LONDON (AP) - Dressed in a dinner jacket and bow tie, British tycoon Richard Branson on Monday broke a French-held record for crossing the English Channel between Britain and France on an amphibious vessel.
The Gibbs Aquada, which sells for 75,000 pounds ($185,000 Cdn), can reach speeds of 160 km/h on land and 50 km/h on water.
The record had been held since the 1960s when two Frenchmen made the crossing in six hours in an "Amphicar" amphibious craft. They beat the record of seven hours, 33 minutes held by Englishman Ben Carlin.