Cheyenne (Catamaran Yacht)

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Cheyenne is the name of a catamaran owned by Virgin Oceanic and operated by Virgin Oceanic's co-founder Chris Welsh. Cheyenne, formerly named Play Station was owned and operated by Steve Fossett. In 2001 Fossett and his crew crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 4 days and 17 hours establishing a new world record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a sail vessel.

In 2006, Cheyenne's mast broke due to severe weather off the coast of Argentina. Cheyenne was converted to a power catamaran and underwent significant changes and became the mothership for Virgin Oceanic's deep sea exploration mission called 5 Dives.

Some records of her as follows;

Transatlantic record of in a time of 4 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes, and 6 seconds in October 2001, with a total distance of 2,925 nautical miles at an average speed of 25.78 knots.

The 24 hour distance run of 687.17 nautical miles at an average speed of 28.63 knots in 2001.

The round the world sailing record of 58 days 9 hours 32 minutes and 45 seconds in 2004. PlayStation was renamed Cheyenne in 2003, prior to setting this record.
The former records have all been broken.

In 2009 Cheyenne was purchased by Chris Welsh from the estate of Steve Fossett. Plans are to launch a deep sea submarine to carry passengers to extreme ocean depths. The deep sea adventure will be supported by Cheyenne, and will use the HOT Deep Flight Challenger sub to plumb the depths of the worlds oceans to full depth. Both of these were owned by Steve Fossett, who had modified the racing catamaran to become the mothership to his oceanic dive record attempt. The submarine seats one person, and is currently the only manned submersible capable of reaching the deepest part of the oceans.

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Source: Wikipedia.