This is a copy of the World Speed Sailing Record Council's
WSSRC Ratified Passage Records

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Major Outright and All Other Ratified Records (in order of speed)

Yacht types:
MONO - (monohull)
CAT - Catamaran
TRI - Trimaran
single - Voyage was single-handed; otherwise the vessel had two or more persons
Steve Fossett holds 11 of the 35 passage records plus the 24 hours speed record of 687.17 nmi
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The other major Records are:
Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii - Held by Roy Disney's Pywacket - 7 days 11 hours and 41 minutes
24 hour monohull record - Held by the Open 60 Armor Lux-Fois Gras Bizac - Skippered by Bernard Stamm - 467.7 nmi

Race / Route	Distance NM	Date	Yacht	Type	LOA / ft.	LOA / m	Owner / Skipper	Nationality	Elapsed Time	Average Speed Kn
Ambrose Light – Lizard Point	2925	Oct-01	Playstation	CAT	125	38.1	Steve Fossett	USA	4d 17h 28m 6s	25.78
Cowes – St Malo	138	Dec-01	Playstation	CAT	125	38.1	Steve Fossett	USA	6h 21m 54s	21.68
Marseille – Carthage	458	Aug-91	Pierre Ier	TRI	60	18.29	Florence Arthaud	FRA	22h 9m 56s	20.66
Round the Isle of Wight	50	Nov-01	Playstation	CAT	125	38.1	Steve Fossett	USA	2h 33m 55s	19.53
Miami – New York	947	1-May	Playstation	CAT	125	38	Steve Fossett	USA	2d 5h 54m 42s	17.57
Transpacific, Los Angeles – Honolulu	2215	Jul-97	Explorer	CAT	86	26.21	Bruno Peyron	FRA	5d 9h 18m 26s	17.21
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point, singlehanded	2925	Jun-94	Primagaz	TRI single	60	18.29	Laurent Bourgnon	SUI	7d 2h 34m 42s	17.15
Newport, RI – Bermuda	635	Jan-00	Playstation	CAT single	105	32	Steve Fossett	USA	1d 14h 35m 53s	16.45
Round Ireland, non stop, crewed	708	Sep-93	Lakota	TRI	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	1d 20h 42m	15.84
Marseille – Carthage, monohull	458	Sep-98	Stealth	MONO	90	27.43	Giovanni Agnelli	ITA	1d 5h 2m 6s	15.77
Cadiz – San Salvador	3884	Jun-00	ClubMed	CAT	110	33.5	Grant Dalton	NZL/FRA	10d 14h 53m 44s	15.23
Newport, RI – Bermuda, singlehanded	635	Jun-99	Lakota	TRI single	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	1d 16h 51m 54s	15.05
Thailand Gulf	59	Mar-97	Dermophil	CAT	18	5.48	Mitch Booth and Herbert Derckson	USA	4h 8m 35s	14.24
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point, monohull	2925	1-Feb	Armor Lux-Foie Gas Bizac	MONO	60	18.29	Bernard Stamm	SUI	8d 20h 55m 35s	13.73
Transatlantic W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point, all women crew	2925	Jun-97	Royal & SunAlliance	CAT	92	28	Tracy Edwards	GBR	9d 11h 21m 55s	12.87
Transpacific W to E, Yokohama – San Francisco	4482	Aug-98	Explorer	CAT	85	25.91	Bruno Peyron & Skip Novak	FRA	14d 17h 22m 50s	12.68
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, crewed	1787	Oct-94	Lakota	TRI	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	5d 21h 5m 27s	12.67
Round the World, non stop, crewed, any type, Jules Verne Trophy	21760	Mar-May 97	Sport Elec	TRI	90	27.4	Olivier de Kersauson	FRA	71d 14h 22m 8s	12.66
Newport – Bermuda (monohull)	635	Nov-96	CCP/Cray Valley	MONO	50	15.24	Jean-Pierre Mouligne	FRA/USA	2d 5h 55m 55s	11.76
Transatlantic E to W, Plymouth – Newport singlehanded	2800	Jun-00	Eure et Loir	TRI single	60	18.29	Francis Joyon	FRA	9d 23h 54m 36s	11.67
Round the Isle of Wight, monohull, westabout	50	Sep-93	Dolphin and Youth	MONO	64	19.05	Matthew Humphries	GBR	4h 21m 56s	11.36
Honolulu – Yokohoma	3750	Aug-95	Lakota	TRI	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	13d 20h 9m 22s	11.29
Round the World, non stop, singlehanded, Vendée Globe	21760	Nov 00-Feb 01	PRB	MONO single	60	18.29	Michel Desjoyeux	FRA	93d 3h 57m 32s	9.73
Round the World, non stop, singlehanded, woman, Vendée Globe	21760	Nov 00-Feb 01	Kingfisher	MONO single	60	18.29	Ellen MacArthur	GBR	94d 4h 25m 40s	9.63
Transpacific E to W, San Francisco – Yokohoma	4482	May-96	Lakota	TRI	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	19d 15h 18m 9s	9.51
Plymouth-La Rochelle	355	May-01	Netergy Challenge	TRI	40	12.19	Pete Berry	GBR	37h 33m 23s	9.46
New York – San Francisco, non stop, crewed	13945	Feb-94	Ecureuil Poitou Charentes	MONO	60	18.29	Isabelle Autissier	FRA	63d 5h 55m	9.33
Transpacific W to E, Yokohoma – San Francisco, singlehanded	4525	Aug-96	Lakota	TRI single	60	18.29	Steve Fossett	USA	20d 9h 52m 59s	9.24
Transatlantic E to W, Plymouth – Newport, monohull and woman any vessel	2800	Jun-00	Kingfisher	MONO single	60	18.29	Ellen MacArthur	GBR	14d 23h 11m	7.79
Dakar – Guadeloupe	2700	Feb-99	Simac	CAT	19	5.79	Hans Bouscholte & Gerard Navarin	NED	15d 2h 26m 58s	7.45
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, monohull	1787	Aug-00	Sail That Dream	MONO	50	15.24	Alex Thompson	GBR	10d 18h 27m 23s	6.91
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, women	1787	Aug-00	Team Pindar	MONO	50	15.24	Miranda Merron & Emma Richards	GBR	11d 6h 58m 17s	6.59
Round the World, non stop, westabout, singlehanded	21760	Jan-Jun 00	Uunet	MONO single	60	18.29	Philippe Monnet	FRA	151d 19h 54m 36s	5.97
Round Britain and Ireland, all islands, non stop, singlehanded	1787	Aug-00	Zeal	MONO single	38	11.58	Peter Keig	GBR	18d 13h 59m 59s	4.01
Round the World, assisted, westabout,	21760	Jul-96	Heath Insured II	MONO single	67	20.42	Samantha Brewster	GBR	247d 14h 51m 7s	3.66

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