavigating the globe.

Frenchman Francois Gabart smashed the world record for the fastest non-stop solo navigation of the globe on Sunday, completing the mammoth feat in 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds. The ...