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Ocean Race Records

These times are of establshed and traditional race courses. They represent the best ever elapsed time as confirmed 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
Newport, CA - Ensenada	125	Feb-98	Stars and Stripes	C	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	6h 46m 40s	18.45
Townsville - Cairns	180	May-89	Top Gun	C	50		Wayne Turner	AUS	10h 35m	17
Brisbane – Gladstone	309	Apr-04	Raw Nerve	C	60	18.29	Martyn Riley	AUS	18h 55m 9s	16.3
San Diego – Puerto Vallarta	991	Feb-98	Lakota	T	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	2d 14h 20m	15.9
Round the Isle of Wight (annual race)	50	Jun-01	Dexia Eure et Loire	T	60	18.29	Rodney Pattisson and Francis Joyon	GBR / FRA	3h 10m 11s	15.77
The Race, Course du Millénaire	23300	Jan-Mar 01	ClubMed	C	110	33.53	Grant Dalton	NZ/FRA	62d 6h 56m 33s	15.58
Chicago – Mackinac	293	Jul-98	Stars and Stripes	C	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	18h 50m 32s	15.55
Quebec – St Malo	2897	Jul-96	Fujicolor II	T	60	18.29	Loïck Peyron	FRA	7d 20h 24m 43s	15.3
Fastnet (biennial race)	605	Aug-99	Fujicolor II	T	60	18.29	Loïck Peyron	FRA	1d 16h 27m 0s	14.96
Hong Kong – Hainan I., China	330	Jan-00	Beau Geste	S	64	19.51	Karl Kwok	HKG	23h 13m 32s	14.21
Sydney – Hobart (annual race)	630	Dec-99	Nokia	S	63	19.51	Stefan Myralf (skipper) / Morten Lorenzen (owner)	AUS /DEN	1d 19h 48m 2s	14.38
Sydney – Gold Coast	386	Aug-99	Brindabella	IMS	80	24.38	George Snow	AUS	1d 3h 35m 3s	14
San Francisco – Kaneohe, Hawaii, (Pacific Cup, biennial)	2150	Jul-98	Pyewacket	IMS	70	21.34	Roy Disney	USA	6d 14h 23m	13.57
Gotland Runt (Round Gotland)	335	Jul-02	Nokia	T	60	18.29	Stefan Myralf	SWE	1d 50m 32s	13.48
Punta del Este – Fremantle (Whitbread)	7875	Nov-93	Intrum Justitia (European)	S	64	19.5	Lawrie Smith	GBR	25d 14h 39m 6s	13
La Baule – Dakar	3500	Oct-87	Lada-Poch II	T	75	22.86	Loïck Peyron	FRA	11d 9h 19m	12.81
Sydney – Gold Coast	386	Sep-97	Foxtel Amazon	IMS	66	20.12	Peter Walker	AUS	1d 6h 22m 8s	12.71
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
Chicago – Mackinac, monohull	293	Jul-02	Pyewacket	M	75	22.9	Roy Disney	USA	23h 30m 24s	12.46
Fort Lauderdale – Southampton	3818	May-94	Tokio	S	64	19.5	Chris Dickson	NZL	12d 19h 37m 48s	12.41
Los Angeles – Honolulu (Transpac, biennial)	2224	Jul-99	Pyewacket	IMS	73	22.25	Roy Disney	USA	7d 11h 41m 27s	12.38
Transpacific, Los Angeles – Honolulu, monohull	2224	Jul-97	Pyewacket	ULDB	70	21.34	Roy Disney	USA	7d 15h 24m 40s	12.13
Round the Isle of Wight, monohull (rule 5c)	50	Jun-01	Leopard	S	92	28	Mike Slade	GBR	4h 8m 55s	12.05
St Malo – Guadeloupe (Route du Rhum, quadrennial)	3540	Nov-98	Primagaz	T(1)	60	18.29	Laurent Bourgnon	SUI	12d 8h 41m 6s	11.93
Miami – Montego Bay	811	Feb-99	Lakota	T	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	2d 20h 8m 5s	11.9
Heligoland – Kiel	520	Jul-00	Uca	S	67	20.42	Walter Meyer-Kothe	GER	1d 19h 46m 5s	11.88
Newport RI – Bermuda (biennial race)	635	Jun-02	Pyewacket	IMS	75	22.9	Roy Disney	USA	2d 5h 39m 22s	11.83
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
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
Fastnet (monohull)	605	Aug-99	RF Yachting	S	80	24.38	Ross Field	NZL	2d 5h 8m 51s	11.38
Cape Town – Rio Race	3435	Jan-00	Zephyrus IV	ULDB	75	22.86	Bob McNeill	USA	12d 16h 49m	11.27
Cape Town – Sydney (BOC Race)	6698	Dec-94	Sceta Calberson	S (I)	60	18.29	Christophe Auguin	FRA	24d 23h 40m 16s	11.17
San Francisco – Hawaii (singlehanded transpac)	2120	Jul-98	Lakota	T (I)	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	7d 22h 38m 26s	11.12
Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria-Bridgetown,Barbados	2615	Jan-95	Merit Cup	IOR	85	25.91	Guido Maisto	ITA	9d 20h 51m 32s	11.04
Annapolis – Newport, RI (biennial race)	473	Jun-01	Carrera	IMS	68	18.29	Joseph Dockery	USA	1d 18h 58m 12s	11.01
Cowes – St Malo (race)	152	Jul-99	Spirit of England	T	43	13.11	Peter Clutterbuck	GBR	13h 50m 20s	10.98
St Malo - Guadeloupe (Route de Rhum) Monohull	3540 nm	Nov-02	Kingfisher	M	60	18.29	Ellen MacArthur	GBR	13d 13h 31m	10.87
Lorient – Bermuda – Lorient	5800	Jun-83	Charentes Maritime	C	66	21.42	Pierre Follenfant	FRA	22d 9h 1m 45s	10.8
La Baule – Dakar	3075	Nov-91	RMO	T (I)	60	18.29	Laurent Bourgnon	SUI	11d 22h 41m 32s	10.73
Long Beach – Cabo San Lucas	804	Nov-95	Lakota	T	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	3d 2h 59m 49s	10.72
Miami – Montego Bay, monohull	811	Mar-71	Windward Passage	CCA	73	22.25	Mark Johnson	USA	3d 3h 40m	10.7
Punta del Este – Newport (BOC)	6000	Apr-91	Group Sceta	S (I)	60	18.29	Christophe Augin	FRA	23d 14h 11m 22s	10.6
Victoria (Canada) – Maui, Hawaii	2308	Jul-00	Grand Illusion	ULDB	70	21.34	James McDowell	USA	9d 2h 8m 27s	10.58
Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro	1200	Feb-87	Cisne Branco	IOR	80	24.4	F A Rocha Coelho	BRA	4d 18h 52m 57s	10.44
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
Giraglia	250	Jul-98	Riviera Di Rimini	S	55	16.7	Paolo Cian	ITA	1d 0h 11m 28s	10.34
Salinas (Ecuador) Baltra	575	Oct-93	Amnesia	S	64	19.5	Estefano Isiase S Salam	ECU	2d 7h	10.29
Punta del Este – Fort Lauderdale (WRTWR)	5475	Apr-94	Yamaha	S	64	19.5	Ross Field	NZL	22d 5h 13m 50s	10.26
Cowes – St Malo (monohull)	152	Jul-99	Silk Cut	S	64	19.5	Lawrie Smith	GBR	14h 48m 15s	10.25
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
Melbourne – Hobart	480	Dec-96	Future Shock	S	56	17	Peter Hansen	AUS	1d 23h 15m 35s	10.16 knots
St Petersburg – Fort Lauderdale	397	Feb-84	Windward Passage	IOR	73	22.25	John Rumsey	USA	1d 15h 15m	10.1
Transatlantic Race	2925	May-05	Atlantic	S	180	56.05	Charlie Barr	USA	12d 4h 1m	10.02

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