Monday Miscellaneous 1–Joyon Fades: As expected, French ubermensch Francis Joyon just didn’t have enough breeze from the right angle to snag PlayStation’s outright east/west transatlantic record. Joyon’s time: 11 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes and 20 seconds, which is almost 2 days slower than Fossett’s big cat. That doesn’t sound very impressive, but it’s important to remember that Joyon was sailing, umm…ALONE! So he’s got the solo record, and put up another number for Ellen MacArthur to chase (hmm, note to respective PR teams: how about getting MacArthur and Joyon to race head to head in one of the big Atlantic races next year?). Now, hopefully, the amazing Joyon will be headed north to take a crack at the transatlantic record from New York to the English Channel. It’s been a big year in sailing, but if this guy doesn’t win the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award it will be a crime, namely grand larceny…



Rolex Recipient?: “C’mon guys. The watch I am wearing is really, really crappy…”