Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted December 25, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted December 25, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The numbers behind the 2024 Sydney to Hobart race SYDNEY TO HOBART RACE FACTS AND FIGURES: * Fleet – 104 * Reigning line-honours winner – LawConnect * Reigning overall winner – Alive * International entrants – six * Double-handers – 23 * Largest boats – Master Lock Comanche, LawConnect, Wild Thing 100, Maritimo 100 (100ft) * Smallest boats – Kismet (30ft) * Oldest boat – Maritimo Katwinchar (1904) * Boats launched this year – One (Bacchanal) HISTORICAL FIGURES * Total number of yachts to have entered the race – 7678 * Largest fleet – 371 (1994) * Smallest fleet – nine (1945) * Race record – Comanche – one day, nine hours, 15 minutes, 24 seconds (2017) * Closest finish for line honours – Seven seconds; Condor of Bermuda over Apollo (1982) * Most line-honours wins – Wild Oats XI (nine) * Most overall wins – Freya, Love & War, Ichi Ban (three each) * Boats to have claimed line-honours and overall victories in the same year – six * Most races by an individual sailor – Tony Ellis (54) * Most consecutive races by an individual – Lindsay May (50) * Oldest sailor – Syd Fischer (88) on Ragamuffin 100 in 2015 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #numbers #Sydney #Hobart #race This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/186586-the-numbers-behind-the-2024-sydney-to-hobart-race/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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