Record Crossing

[GordMay]

It took Tom Goron 14 hours and 20 minutes to sail across the English Channel this week — or if you prefer, one hour and 11 minutes for each year he's been alive.

The 12-year-old from Aucaleuc, France, now holds the record for the fastest ever Channel crossing in an Optimist class dinghy, having shaved 36 minutes off the time clocked by a 15-year-old French girl in 2016.

He began the 96 kilometre trip on the Isle of Wight at 7 a.m., and sailed into the harbour at Cherbourg, as the sun was beginning to dip ...

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[Steadman Uhlich]

Originally Posted by GordMay

It took Tom Goron 14 hours and 20 minutes to sail across the English Channel this week — or if you prefer, one hour and 11 minutes for each year he's been alive.

The 12-year-old from Aucaleuc, France, now holds the record for the fastest ever Channel crossing in an Optimist class dinghy, having shaved 36 minutes off the time clocked by a 15-year-old French girl in 2016.

He began the 96 kilometre trip on the Isle of Wight at 7 a.m., and sailed into the harbour at Cherbourg, as the sun was beginning to dip ...

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Bravo! To both kids!

[GordMay]

Yes, bravo too all - but which kids?
François Gabart & Victoria Burgess are both 34 YO; while Szymon Kuczynski is 37, and Benoit Lecomte is 51.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Yes, bravo too all - but which kids?
François Gabart & Victoria Burgess are both 34 YO; while Szymon Kuczynski is 37, and Benoit Lecomte is 51.

[WingRyder]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Yes, bravo too all - but which kids?
François Gabart & Victoria Burgess are both 34 YO; while Szymon Kuczynski is 37, and Benoit Lecomte is 51.

All deserve praise! I am especially impressed by adolescents accomplishing great things! Laura Dekker is another example. I have a 3yo, and as a parent, I am fascinated and compelled to find out what drives these young people to WANT to do such things.