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  1. "Perpetual Loyal" breaks Sydney to Hobart yacht race record with

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  2. Record eyed as Sydney-Hobart yacht race begins

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  3. Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Shock result, record was on cards in 2020

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  4. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Proof Perfect Of Ability

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  5. Wild Oats wins Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race for record eighth time

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  6. Five 100-footer crews eye Sydney Hobart Race record

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  1. Kirsten Neuschafer wins 2022 Golden Globe Race and makes history

    As a result, she holds the 2022 Golden Globe Race records for the best 4 hour speed average (9.80 knots), best 24 hour distance (218.9nm) and best 7 day distance (1,216.2nm). The boat's performance was evident after her average start in the race, but she constantly pushed, choosing to hand steer the boat rather than just rely on her Hydrovane ...

  2. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales, ... (1 day, 21 hours, 13 minutes, 37 seconds). The previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race record had been set by Morning Glory (2 days, 14 hours, 7 minutes, 10 seconds) in 1996.

  3. 51 seconds apart after 628 nautical miles: LawConnect edges Comanche in

    "A wind gust came around. It was a complete surprise. There were guys who couldn't watch. It was very nerve wracking." Comanche holds the race record of 1 day, 9 hours, 15 minutes, 24 seconds, set when it won the race in 2017. "It is pretty painful, we've got an amazing boat that should have won," Comanche skipper and owner John Winning Jr. said of Thursday's result.

  4. Comanche sets new Transatlantic Race record

    The 30.48 metre sailing yacht Comanche has set a new monohull race record after taking Monohull Line Honours in the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race.. Skippered by Mitch Booth, Comanche and its crew completed the 3,000 nautical mile race from Lanzarote to Grenada in seven days, 22 hours, 1 minute and 4 seconds (that's two days quicker than the previous record holder).

  5. Vendée Globe

    The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, held in 1968-1969, the first round-the-world yacht race. The BT Global Challenge, was a race held every four years and followed the westward route. The Race, was a race held in 2000, involving multihulls. The Oryx Quest, held in 2005, starting from Qatar. Other speed sailing records. Speed sailing record

  6. The Ocean Race

    The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [1] and in 2019 it was ...

  7. Two super maxis continue to lead the Sydney to Hobart race as storms

    Comanche heads down Sydney Harbour during the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. The 630-nautical mile race has more than 100 yachts starting in the race to the island state of Tasmania. ... 56 minutes and 48 seconds — the second-fastest time behind its 2017 race record. ___ AP sports: https://apnews.com ...

  8. Race record smashed in 74th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race

    The mighty 100-foot offshore ocean racing Black Jack has smashed its own race record in the Gladstone Ports Corporation's iconic 74th annual Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race crossing the Gladstone Harbour finish line at 3.13am this morning (Easter Saturday, 16th April 2022) and taking line honours. Black Jack - the largest yacht in the 37 ...

  9. 75 years of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The current race record was set in 2017 by LDV Comanche, at one day, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds - an unthinkable record for those who sailed in the very first race 75 years ago. Nine-times Sydney to Hobart line honours champion Wild Oats XI in 2015. Image courtesy Andrea Francolini. The first 'Hobart' sailors were friends from the ...

  10. Alive takes Sydney to Hobart yacht race overall crown for second time

    The Philip Turner-owned yacht is a Tasmanian sailing stalwart, and holds the race record for the Launceston to Hobart yacht race. How this yacht won the Sydney to Hobart by just 51 seconds

  11. Everything you need to know about the 37th America's Cup

    Emirates Team New Zealand represent the Royal Auckland Yacht Club in America's Cup racing. ... The Challenger of Record is the name given to the first yacht club to challenge the holder of the ...

  12. 47 strong fleet to contest 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race on

    Celestial set a race record in the 2022 B2G for a conventionally ballasted yacht completing the 308 nautical mile race in 19 hours, 24 minutes and 52 seconds. Maritimo 11, owned by boat building icon Bill Barry-Cotter, will be skippered by legendary Australian sailor, Michael Spies, who skippered the boat to line honours in the 2021 B2G.

  13. At the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Women Are Making Their Mark

    The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race follows a 628-nautical-mile course that begins in Sydney Harbor on Dec. 26. ... She plans to start her 31st race — a record for women — as navigator aboard ...

  14. History

    The fastest and most modern sailboats had wooden hulls and flew natural-fiber sails. One hundred and seventeen boats paid $22.50 to register for that just-for-fun race April 23, 1948. Newport Harbor Yacht Club kindly hosted. Thanks to winds estimated to have blown at a swift 25-35 knots, only 65 boats finished the 125-nautical mile contest.

  15. Fastest yacht: The giant record breakers

    The Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed 100ft Maxi was a yacht designed to produce blistering speeds and was built with the express purpose of ocean record breaking. Speedboat , Newport Bermuda Race 2010

  16. Transpacific Yacht Club

    In recognition of all monohull yachts that may set new race records, Disney commissioned noted designer Andrea Favilli to create a trophy, formally called the Transpac Honolulu Race Elapsed Time Record Trophy, but informally referred to as "the Clock Trophy.". The record fell once again in 2005, with Germany's Hasso Plattner racing his ...

  17. The Story of the 1971 Transpacific Yacht Race

    The Story of the 1971 Transpacific Yacht Race. The past three Transpacific Yacht Races have been dominated by the small easily surfed Cal 40's. 1971 turned out differently, at least partially because of unusual weather conditions, leading to victory by the Class A yachts. WINDWARD PASSAGE first-to-finish was also first overall and first in class.

  18. Fastnet Race

    The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France.. The race is named after the Fastnet Rock off southern Ireland, which the race course rounds.Along with Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and the Newport-Bermuda Race, it is considered ...

  19. Find out the latest plans for this year's historic Boat Week fun

    While the Bayview Yacht Club sees a record-breaking number of boats register for the 100th Port Huron to Mackinac race, the city of Port Huron weighs a few Blue Water Fest changes.

  20. sailboat atlantic crossing record

    Transatlantic sailing record. Banque Populaire V, current record holder. Since the five-week voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, quickly and safely, between Europe and the Americas has always been an important issue. Today, the route has become a classic one among skippers.... Comanche, the 100ft maxi racing yacht built to break records for Jim Clark and Kristy ...

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    The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, ... this race has a proven track record of attracting some of the finest sailing talent in the sport. [citation needed] The monohull record of 23 hours, 30 minutes, and 34 seconds set by Roy E. Disney's Pyewacket in ...

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