These times are of establshed and traditional race courses. They represent the best ever elapsed time as provided by the race organizer.
Yacht types:
IMS - International Measurement System yacht
IOR - International Offshore Rule yacht
ULDB - Ultra light displacement yacht
S - Single-hulled yacht (monohull); when not IMS, IOR nor ULDB
C- Catamaran
T - Trimaran
[1] - Voyage was single-handed; otherwise the vessel had two or more persons
Race / Route | Distance NM | Date | Yacht | Type | LOA / ft. | LOA / m | Owner / Skipper | Nationality | Elapsed Time | Average Speed Kn |
Annapolis – Bermuda | 753 | Jun-00 | Donnybrook | S | 72 | 22.03 | James Muldoon | USA | 4d 0h 50m 34s | 7.78 |
Ditto | 753 | Jun-2010 | Beau Geste | S | 80 | 24.38 | Karl Kwok | HKG | 2d 18h 18m 57s | 11.56 |
Annapolis - Newport | 474 | Jun - 17 | Warrior | S | 70 | 21.6 | Stephen Murray Jr | USA | 40h 13m 36s | 11.77 |
ARC Racing Division. Las Palmas to St Licia | 2700 | Dec-14 | Leopard by Finland | M | 100 | 30.48 | Chris Sherlock /Samuli Leisti | GBR/FIN | 8d 14h 39m 51s | 13.07 |
Around Britain and Ireland | 1773 | Aug-14 | Oman Sail-Musandam | T | 70 | 21.34 | Sidney Gavignet | FRA | 3d 3h 32m 36s | 23.48 |
Around Ireland | 704 | Jul 16 | Musandam Oman Sail | T | 70 | 21.34 | Sidney Gavignet | FRA | 1d 14h 37m 07s | 18.23 |
Around Ireland Monohull | 704 | Jul-98 | ICAP Leopard | S | 92 | 28 | Mike Slade | GBR | 2d 17h 48m 47s | 9.72 |
Ditto | 704 | Jun 16 | Rambler | S | 88 | 26.82 | George David | USA | 2d 2h 24m 9s | 13.97 |
Around the World Monohull Singlehanded Vendee Globe | 21600 | Jan-17 | Banque Populaire 8 | S (1) | 60 | 18.29 | Armel Le Cleac'h | FRA | 74d 3h 35m 46s | 12.16 |
Auckland - Fiji - Guam - Fukuoka. Outright | 5500 | Apr 89 | NBL Technovator | ULDB | 52.5 | 16 | Peter Neale | AUS | 28d 12h 57m 8s | 8.03 |
Auckland - Fiji - Guam - Fukuoka. IOR Div | 5500 | Apr-89 | Tobiume | IOR | 48 | 14.3 | Tadatoshi Saita | JPN | 30d 3h 8m | 7.6 |
Auckland – Punta Del Este (WRTWR) | 5914 | Feb-Mar 94 | New Zealand Endeavour | IOR | 85 | 25.91 | Grant Dalton | NZL | 21d 2h 26m 13s | 11.68 |
Bermuda – Plymouth | 2870 | Aug-74 | Pen Duick VI | IOR | 74 | 22.55 | Eric Tabarly | FRA | 14d 20h 15m 12s | 8.2 |
Big V Race. Portsmouth - Crosshaven | 353 | Jul-06 | John Merricks | S | 45 | 13.72 | Luke McCarthy | GBR | 2d 1h 14m 39 | 7.6 |
Brisbane - Gladstone. Multihull race | 308 | Apr-12 | Team Australia | T | 60 | 18.3 | Sean Langmann | AUS | 16h 28m 21s | 18.78 |
Ditto | 308 | Apr-2019 | Beau Geste | T | 70 | 21.34 | Karl Kwok | HKG | 15h 26m 52s | 19.94 |
Brisbane to Noumea (New Caledonia) |
823 | Jun-15 | Beau Geste | M | 24 | 78.7 | Karl Kwok | HKG | 2d 43m 6s | 16.88 |
Buenos Aires - Rio de Janeiro | 1123 | Feb - 2008 | Rambler 90 | M | 90 | 27.4 | George David | USA | 4d 9h 55m 45s | 10.6 |
Cape Town to Rio | 3435 | Jan-14 | Maserati | M | 70 | 21.34 | Giovanni Soldini | ITA | 10d 11h 29m 57s | 13.65 |
Ditto | 3435 | Jan- 20 | Love Water | T | 80 | 24.39 | Craig Sutherland | RSA | 7d 20h 24m 2s | 18.23 |
Cape Town – Sydney (BOC Race) | 6698 | Dec-94 | Sceta Calberson | S (I) | 60 | 18.29 | Christophe Auguin | FRA | 24d 23h 40m 16s | 11.17 |
Charleston, SC – Cape Town | 6851 | Oct-98 | Team Group 4 | S (I) | 60 | 18.29 | Mike Golding | GBR | 34d 18h 54m | 8.21 |
Chicago to Mackinac | 298 | Jul 98 | Stars and Stripes | C | 60 | 18.28 | Steve Fossett | USA | 18h 15m 32s | 15.37 |
Cowes - Dinard (St Malo) | 151 | July 15 | "Leopard 3" | S | 100 | 30 |
Mike Slade & Chris Sherlock |
GBR | 11h 57m 53s | 11.50 |
Daytona, Florida – Bermuda | 875 | May-91 | Challenge America | IOR | 80 | 24.38 | Teddy Turner | USA | 4d 3h 50m 19s | 8.76 |
Fastnet | 595 | Aug 11 | Banque Populaire 5 | T | 131 | 39.9 | Loick Peyron | FRA | 1d 8h 48m 46s | 18.10 |
Fastnet Monohull | 605 | AUG-11 | Abu Dhabi | M | 70 | 21.34 | Ian Walker | GBR | 1d 18h 38m | 14.23 |
Fort Lauderdale – Southampton | 3818 | May-94 | Tokio | S | 64 | 19.5 | Chris Dickson | NZL | 12d 19h 37m 48s | 12.41 |
Giraglia | 250 | Jul-98 | Riviera Di Rimini | S | 55 | 16.7 | Paolo Cian | ITA | 1d 0h 11m 28s | 10.34 |
Gotland Runt Offshore Race (Multihull) | 567 | Jul- 08 | HiQ 3 | T | 60 | 18.29 | Andreas Andersen | SWE | 1d 15h 25m 43 | 14.38 |
Gotland Runt Offshore Race (Monohull) | 352.1 | Jul 19 | HiQ 4 | S | 65 | 20 | Bouwe Bekking | SWE | 27h 4m 9s | 13.01 |
Heligoland – Kiel | 520 | Jul-00 | Uca | S | 67 | 20.42 | Walter Meyer-Kothe | GER | 1d 19h 46m 5s | 11.88 |
Hong Kong – Hainan I., China | 390 | Oct-00 | Beau Geste | S | 64 | 19.51 | Karl Kwok | HKG | 25h 54m 33s | 15.05 |
Ditto | 390 | Oct- 16 | Scallywag | S | 100 | 30.48 | Seng Huang Lee | HGK | 23h 31m 52s | 16.57 |
Hong Kong to Vietnam | 673 | Oct-15 | Ragamuffin | S | 100 | 30.48 | SYD Fischer | AUS | 42h 17m 24s | 15.91 |
Japan – Guam | 1300 | Dec-88 | Marishiten | ULDB | 68 | 20 | Hirosugu-Hash | JPN | 6d 4h 10m | 8.7 |
La Baule – Dakar | 3500 | Oct-87 | Lada-Poch II | T | 75 | 22.86 | Loïck Peyron | FRA | 11d 9h 19m | 12.81 |
La Baule – Dakar | 3075 | Nov-91 | RMO | T (I) | 60 | 18.29 | Laurent Bourgnon | SUI | 11d 22h 41m 32s | 10.73 |
Le Havre – Cartegna, Columbia (Jacques Vabre monohull) | 4419 | Nov-11 | Virbac Paprec 3 | S | 60 | 18.29 | Jean-Pierre Dick & Jeremie Beyou | FRA | 15d 18h 54m | 11.66 |
Lorient – Bermuda – Lorient | 5800 | Jun-83 | Charentes Maritime | C | 66 | 21.42 | Pierre Follenfant | FRA | 22d 9h 1m 45s | 10.8 |
London to Sydney | 13650 | Aug-75 | Great Britain II | M | 77 | 23.5 | Mike Gill | GBR | 67d 5h 19m | 8.46 |
Long Beach – Cabo San Lucas | 804 | Nov-95 | Lakota | T | 60 | 18.29 | Steve Fossett | USA | 3d 2h 59m 49s | 10.72 |
Los Angeles – Osaka (Pan Pac Race) | 5297 | Jun-94 | North West Spirit | S | 60 | 18.29 | John Oman | USA | 32d 16h 2m 36s | 6.75 |
Los Angeles - Tahiti | 3600 | Jun-94 | Kathmandu | ULDB | 70 | 21.34 | Fred Kirschner | USA | 14d21h 15m26s | 10.0 |
Marblehead to Halifax | 363 | Jul-17 | Prospector | S | 68 | 20.73 | McDowell, Siwicki, Landry | USA | 28h 28m 50s | 12.75 |
Melbourne – Hobart | 480 | Dec-96 | Future Shock | S | 56 | 17 | Peter Hansen | AUS | 1d 23h 15m 35s | 10.16 knots |
Ditto | 480 | Dec 08 | Shortwave | S | 52 | 15.85 | Matthew Short | AUS | 1d 17h 28m59s | 11.6 |
Melbourne – Osaka (2-handed) | 5480 | Mar-95 | Wild Thing | S | 50 | 15.1 | Grant Wharington / Scott Gilbert | AUS | 26d 20h 47m 6s | 8.5 |
Ditto | 5480 | Apr 18 | Chinese Whisper | S | 62 | 18.9 | Rupert Henry/Greg O'Shea | AUS | 21d 12h 41m 13s | 10.6 |
Miami – Montego Bay | 811 | Jan-19 | Argo | T | 70 | 21.34 | Jason Carroll | USA | 2d 00h 07m 44s | 16.85 |
Miami – Montego Bay, monohull | 811 | Mar-71 | Windward Passage | CCA | 73 | 22.25 | Mark Johnson | USA | 3d 3h 40m | 10.7 |
Miami - Nassau, monohull | 172 | Feb-86 | Boomerang | IOR | 81 | 24.69 | George Coumantaros | USA | 14h 26m 39s | 12.00 |
Miami - Nassau | 172 | Nov-22 | Argo | T | 70 | 21.34 | Jason Carroll | USA | 9h 03m 01s | 19.00 |
Newport, CA - Ensenada | 125 | Apr-2016 | Orion | T | 70 | 21.34 | Tom Siebel | USA | 5h 17m 26s | 23.66 |
Newport, RI - Bermuda monohull | 635 | Jun 16 | Comanche | S | 100 | 30.38 | Jim Clark/Ken Read | USA | 34h 42m 53s | 18.29 |
Newport, RI - Bermuda | 635 | Jun 22 | Argo | T | 70 | 21.34 |
Jason Carroll/Brian Thompson |
USA/GBR | 33h 0m 9s | 19.24 |
Newport, RI to Lizard Point | 2796 | Jul-11 | Rambler 100 | M | 98.4 | 30.00 | George David | USA | 6d 22h 08m 02s | 16.83 |
New York – San Francisco (via Cape Horn, Gold Race) | 13208 | Jan-Mar 98 | Aquitaine Innovations | S | 60 | 18.29 | Yves Parlier | FRA | 57d 3h 21m 45s | 9.63 |
Nord Stream Race. Flensburg GER - St Petersburg RUS. | 794 | Sept 13 | Outsider | M | 52 | 15.85 | Tilmar Hansen | GER | 3d 48m 23s | 10.90 |
NYYC New York to the Needles | 3011 | May 05 | MariCha IV | S | 140 | 42.67 | Robert Miller | GBR | 10d 1h 8m 37 | 12.49 |
NYYC Transatlantic Race | 2925 | Jun 05 | MariCha IV | S | 140 | 42.67 | Robert Miller | GBR | 9d 15h 55m 23s | 12.77 |
Plymouth – Newport two handed transatlantic E to W | 2800 | Jun-94 | Primagaz | T | 60 | 18.29 | Laurent Bourgnon & Cam Lewis | SUI | 9d 8h 5m 20s | 12.49 |
Port Huron to Mackinac Multihull | 252 | Jul 16 | Areté | T | 60 | 18.29 | Rick Warner | USA | 21h 44m 58s | 11.74 |
Port Huron to Mackinac. Monohull | 252 | Jul 17 | Il Mostro | S | 70 | 21.6 | Peter Thornton | USA | 21h 45m 12s | 11.73 |
Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria-Bridgetown,Barbados | 2615 | Jan-95 | Merit Cup | IOR | 85 | 25.91 | Guido Maisto | ITA | 9d 20h 51m 32s | 11.04 |
Punta del Este – Fort Lauderdale (WRTWR) | 5475 | Apr-94 | Yamaha | S | 64 | 19.5 | Ross Field | NZL | 22d 5h 13m 50s | 10.26 |
Punta del Este – Fremantle (Whitbread) | 7875 | Nov-93 | Intrum Justitia (European) | S | 64 | 19.5 | Lawrie Smith | GBR | 25d 14h 39m 6s | 13 |
Punta del Este – Newport (BOC) | 6000 | Apr-91 | Group Sceta | S (I) | 60 | 18.29 | Christophe Augin | FRA | 23d 14h 11m 22s | 10.6 |
Quebec - St Malo | 2897 | Jul 2016 | Spindrift | T | 131 | 39.9 | Yann Guichard / Dona Bertarelli | SWI/FRA | 6d 1h 17m 41c | 19.94 |
Quebec – St Malo | 2897 | Jul-96 | Fujicolor II | T | 60 | 18.29 | Loïck Peyron | FRA | 7d 20h 24m 43s | 15.3 |
Rolex China Sea Race. Outright | 565 | Mar-18 | Beau Geste | T | 70 | 21.34 | Karl Kwok | HKG | 38h 30m 7s | 14.67 |
Rolex China Sea Race. Monohull | 565 | Mar-16 | Alive | M | 66 | 20.12 | Philip Turner | AUS | 47h 31m 8s | 11.89 |
Rolex Middle Sea Race - Outright | 606 | Oct 2021 | Argo | T | 70 | 21.34 | Jason Carroll | USA | 33h 29m 28s | 18.09 |
Rolex Middle Sea Race - Monohull | 606 | Oct 2021 | Comanche | M | 100 | 30.38 | Mitch Booth | USA | 40h 17m 50s | 15.04 |
RORC Caribbean 600 | 605 | Feb 2022 | Argo | T | 70 | 21.34 | Jason Caroll | USA | 29h 38m 44s | 20.41 |
RORC Caribbean 600 Monohull | 605 | Feb 11 | Rambler 100 | M | 98.4 | 30 | George David | USA | 1d 16h 20m 2s | 15.0 |
Ditto | 605 | Feb-17 | Rambler 88 | M | 88 | 26.83 | George David | USA | 1d 13h 41m 45s | 16.05 |
RORC Transatlantic | 3000 | Jan 22 | Comanche | m | 100 | 30.38 | Mitch Booth | USA | 7d 22h 1h 4s | 15.79 |
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands (race, 4 stops) | 1950 | Jul-89 | Saab Turbo | C | 75 | 22.86 | Francois Boucher | FRA | 7d 7h 30m | 10.4 |
Round the Islands of Hawaii | 778 | Aug-84 | Boomerang | IOR | 81 | 24.69 | Jeff Neuthberg | USA | 3d 22h 35m | 8.23 |
Round the Isle of Wight, annual race, monohull (rule 5c) | 50 | Jun-01 | Leopard | S | 92 | 28 | Mike Slade | GBR | 4h 8m 55s | 12.05 |
Round the Isle of Wight | 50 | July 2017 | Concise | T | 70 | 21.34 |
Ned Collier Wakefield |
GBR | 2h 22m 23s | 21.18 |
Round the Isle of Wight (annual race. Original course) | 50 | Jun-01 | Dexia Eure et Loire | T | 60 | 18.29 | Rodney Pattisson and Francis Joyon | GBR / FRA | 3h 10m 11s | 15.77 |
Round the World, Whitbread course, 5 stops | 32939 | Sep 93-Jun 94 | New Zealand Endeavour | IOR | 85 | 25.91 | Grant Dalton | NZL | 120d 5h 9m 23s | 11.41 |
Round the World, 4 stops, Newport – Newport, RI (BOC) | 7200 | Sep 90-Apr 91 | Group Sceta | S (I) | 60 | 18.29 | Christophe Augin | FRA | 120d 22h 36m 35s | 9.3 |
Salinas (Ecuador) Baltra | 575 | Oct-93 | Amnesia | S | 64 | 19.5 | Estefano Isiase S Salam | ECU | 2d 7h | 10.29 |
San Diego – Manzanillo | 1100 | Jul-94 | Pyewacket | IMS | 80 | 24.38 | Roy Disney | USA | 5d 0h 17m | 9.14 |
San Diego - Puerto Vallarta | 991 | Mar 14 | Orion | T | 70 | 21.34 | Tom Siebel | USA | 2d 8h 33m | 17.54 |
San Francisco – Kaneohe, Hawaii, (Pacific Cup, biennial) | 2150 | Jul-98 | Pyewacket | IMS | 70 | 21.34 | Roy Disney | USA | 6d 14h 23m | 13.57 |
Ditto | 2150 | Jul 2004 | MariCha IV | S | 140 | 42.67 | Robert Miller | GB | 5d 5h 38m 10s | 17.11 |
Ditto | 2150 | Jul 2016 | Rio 100 | S | 100 | 30.38 | Manouch Moshayedi | USA | 5d 2h 41m13s | 17.52 |
San Francisco - Tahiti | 3687 | May 95 | Yukon Jack | S | 50 | 15.54 | Larry Hoffman | USA | 19d 31m 21s | 7.63 |
Sjaelland Rundt | 269 | Jul-2005 | Stena Sovcomflot | T | 60 | 18.29 | Steve Ravussin | SWE/RUS | 13h 21min 8s | 20.14 |
Solent – Punta del Este (WRTWR) | 5938 | Sep-Oct 93 | New Zealand Endeavour | IOR | 85 | 25.91 | Grant Dalton | NZL | 24d 7h 19m 2s | 10.18 |
Solo Tasman | 1283 | Apr-86 | Bullfrog Sunblock | T | 40 | 12.2 | Ian Johnstone | AUS | 6d 8h 50m | 8.4 |
St Malo – Guadeloupe (Route du Rhum,) | 3540 | Nov 14 | Banque Populaire VII | T(1) | 100 | 30.38 | Loick Peyron | FRA | 7d 15h 8m 32s | 19.44 |
Ditto | 3540 | Nov-18 | IDEC | T(1) | 103 | 31.5 | Francis Joyon | FRA | 7d 14h 21m | 19.41 |
Ditto | 3540 | Nov-22 | Gitana | T(1) | 100 | 30.38 | Charles Caudrelier | FRA | 6d 19h 47m 25s | 21.61 |
St Malo - Guadeloupe (Route de Rhum) Monohull | 3540 nm | Nov-02 | Kingfisher | M | 60 | 18.29 | Ellen MacArthur | GBR | 13d 13h 31m | 10.87 |
Ditto | 3540 | Nov 14 | Macif | M | 60 | 18.29 | Francois Gabart | FRA | 12d 4h 38m 55s | 12.1 |
St Petersburg – Fort Lauderdale | 397 | Feb-84 | Windward Passage | IOR | 73 | 22.25 | John Rumsey | USA | 1d 15h 15m | 10.1 |
Super Mac - Chicago / Port Huron | 500 | Jul-17 | Areté | T | 60 | 18.29 | Rick Warner | USA | 2d 1h 11m 15s | 10.17 |
Swiftsure Lightship Classic (Vancouver) monohull | 140.4 | May-05 | Coruba | S | 68 | 20.73 | Rob and Suzanne Fleming | USA | 16h 48m 52s | 8.35 |
Swiftsure Lightship Classic (Victoria) | 136 | May-97 | Stars and Stripes | C | 60 | 18.29 | Steve Fossett | USA | 14h 35m 29s | 9.32 |
Sydney – New Plymouth, NZ (Trans Tasman Double Handed) | 1200 | Mar-98 | Jarkan | S | 60 | 18.29 | Kanga Birtles | AUS | 5d 16h 36m | 8.8 |
Sydney to Dover | 12730 | Dec-75 | Great Britain II | M | 77 | 23.5 | Roy Mullender | GBR | 66d 22h 31m 35s | 7.9 |
Sydney - Gold Coast | 386 | Aug 12 | Wild Oates XI | M | 100 | 30.38 | Oatley Family | AUS | 22h 03m 46s | 17.5 |
Sydney to Hobart | 628 | Dec-17 | LDV Comanche | S | 100 | 30.38 | Jim Cooney | AUS | 1d 9h 15m 24s | 18.88 |
Sydney - Lord Howe Island | 408 | Oct -02 | Merit | S | 63 | 19.26 | Ian Trleaven | AUS | 1d 7h 34m 21s | 12.92 |
Sydney – Punta del Este (BOC Race) | 7200 | Mar-91 | Generali Concorde | S (I) | 60 | 18.29 | Alain Gautier | FRA | 31d 3h 21m 14s | 9.63 |
The Race, Course du Millénaire | 23300 | Jan-Mar 01 | ClubMed | C | 110 | 33.53 | Grant Dalton | NZ/FRA | 62d 6h 56m 33s | 15.58 |
Thousand Islands – Rijeka to Tivat | 278 | Sep 15 | Wild Joe | IMS | 60 | 18.62 | Marton Josza | HUN | 1d 3h 24m 5s | 10.14 |
Thousand Islands – Tivat to Rijeka | 278 | Sep 15 | Wild Joe | IMS | 60 | 18.62 | Martin Josza | HUN | 1d 8h 00m 45s | 8.68 |
Transpacific. Los Angeles - Honolulu | 2215 | Jul - 17 | Mighty Merloe | T | 60 | 18.29 | H.L.Enroe | USA | 4d 6h 32m 30s | 23.00 |
Transpacific. Los Angeles to Honolulu. Monohull | 2215 | Jul 17 | Comanche | S | 100 | 30.38 | Jim Clark/Ken Read | USA | 5d 1h 55m 20s | 18.15 |
Transpac. Los Angeles to Papeete Tahiti. | 3571 |
Jun 08 |
Magnitude 80 | S | 80 | 24.4 | Doug Baker | USA | 11d 10h 13m 18s | 13. 00 |
Victoria, Canada to Maui. Hawaii | 2308 | Jul-16 | Valkyrie | S | 52 | 15.85 | Gavin Bracket. Jason Rhodes | CAN | 8d 9h 17m 50s | 12.01 |