None of the crew members was injured, but the incident put an end to the attempt by 10 women at a round-the-world sailing record.

The crew's mission is to beat a 71-day nonstop sailing record around the world.

Sets the England-to-Australian sailing record, a record that still stands, by making the run in sixty-three days.

Each sailing record is an adventure," Fossett said, "an attempt to do it faster than anybody before.

And in 1993, they had set the sailing record from San Francisco to Boston via the Horn.

Rather than turning back, he continued on to finish the race in 134 days, a new round-the-world sailing record for an American.

Fossett has established other sailing records and balloonist feats as well.

Peyron's record in his double-hull craft will stand as the sailing record for any class.

The Romantic Challenge (1971) An attempt on a sailing record.

A trans-Atlantic sailing record of 8 days 3 hours, set in 1988 by the 237-foot schooner Phocea, still stands.