Above:
Andrea & Yvon LE CAER - 1981

  

   Below:
CYCLING FROM A BYGONE ERA!
... Nowadays, they don't do that anymore.
Yet, it was a fantastic test of skills and will,
... at a time when the true spirit of Sport prevailed 

 
"ANATOMY OF A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD" 
 Published in July 2008 by the Belgian Cycling & Mountain Biking Federation (FBC)
in its quaterly magazine CYCLO

 
 Below:
 LOSING TO THE WEATHER IN 1983
Let's listen to Yvon Le Caer on this subject:
"Before succeeding in 1985, I once failed across the Channel, losing not only to the weather and the seas, but also, unexpectedly, to... my escort vessel(!) which "sliced"
 4 feet off the front-end of AquaCycle. All of this, in the middle of the Channel,
 middle of the night, and....on my 22nd wedding anniversary, October 23, 1983.
 Quite a night to remember, isn't it?"