7 February - Englishwoman Ellen MacArthur sets a record for the quickest round-the-world solo sail.
Also in 2005, Ellen MacArthur set a new world record for a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation in the trimaran B&Q/Castorama.
2008: Beat the record for sailing single-handed around the world in 57 days 13 hours 34 minutes and 6 seconds comprehensively beating Ellen MacArthur's existing record by 14 days, 00 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds
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In February 2005 Ellen MacArthur beat Joyon's record by 1 day, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds.
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On 23 November 2007 Joyon set off in IDEC II in an attempt to beat Ellen MacArthur's world record for a single handed circumnavigation.
On Monday, 27 November 2006 he won the acclaimed BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year - won in 2005 by Derbyshire-born yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur.
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The 20th century when Falmouth was a jumping off point for D-Day and the first and last port of call for sailors like Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail solo around the world, and Ellen MacArthur who broke the solo round the world sailing record having left from, and returned to the museum