High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Since the five-weeks voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, crossing the Atlantic, fast and safely, between Europe and America has always been an important issue. Today, the route has become a classic one among skippers. The record is one of the most prestigious, next to the Jules Verne Trophy, for which it is often a good preparation. This record can be achieved both ways : from west to east or from east to west. It can also be homologated single-handed ou crewed, on monohulls or on multihulls. It is homologated, since 1972, by the WSSRC