Ocean Race Records

 

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