One of the toughest races is for the fastest time around the World in a sail boat, SOLO. On January 29th, 2011, Thomas Coville and his 105 foot trimaran Sodebo, left Brest’s Port du Château trying to beat the world record set in 2008 of 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds. This is a video of him at the start almost pitch poling. Check it out, about 38 seconds in.