Single-handed Records
The theoretical distance for each course is shown, and the average speed based on this theoretical distance is shown for each record for comparison purposes. Note, however, that the actual distance sailed will be more than the theoretical distance, particularly on upwind and round-the-world courses; the actual average speed will therefore also be higher than that shown.
| Round the world eastabout (21,760 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 57 d 13 h 34 m | Jan 2008 | Francis Joyon | IDEC 2 | 15.75 | Joyon set a new world record for a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation, covering 26,400 nautical miles (48,893 km), including a short-lived record 614m in 24 hours (25.9 knots). | |
| Monohull | 84 d 3 h 9 m | Feb 2009 | Michel Desjoyeaux | Foncia | 10.8 | Desjoyeaux won the 2008-2009 edition of the Vendée Globe and took the world record for a single-handed, non-stop, monohull circumnavigation. | |
| Monohull woman | 94 d 4 h 25 m | Feb 2001 | Ellen MacArthur | Kingfisher | 9.6 | MacArthur finished second in the 2000-2001 edition of the Vendée Globe as the youngest ever entrant, and set the world record for a single-handed, non-stop, monohull circumnavigation by a woman. | |
| Round the world westabout (21,760 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Overall, Monohull | 122 d 14 h 4 m | March 2004 | Jean Luc Van Den Heede | Adrien | 7.4 | Van den Heede sailed the monohull Adrien around the world westabout, against the winds and currents, to set the record for a single-handed westabout circumnavigation. | |
| Transpacific west to east (4,525 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Multihull | 20 d 9 h 53 m | Aug 1996 | Steve Fossett | Lakota | 9.2 | Fossett sailed the little-contested downwind course from Yokohoma to San Francisco to set a multihull record. | |
| Cadiz - San Salvador (3,884 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Multihull | 9 d 20 h 35 m | November 2008 | Francis Joyon | Trimaran IDEC | 18.94 | ||
| Transatlantic, west to east (2,925 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Overall | 5 d 19 h 30 m | July 2008 | Thomas Coville | Sodebo | 20.97 | Thomas Coville beat the previous holder Francis Joyon by more than 8 hours to set a new west-to-east multihull record from Ambrose Light to Lizard Point. | |
| Multihull woman | 7 d 3 h 50 m | June 2004 | Ellen MacArthur | B&Q/Castorama | 17.0 | MacArthur sailed her trimaran B&Q/Castorama from Ambrose Light to Lizard Point to set a new world record for a transatlantic crossing by women, beating the previous crewed record as well as the singlehanded version. | |
| Transatlantic, east to west (2,800 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Overall | 9 d 23 h 55 m | June 2000 | Francis Joyon | Eure et Loir | 11.7 | Joyon's voyage in his trimaran from Plymouth to Newport set the overall record for an east-to-west (upwind) transatlantic passage. | |
| Monohull, woman any vessel | 14 d 23 h 11 m | June 2000 | Ellen MacArthur | Kingfisher | 7.8 | MacArthur sailed the same route to take the record for a single-handed monohull east-to-west passage, and also the record for a woman in any vessel. | |
| Round Britain and Ireland, all islands (1,787 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Monohull | 7 d 8 h 47 m | May 2005 | Jean Luc Van Den Heede | Adrien | 10.1 | ||
| Miami - New York (947 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Multihull | 3 d 5 h 0 m | July 2005 | Thomas Coville | Sodeb'O | 12.3 | ||
| Newport - Bermuda (635 miles) | |||||||
| Type | Time | Date | Sailor | Boat | Speed | Comments | Ref |
| Multihull | 1 d 16 h 52 m | June 1999 | Steve Fossett | Lakota | 15.5 | ||
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