Well done Ellen!

Ellen MacArthur has broken the solo round-the-world sailing record in 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes 33 seconds, beating the current record by over a day. She's due to arrive back into Falmouth harbour tomorrow morning, after more than 2 months, for what will undoubtedly be some mighty celebrations, and a well earned rest.



I was looking at the AISLive website to check out the shipping heading towards the English channel. I don't think Ellen's tri-maran will be shown on it, but it's good fun to have a look none-the-less. You can see just how incredibly busy the channel is, even at 10.30pm on a Monday evening. Once you register on the site you can even click on individual ships for live information and even a picture of the chosen vessel. Remarkable site, and a well used resource by those in the industry by all accounts.