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Sailing: MacArthur enlists aid in Jules Verne record bid
From: The Independent - London
Date: 20021207
Author:Lucy Peters
ELLEN MACARTHUR, arguably the world's leading monohull transatlantic skipper, has confirmed she will switch to multihulls in an attempt to beat the round-the-world record.
The 26-year-old Englishwoman, recent winner of the Route du Rhum single- handed transatlantic race in her 60-foot monohull Kingfisher, picked 13 crew members - all men - to tackle the Jules Verne Trophy.
The record for a round-the-world journey is held by Frenchman Bruno Peyron and his crew in 64 days, eight hours, 37 minutes and 24 seconds.
"It's a new challenge," MacArthur said yesterday. "I know that we can go faster ...
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