Passage sailing record explained

Passage records have been sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC).

Global

Around the world sailing record

See Around the world sailing record

Hong Kong to London

12948 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
41d 21h 26m 34s	Sep 08	"Gitana 13"
36d 2h 37m 12s	Feb 18	"Maserati"
31d 23h 36m 46s	Feb 20	"IDEC Sport"

Transatlantic

See Transatlantic sailing record

Northern European

Round Britain and Ireland

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
3d 03h 32m 36s	2014-08-14	Oman Sail-Musandam	70 ft Tri - MOD 70	Skipper - Crew - Crew - Crew - Crew - Crew -	Set during the RORC RBI Race	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
3d 03h 49m 14s	2011-07-07		Maxi Tri	+ Crew		^[4]
4d 15h 09m 27s	2010-08-19	Oman Air Majan	100 ft Tri	No Crew!		^[5] ^[6]
4d 16h 09m 36s	2002 Oct		125 ft Cat	Skipper / Watch Captain Navigator Watch Captain Watch Captain Crew Crew Crew Crew Crew Crew Crew Crew Crew Onshore Meteorologist		^[7] ^[8]
4d 17h 04m 23s	2002 Aug		110 ft Cat
5d 21h 5m 27s	Oct 94	Lakota		, Helena Darvelid, +Others	Established ratified record
Non-stop Monohull
4d 13h 10m 28s	2014 Aug	Azzam-Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing		+Crew		^[9]
5d 21h 26m 55s	2010 Aug	Groupama		+Crew		^[10]
10d 18h 27m 23s	2000 Aug	Sail That Dream		+Crew		^[11]
Non-stop Solo
4d 15h 09m 27s	2010 Aug	Oman Air Majan	100 ft Tri
6d 06h 40m 31s	2006-08-14	Sodebo	ORMA 60 Trimaran			^[12]
7d 08h 47m	2005 May	Adrien	85 ft Monohull			^[13]
11d 12h 26m 48s	2004 June	Roaring Forty	Open 40 Monohull
18d 13h 59m 59s	2000 Aug	Zeal	38
Non-stop Crewed Female
4d 21h 39m	2014 Aug	SCA		+Crew		^[14]
6d 10h 32m 27s	2010	Artemis Ocean Racing II				^[15]
6d 11h 30m 53s	2009					^[16]
11d 6h 58m 17s	2000 Aug	Team Pindar

Round Ireland

^[17]

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
1d 12h 52m 04s	2016-08-05	Phaedo 3	MOD 70 Tri	- Skipper, - Co-Skipper, Miles Seddon - Navigator, - Bow, Paul Allen - Trim, - Trim, - Grinder, Fletcher Kennedy - Grinder		^[18] ^[19]
1d 16h 51m 57s	2015-05	MOD 70 - Musandam-Oman Sail	MOD 70 Tri		Set during the Round Island Race
1d 20h 42m 20s	1993-09	Lakota	60 ft Tri	+Others	Established ratified record	^[20]
Solo
4d 01h 53m 29s	2005-10	Roaring Forty	Open 40
5d 12h 53m 46s	2005-09	afaom.com
7d 10h 24m 27s	2001-10	Zeal	38 Monohull
Non-stop Monohull
2d 09h 41m 06s	2005-05	CityJet Solune	60 ft Monohull	, Matthieu VINCENT (FRA) Chris TIBBS (GBR) Patrick TABARLY (FRA).		^[21]
3d 03h 27m 33s	2002-12	Irish Independent	S78
Female
3d 19h 41m 39s	2020-10-17	R L Sailing			Benchmark	^[22] ^[23]
Doublehanded
3d 19h 41m 39s	2020-10-17	R L Sailing			Benchmark
Outright 40 ft and under
3d 19h 41m 39s	2020-10-17	R L Sailing			Benchmark

Around the Isle of Wight

50 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
3h 35m 38s	1994 Sep	"Lacota"		+ Others
3h 10m 11s	2001 June	Dexia Eure et Loir	60 ft trimaran	, + three crew	set during a scheduled RTI Race	^[24] ^[25]
2h 33m 55s	2001 Nov	"PlayStation"		+ Others
2h 21m 25s	2012-08-16	"Foncia"		, ,+Others	set during a scheduled Cowes Week Race	^[26]
2h 04m 14s	2016 Aug	Phaedo 3		, , , , , , Fletcher Kennedy, ,		^[27]
2h 02m 31s	2016 Sep	Phaedo 3		+Crew
Female
5h 36m 13s				Anon	Benchmark Time
Kitesurfer Outright
2h 32m 25s	July 16		"Kitesurf"		^[28]
Kitesurf Women
3h 3m 24s	July 16	"Kitesurf"
Monohull
3h 13m 11s	2017-08	"MAPFRE"				^[29]
Monohull — WSSR Rule 21c
3h 20m 09s	2006-08	"ICAP Maximus"	98 ft Super Maxi	Bill Buckley, Charles, St Clair Brown, Harold Cudmore		^[30]
40 ft Singlehanded
5h 05m 04s	2019-12	"Oceans Lab"				^[31]
6h 29m 32s	2017-01	"Pixel Flyer"				^[32]

Cowes to Dinard

138 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
4h 30m 48s	2021-04-22	"Maserati"	Tri 70	Ambrogio Beccaria, Vittorio Bissaro, Guido Broggi, François Robert, Carlos Hernandez Robayna Matteo Soldini.		^[33]
4h 48m 57s	2015-09	Phaedo 3	MOD 70 Trimaran
5h 14m 47s	2015-04	"Lending Club"		Laplanche/Breymaier USA
5h 23m 38s	2002-09	"Maiden II"	Maxi Cat
6h 21m 54s	2001-12	"PlayStation"	Maxi Cat
6h 49m 19s	1997-10	"Royal Sun Alliance"	Maxi Cat
7h 34m 54s	1997-07	"Primagaz"	ORMA 60 Tri
60 ft and under
7h 34m 54s	1997-07	"Primagaz"	ORMA 60 Tri
Singlehanded Outright
7h 55m 47s	2006-07	"Sodebo"	Maxi Tri
Singlehanded Under 60 ft
9h 03m 06s	2016-11	"Imerys"
Monohull
9h 03m 06s	2016-11	"Imerys"
12h 01m 31s	2004-11	"Adrien"
20 ft Performance
19h 42m 02s	2018-08		Catamaran
31h 38m 40s	2006-07	"Aster Wind"

Plymouth to La Rochelle

355 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
37h 33m 23s	May 1	"Netergy.com"		Pete Berry GBR
16h 42m 40s	Apr 02	"PlayStation"
14h 05m 20s	Sep 15	Phaedo 3

(Original) Fastnet Course

Cowes, Fastnet Rock, Scilly Isles, Plymouth totaling a rhum line distance of 595 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Non-stop Crewed
0d 23h 51m 16s	2021-05-07	Maseriti		Skipper -, Guido Broggi, Carlos Hernandez Robayna, Oliver Herrera Perez, Gerardo Siciliano Matteo Soldini		^[34]
1d 01h 04m 18s	2021-04-07	Powerplay		Skipper - Nav - Helm - Tom Dawson John Hamilton Jack Trigger Miles Seddon Martin Watts		^[35] ^[36]
1d 03h 42m 26s	2015-09	Phaedo 3		+Crew
1d 08h 48m 46s	2011-08	"Banque Populaire V"	125 ft Tri	+Crew
1d 11h 17m 14s	2002-03	"PlayStation"	124 ft Cat	+Crew		^[37]
Monohull
1d 20h 18m 53s	2007-08	"Leopard"	Farr 100 Maxi	+Crew
1d 18h 38m	2011-08	"Abu Dhabi"		+Crew

America's

New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn

13225 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
89d 21h	1851	"Flying Cloud"		Capt Josiah Perkins Creesy USA	Pre-WSSR rules
89d 8h	1854	"Flying Cloud"		Capt Josiah Perkins Creesy USA	Pre-WSSR rules
80d 20h	1989	"Thursday's Child"		Warren Luhrs USA	Pre-WSSR rules
76d 23h	1989	"Great American"		Georgs Kolesnikova USA	Pre-WSSR rules
62d 5h 55m	1994	"Ecureuil Poitou		Isabelle Autissier FRA	Pre-WSSR rules
57d 3h 2m	1998	Aquitaine Innovations		Yves Parlier FRA	Pre-WSSR rules
43d 3m 18s	2008 Feb	Gitana 13		Lionel Lemonchois FRA
Monohull
47d 42m 29s	Feb 13	Maserati		Giovanni Soldini ITA

Miami to New York

947nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
1d 11h 5m 20s	2007 Jun	"Groupama 3"
2d 5h 54m 42s	2001 May	"PlayStation"
2d 22h 50m 16s	1999 May	"Explorer"
Singlehanded
3d 5h 0m 12s	2005 Jul	"Sodebo"

Antigua to Newport. R I

1560 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
3d 22h 31m 58s	May 2	"Maiden II" Initial time		Adrienne Cahalan Helena Darvelid,
3d 05h 54m 49s	May 15	Phaedo 3

Chicago to Mackinac

289 nm

Newport to Bermuda

635 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
0d 23h 09m 52s	2015-04-20	"Lending Club"	105 ft Tri	Co-skippers Co-skippers, Navigator, , , , ,	^[38]
1d 14h 35m 53s	Jan 00	"PlayStation"
1d 16h 52m 24s	Jun 99	"Lacota"
Singlehanded
1d 16h 52m 24s	Jun 99	"Lacota"
Monohull
2d 28m 31s	Jun 04	"Morning Glory"		Hasso Platner GER

Asia

Yokohama to Hong Kong

1545 nm

Taipei to Hong Kong

465 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
2d 16h 46m 32s	Apr 06	"B&Q"		Ellen MacArthur GBR
2d 15h 40m 42s	Dec 06	"Johan II"		Philippe Grelon FRA
24h 45m 59s	May 8	"Gitana 13		Lionel Lemonchois FRA
Monohull
2d 15h 40m 42s	Dec 06	"Johan II"		Philippe Grelon FRA

Mediterranean

Marseilles to Carthage

455 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
14h 20m 34s	2010-05		125 ft Tri	Crew
17h 8m 23s	2009-05	"Groupama 3"	Maxi Tri	Crew
17h 56m 33s	2004-09		Maxi Cat	Crew
18h 46m 48s	2002-05		124 ft Cat	Crew
Singlehanded
18h 58m 13s	2013-10	"Banque Populaire 7"	103 ft Tri
1d 1h 38m 36s	2012-09	"Sodebo"
1d 21h 20m 29s	2009-06	"Group Bel"
Monohull
1d 02h 43m 30s	2013-06	"Groupe Bel"		+ Crew
1d 05h 02m 06s	1998-09	"Stealth"	Maxi Mono	+ Crew
Singlehanded 60 ft
1d 02h 43m 30s	2013-06	"Groupe Bel"
1d 21h 20m 29s	2009-06	"Groupe Bel"
Up to 40 ft
1d 11h 35m 23s	2010-06	"ZED 4"
1d 21h 24m	2008-03	"Roaring Forty"
20 ft Performance
1d 18h 56m 14s	2018-07		Catamaran
1d 18h 58m 19s	2016-08	"Feel Good"

Trieste to Malta

740 nm

Monaco to Porto Cervo

195 nm

Oceanian

Round Australia

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Non-stop Crewed
17d 12h 57m 5s	July 2005	Geronimo	T 90	Olivier de Kersauson FRA
Non-stop Solo
38d 21h 41m 42s	Aug -11	Big Wave Rider	C (1) 46	Bruce Arms AUS
Non-stop Monohull
37d 1h 23m 57s	Jul-03	Kaz	52	David PescudAUS

Sydney to Hobart

630 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
1d 5h 52m 23s	Feb 13	"Team Australia"		Sean Langman AUS
1d 18h 27m 10s	Dec 99	"MariCha III"		Robert Miller GBR

Sydney to Lord Howe Island

408 nm

Sydney to Auckland

1265 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
2d 19h 2m 45s	Oct 13	Team Australia
40 ft Singlehanded
12d 14h 41m 15s	Feb 20	"Joey"			Initial Benchmark

Pacific Records

Transpacific, Los Angeles to Honolulu

2215 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
5d 9h 18m 26s	Jul 97	"Explorer"		Bruno Peyron FRA
4d 19h 31m 37s	Nov 05	"Geronimo"		Olivier de Kersauson FRA
3d 18h 9s	Jul 15	"Lending Club 2"		Laplanche/Breymaier USA
3d 16h 52m 3s	May 17	Phaedo 3

Honolulu to Yokohama

3750 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
13d 20h 9m 22s	Jul 95	"Lacota"
Rule 21c – Powered Sailing Systems
15d 3h 36m 18s	Jul 06	"BeeCom"			Yoshiki Kamai JPN

Yokohama to San Francisco

4482 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
16d 17h 21m	Aug 95	"Lacota"
14d 17h 22m 50s	Aug 98	"Explorer"		Bruno Peyron FRA
13d 22h 38m 28s	Jun 06	"Geronimo"		Olivier de Kersauson FRA
Singlehanded
20d 9h 52m 59s	Aug 96	"Lacota"
20 ft Sport
62d 17h 51m 55s	Aug 06	"One World"		A Di Benedetto ITA

San Francisco to Yokohama

4482 nm

Time	Date	Boat	Boat Type	Crew	Notes	Ref.
Outright
19d 15h 18m 9s	Apr 96	"Lacota"
14d 22h 40m 41s	Apr 06	"Geronimo"		Olivier de Kersauson FRA
11d 12m 54s	Apr 08	"Gitana 13"		Lionel Lemonchois FRA

Hong Kong to New York

13707 nm

See also

• World Sailing Speed Record Council
• Speed sailing
• Speed sailing record
• Transatlantic sailing record

External links and references

• WSSRC

Notes and References

1. Web site: WSSR Newsletter No 241 Around Britain and Ireland Outright World Record. Oman Sail-Musandam. 21/08/14. www.sailspeedrecords.com.
2. Web site: Musandam-Oman Sail MOD70 sets new Round Britain and Ireland record | The Daily Sail. thedailysail.com.
3. Highlights of a Record Breaking Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2014. 2014-08-22. 2021-04-09.
4. Web site: Banque Populaire V Take Round Britain and Ireland Record. sailing.org.
5. Web site: Oman Air Majan Breaks Round Britain and Ireland Speed Records | Oman Air. holidays.omanair.com.
6. Web site: Oman Air smashes Round Britain and Ireland record. www.yachtsandyachting.com.
7. Web site: CNN.com - Fossett sails to new record - Oct. 25, 2002. edition.cnn.com.
8. Web site: New Round Britain & Ireland record for Playstation. www.yachtsandyachting.com.
9. Web site: Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2014: British Olympic silver. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/sevenstar-round-britain-and-ireland-race-2014-british-olympic-silver-medalist-ian-walker-sets-new-record-he-takes-spoils-9673419.html . 25 May 2022 . subscription . live. 16 August 2014. The Independent.
10. Web site: Facts and Stats. roundbritainandireland.rorc.org.
11. Web site: Challenge Business announces new Open 60 yacht race for 2003. www.yachtsandyachting.com.
12. Web site: WSSR Newsletter No 126 Round Britain and Ireland. www.sailspeedrecords.com.
13. Van den Heede breaks new record. Yachting. World. 18 May 2005. Yachting World.
14. Web site: WSSR announces new World Record Around Britain and Ireland. 2021-03-21. 2014-08-05.
15. Web site: Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race: Artemis Ocean Racing II breaks IMOCA 60′ sailing record.
16. Web site: Aviva breaks Round Britain and Ireland record. www.yachtsandyachting.com.
17. News: Attemptat round Ireland record. .
18. Web site: Around Ireland Sailing Record set by Phaedo^3 >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 5 August 2016.
19. Web site: Phaedo 3 Trimaran Blast off on Round Ireland Record Attempt.
20. News: Yacht breaks 20-year-old Round Ireland sailing record. The Irish Times.
21. https://www.sailing.org/news/9383.php#.YFeK19JxdPY
22. Web site: Pam Lee & Cat Hunt's Superb New Female Two-Handed Round Ireland Mono-hull Record Could Stand for Years. 2020-10-17. 2021-03-20.
23. Web site: WSSR Newsletter No 321. Lee and Hunt. IRL. Around Ireland Doublehanded. 03/11/20. 2020-11-03. 2021-03-20.
24. Web site: Hoya Round the Island multi record broken. 15 June 2001.
25. Web site: PlayStation attempts round the island record. 9 November 2001.
26. Web site: World speed record set by Foncia now ratified by WSSRC.
27. Web site: Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo 3 Breaks Round Isle of Wight Record.
28. Web site: Bridge family set new world records in the Isle of Wight.
29. Web site: MAPFRE blaze to record victory in first pre-Volvo Ocean Race test.
30. Web site: ICAP Maximus sets new Round the Island race record. Sail-World.com. 7 January 2018.
31. Web site: Phil Sharp sets new Around Isle of Wight record.
32. Web site: Alex Alley sets Solo Round the Isle of Wight record in 'Pixel Flyer'.
33. News: Maserati Multi 70 breaks the Channel Record from Cowes to Dinard. 2021-04-22. 2021-04-22.
34. Web site: Maserati Multi 70 pushes Original Fastnet Course record under 24 hours. 2021-05-07. 2021-04-07.
35. Web site: New Fastnet record: MOD70 PowerPlay sets new fastest time. 2021-04-07. 2021-04-07.
36. Crew List. 2021-04-09. 2021-04-10.
37. Web site: PlayStation / Cheyenne 125 - Morrelli & Melvin | Multihull Design * Engineering * Brokerage.
38. Web site: lending club shatters Newport to Bermuda record. 2015-04-20. 2021-04-18.