An attempt by a young Olympic hopeful from Mexico to set a new sailing world record was followed live on national TV via FleetBroadband.

   Tania Elias Calles Wolf

Tania Elias Calles Wolf broke the Guinness world record for distance sailing by wind alone in a laser yacht when she navigated 330 nautical miles from Los Cabos, Baja California, to Bahia de Banderas in  Mexico’s Nayarit state in 65 hours and 19 minutes.

Mexico’s leading TV news and sport channel, Televisa, broadcast Tania’s voyage live, filming from a support vessel and transmitting the footage via a Thrane & Thrane Sailor FleetBroadband 250 terminal supplied by Inmarsat partner Tecnor.

Satellite tracking
Tecnor also provided a SkyWave Global Inmarsat D+ terminal for real-time tracking of Tania’s route using Tecnor’s satellite control and monitoring service.

   Laser class: Tania at the helm

Tania took on the world record challenge to draw attention to her bid to represent her country at the 2012 Olympic Games, saying: “The objective is clear: for me, for Mexico.”

A four-times Central American champion in the Laser Radial class, she hopes to attract sponsorship to support a full-time coach in the run-up to London 2012.

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