Longest sailing ship

18 June 2014 by admin
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Sailboats can conjure up images of relaxing afternoons with friends out on the water or a dedicated group doing hard work on the jib. That’s to say, they’re smaller and more accessible than some of their larger, sea-faring counterparts. Well, people who think that have never seen the Wind Surf and Club Med 2 ships. These originally French-owned sister ships were christened Club Med 1 and 2 in 1989 and 1996, respectively. The Club Med 2 continues to operate as a cruise ship under its original name, while Continue reading →

Longest snake ever (captivity)

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In Greek mythology, those who looked directly at Medusa would turn to stone. In Kansas City, Missouri, USA, those who look directly at Medusa may not do that – but they certainly come to a stone cold stop. That’s because the Medusa you find at the city’s Full Moon Productions isn’t some mythological figure of yore. It’s the longest snake ever in captivity. Medusa, a reticulated python, clocked in at 7.67 meters (25 feet, 2 inches) long in its official world record measurement, on October Continue reading →

Shortest stuntman

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Kiran Shah (UK) (b. 28 September 1956) is the shortest professional stuntman currently working in films, standing 1 m 26.3 cm (4ft 1.7 in) when measured on 20 October 2003. Having appeared in 52 movies since 1976, he has performed stunts in 31 of them, including being perspective stunt-double for Christopher Reeve (USA) in Superman (UK 1978) and Superman II (UK 1980) and more recently Elijah Wood (USA) in The Lord of the Rings (NZ/USA 2001 – 2003) trilogy. ….

Longest breath hold swim under ice (fins and diving suit)

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The longest distance swam under ice with the breath held is 152.4 m (500 ft) by Stig Åvall Severinsen (Denmark), without the use of breathing equipment but with a wetsuit and swim fins, at Qorlortoq Lake (Lake 40) in Ammasslik Island, Sermersoq Municipality, East Greenland on 16 April 2013. The depth of the ice was between 80 and 100 cm (2.62 and 3.28 feet). The total dive time was 2 minutes and 11 seconds.

Largest image built with interlocking plastic bricks

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The largest image built from interlocking plastic bricks measures 156.8 m² (1,687.77 ft²) and was created by A.J.J. Casper (Netherlands) at the Noorthgo Sport Hall, in Noordwijk, Netherlands, on 31 August 2013. After nine months and almost 3000 hours of work Mr Caspers used about 3,300.000 small stones (size 0.8cm x 0.8 cm to 0.4 cm x 0.4 cm) to create an image.

Full body ice contact endurance

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The longest time spent in direct, full-body contact with ice is 1 hr 53 min 02 sec and was achieved by Wim Hof (Netherlands) in Naarden, Netherlands on 18 October 2013. Hof has held this record 16 times in the past and also holds the record for the fastest half marathon run barefoot on ice/snow.

Largest human image of a torch

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The largest human image of a torch consisted of 1,538 participants and was organised by Mr. Bakuleshbhai R. Gupta Founder Chairman of BRG Charitable Trust and BRG Sports – Culture and Education Forum (both India), in Akota Stadium, Vadodara, India, on 12 January 2013. The participants were made up from two different schools and stood in formation for a total of 8 minutes.