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500 metre (or "outright") record is held by Paul Larsen. On 24 November 2012 he sailed the Vestas Sailrocket 2 at 65.45 knots in Walvis Bay, Namibia. [1] Nautical mile record is held by Paul Larsen. On 18 November 2012 he sailed the Vestas Sailrocket 2 at 55.32 knots in Walvis Bay, Namibia. [2] 24 Hour distance record is held by Pascal Bidégorry.
Has held the record for the fastest speed ever for a sailing ship, 22 kn (41 km/h), since 1854 Sovereign of the Seas , a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the world record for the fastest sailing ship, with a speed of 22 knots (41 km/h).
Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989. Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay.
On 24 November 2012, Vestas Sailrocket 2 raised the bar to 65.45 knots, a record which still stands. [2] Throughout the 1970s, the speed sailing 500 meter and Nautical Mile records were dominated by large multihulls, as typified by the Crossbow and Crossbow II of Timothy Colman. This has changed since to smaller, very lightweight boats.
Sovereign of the Seas posted the fastest speed ever by a sailing ship – 22 kts. in 1854. Champion of the Seas set the record of 465 miles in 24 hours in December 1854; this record stood until 1984. [25] James Baines logged a speed of 21 knots (June 18, 1856) Flying Cloud made two 89-day passages New York to San Francisco [26]
The first ship Pearce built for Guion, the Arizona was described as a "souped-up transatlantic hot rod" by one nautical historian. [2] While she only won the eastbound record, [18] two years later, Guion took delivery of the even faster Alaska that set the record at 16.07 knots (29.76 km/h). [17]
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Comanche won the 2017 Sydney to Hobart yacht race, with a time of 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds, a record that still stands today. At 5 days 14 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds, Comanche holds the Monohull Transatlantic sailing record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which they achieved on July 28, 2016.