Facts and statistics

Facts and statistics

2021

33 hours, 29 minutes and 28 seconds - Jason Carroll, MOD 70 Argo (USA)

40 hours, 17 minutes and 50 seconds - Mitch Booth, Comanche (CAY) - Monohull

 

2007

47 hours, 55 minutes and 3 seconds – George David, Rambler (USA)

 

2000

64 hours, 49 minutes and 57 seconds – Robert McNeil, Zephyrus IV (USA)

1998

72 hours, 50 minutes and 42 seconds – Giorgio Benvenuti, Riviera di Rimini (ITA)

 

1978

79 hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds – Bill Whitehouse-Vaux, Mistress Quickly (BER)

 

1973

86 hours, 46 minutes and 33 seconds – Warren Brown, War Baby (BER)

1969

129 hours, 16 minutes and 22 seconds – Cornelis (Kees) Bruynzeel, Stormvogel (NED)

 

1968

146 hours, 09 minutes and 45 seconds – Cornelis (Kees) Bruynzeel, Stormvogel (NED)

  • First race in 1968: won overall by the smallest entry -  John Ripard Sr's Swan 36 Josian (MLT)
  • The race was not held between 1983 and 1996
  • The race course ran clockwise from 1968 until 1978
  • The largest fleet: 130 yachts in 2018
  • The smallest fleet: 8 yachts in 1968
  • The largest yacht: ClubSwan 125 Skorpios (140 ft/43m)
  • Most Overall Wins: 3 - Nello Mazzaferro’s Nita IV (ITA) 1978/79/80
  • Most Monohull Line Honours: 5 - George David’s Rambler (88) (USA) 2015/16/17/18/19
  • Treble Winners (Overall, Line Honours, Race Record):
    1. 2000 Robert McNeil’s Zephyrus IV (USA)
    2. 2007 George David’s Rambler (90) (USA)
    3. 2021 Mitch Booth & Commanche (CAY)
  • Most races: Arthur Podesta, 35 (1968-2014)
  • Largest Overall Winner: 2021 Mitch Booth’s Commanche (CAY) 100 ft/ 30.5m
  • Smallest Overall Winner: 1983 Cino Ricci’s Comet (ITA) 30 ft/9.1m
  • Overall Winning Countries: Italy 17; Malta 9; USA, France 4; Germany, UK 2; Austria, Cayman Islands, Greece, South Africa, Russia 1
  • Fewest ever finishers:
    1. 2005: 9 out of 58 (light winds)
    2. 2007: 17 out of 53 (strong winds)