Cammas sets around-the-world sailing record

Mar 21, 2010 - 1:16 PM BREST, France(AP) -- French skipper Franck Cammas and his nine-man crew have beaten the around-the-world sailing record by more than two days to take the Jules Verne Trophy.

Cammas and his multihull vessel Groupama 3 crossed the finish line late Saturday, beating the old mark set by Orange 2 in 2005 by 2 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes.

Cammas finished his circumnavigation via the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn in 48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes and 52 seconds.

Cammas said Sunday he was slowed by bad weather and that "the new record can be improved."