Nightline (ABC) - 2001-08-14
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[0:01] We're live from the East Bank Escalon
[0:02] >> tomorrow on AM Northwest,
[0:07] >> August 14th, 2001.
[0:11] >> 23 boats have tried to break this record
[0:14] and failed.
[0:15] >> The reason why the record is tough is
[0:17] it. It's uh 3,000 mi of some of the
[0:21] harshest ocean in the world.
[0:25] >> This boat is bigger and faster than any
[0:28] other.
[0:29] This is risky stuff. I mean, we're we're
[0:32] going to go as fast as we can for the
[0:34] next five days. So, when you push it
[0:37] that hard, you know, it's a lot of time
[0:38] for somebody to get hurt.
[0:40] >> But speed and size don't protect against
[0:44] disaster.
[0:45] >> It's like boom. And right away looked
[0:49] forward and the bow started peeling
[0:51] away.
[0:52] >> If this collaps, you go inside the boat.
[0:54] Okay.
[0:55] >> You guys put harnesses on. You fall in
[0:56] the water, we can't come get you.
[0:58] Tonight, rough seas, the quest to break
[1:02] the transatlantic crossing record.
[1:05] [Applause]
[1:08] From ABC News,
[1:12] this is Night Line
[1:15] reporting from Washington, Ted CP.
[1:19] At the risk of stating the obvious, some
[1:21] world records survive for a reason. And
[1:24] one of the most enduring world records
[1:26] left is that of 6 days, 13 hours, 3
[1:29] minutes, and 32 seconds, which is how
[1:32] long it took back in June of 1990 to
[1:36] sail from the Ambrose Lighthouse off the
[1:38] coast of New Jersey to Lizard Point at
[1:41] the southwestern edge of Cornwall on the
[1:43] coast of England. Our story tonight
[1:45] deals with the latest effort to break
[1:47] that record. An effort which began last
[1:50] Thursday afternoon. The contender, a
[1:53] Maxi catamaran team adventure with a
[1:56] 15-man crew aboard. 13 of them engaged
[1:59] in sailing the boat.