Speed sailing record: Difference between revisions

* ''500 metre (or "outright") record'' is held by [[Paul Larsen]]. On 24 November 2012 he sailed the [[Vestas Sailrocket|Vestas Sailrocket 2]] at 65.45 knots in [[Walvis Bay]], Namibia.<ref name="500m"/>

* ''24 Hour distance record'' is held by [[Pascal Bidégorry]]. On 1 August 2009 he sailed the [[Banque Populaire V]] 908 nautical miles (at 37.84 knots). This was while he was breaking the [[Transatlantic sailing record|northern Atlantic record]].

|| 24 November 2012|| [[Vestas Sailrocket|Vestas Sailrocket 2]] || [[Paul Larsen]] AUS|| [[Walvis Bay]], NAM||align="center"| 65.45<ref name="500m"/>||align="center"|121.1||align="center"|75.2||First record above 60 knots

|| 18 November 2012||[[Vestas Sailrocket|Vestas Sailrocket 2]] ||[[Paul Larsen]] AUS||[[Walvis Bay]], NAM||align="center"|59.23<ref name="59.23kts"/>||align="center"|109.69||align="center"|68.1||

||2008 ||Kitesurf ||[[Sebastien Cattelan]] FRA||Lüderitz, NAM||align="center"|50.26||align="center"|93.08||align="center"|57.8||First record above 50 knots

||2008 ||Kitesurf ||Robert Douglas USA||Lüderitz, NAM||align="center"|49.84||align="center"|92.30||align="center"|57.4||

||1993 ||[[Yellow Pages Endeavour]] - proa||[[Simon McKeon]] AUS||[[Sandy Point, Victoria|Sandy Point]], AUS||align="center"|46.52||align="center"|86.15||align="center"|53.5||

|1989

|Catamaran [[:fr:Techniques_Avancées|Techniques Avancées]]

|Gérard Navarin

FRA

|Stes-Maries (France)

|42,12

|78

|48,47

|

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||1988 ||Windsurf ||[[Erik Beale]] GBR||Stes.Maries, FRA||align="center"|40.48||align="center"|74.96||align="center"|46.6||First record above 40 knots

||1975 ||[[Crossbow II]] catamaran||Tim Colman GBR||Portland, UK||align="center"|31.80||align="center"|58.89||align="center"|36.6||

||1975 ||Crossbow proa||Tim Colman GBR||Portland, UK||align="center"|31.10||align="center"|57.59||align="center"|35.8||First record above 30 knots

||1972 ||[[Crossbow (proa)]]||Tim Colman GBR||Portland, UK||align="center"|26.30||align="center"|48.70||align="center"|30.3||First record above 30 mph

|D Class (Over 300&nbsp;ft²)

|C Class (Up to 300&nbsp;ft² ''(27.88 m²)'')

|B Class (Up to 235&nbsp;ft² ''(21.84 m²)'')

|[[Vestas Sailrocket|Vestas Sailrocket 2]]

|A Class (Up to 150&nbsp;ft² ''(13.93 m²)'')

|10 m² (Up to 10 m²)

|Lüderitz, NAM

|[[Salin-de-Giraud]], FRA

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| {{convert|436|nmi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{citation|title=The Colonial Clippers|first=Basil|last=Lubbock| author-link = Basil Lubbock|year=1921|publisher=Glasgow, James Brown|page=62|url=https://archive.org/stream/colonialclippers00lubbrich#page/62/mode/2up }}</ref>

| |{{flagicon|US|1851}} ''[[Champion of the Seas]]''

| [[Adrienne Cahalan]], [[Helena Darvelid]] & [[Brian Thompson (sailor)|Brian Thompson]]

| {{flagicon|FRA}} ''[[Orange II (boat)|Orange II]]''

| {{flagicon|FRA}} ''Orange II''

=== Notable performances ===

During her [[Jules Verne Trophy]] record in 2011-2012, the [[Banque Populaire V]] skippered by [[Loïck Peyron]] covered 811.70 nautical miles in 24 hours on 3 December 2011 at 11:45 UT, posting 28 days over 600 miles, including 9 days over 700 miles and 1 day over 800 miles.<ref> [http://www.fralo.info/jv08.html Trophy Jules-Verne, Partials and statistics] </ref>

During her Jules-Verne trophy record in 2009-2010, the trimaran [[Groupama 3]] skippered by [[Franck Cammas]] covered 798 nautical miles in 24 hours on 13 February 2010 at 5 p.m. UT, showing 17 days over 600 miles, including 10 days over 700 miles.

During her Jules-Verne trophy record in 2016-2017, the trimaran [[Groupama 3 | Idec sport]] in the hands of [[Francis Joyon]] and his crew of Clément Surtel, [[Alex Pella]], Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and Sébastien Audigane, covered 894 nautical miles in 24 hours, and 10 consecutive days at 809 miles / 24 h. Francis Joyon rounds Cape Horn, 16 days after riding off of South America, and after a course of nearly 12,000 miles above an average of 30 knots (730.16 miles / 24 h over 16 days). He then signs a performance increase of between 30 and 40% compared to the record to be broken by Loïck Peyron 5 years earlier. Leaving the southern seas with a lead of 4 j 06 h 35 min over Loïck Peyron's previous record, Francis Joyon, Clément Surtel, [[Alex Pella]], Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and Sébastien Audigane regained the equivalent of 2,800 miles on the record during this episode.

During the aborted attempt of 2019, [[Yann Guichard]] sets a new record crossing the equator in 4 days 19 h 57 min and, thanks to favorable weather conditions, lines up 4,812.1 miles from the 11th to 16th day, or 802 miles / day for 6 consecutive days.

[[24 hours distance record|24 hour distance record]] for [[Armel Le Cléac'h]] on [[Banque Populaire VII]]: 682,85 miles in 24 hours singlehanded on 2014 January 26th (28,45 knots).<ref>{{cite web|title=WSSR newsletter No 239. Banque Populaire 7. Singlehanded 24 hours. 28/02/14|url=https://www.sailspeedrecords.com/news/170-wssr-newsletter-no-239-banque-populaire-7-singlehanded-24-hours-28-02-14|website=www.sailspeedrecords.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

During his record around the world Singlehanded in 2017, [[24 hours distance record|24 hour distance record]] for [[François Gabart]] on [[Macif_(trimaran)|Macif]]: 850,68 miles in 24h.<ref>{{cite web|title=WSSR Newsletter No 296. MACIF. Singlehanded 24 hour record 07/01/18|url=https://www.sailspeedrecords.com/news/233-wssr-newsletter-no-296-macif-singlehanded-24-hour-record-07-01-18|website=www.sailspeedrecords.com}}</ref>

During his attempt for the Jules Verne Trophy, December 5th of 2020, [[Thomas Coville]] on [[Sodebo Ultim 3]] covered 889.9 miles in 24 hours (37.1 knots average).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tropheejulesverne.sodebo.com/cartographie/|title = La cartographie du Trophée Jules Verne}}</ref>

During the return trip after his victory in the 2021 [[Transat Jacques-Vabre]], [[Charles Caudrelier]] broke two unofficial records on the [[Maxi Edmond de Rothschild]]: in false solo training, he reached 50.7 knots, and covered 880 miles in 24 hours at an average speed of 36.6 knots. This last record cannot be approved for a lack of adequate equipment on board.<ref>{{cite web|title=2021: Clap de fin pour le Gitana Team|url=https://www.adonnante.com/53573-records-ultim-3223-trophee-jules-verne-2021-clap-de-fin-dune-tres-belle-saison-2021-pour-le-gitana-team/|date=25 November 2021|publication-date=}}.</ref>

The idea of an instantaneous speed record is not officially sanctioned by the WSSRC and is, therefore, not officially measured or documented. The highest speed ever reported is from the crew of [[Vestas Sailrocket]] 2 : on 24 November 2012 they recorded a top speed of 68.33 knots in a 25–29-knot wind.

[[Sovereign_of_the_Seas_(clipper)|"Sovereign of the Seas"]], 1852, 258 ft, the fastest and longest ship yet built when she was launched in New York, designed and built by Donald Mackay, America's foremost clipper designer. On her maiden voyage, she sailed New York to San Francisco in 103 days. This ship achieved the fastest ever recorded speed of a sailing vessel (22 knots).

==Notable people==

*[[Farrel O'Shea]] (born 1963), former professional [[windsurfer]]

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|access-date= 14 December 2021

|url= https://www.sailspeedrecords.com/news/147-wssr-newsletter-no-218-vestas-sailrocket-outright-and-nm-021212

* [http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=18 records on 500m] on the [[World Sailing Speed Record Council]] site

* [http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=20 records on 1 nautical mile] on the [[World Sailing Speed Record Council]] site

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071024090251/http://www.macquarie.com.au/speedsailing.htm Macquarie Innovation site]

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