Fastest Yachts
Raw Nerve has achieved the most Line Honours wins with 5 wins in 2007, 2007, 2005, 2004 and 2000
| Yacht | Number of Line Honours |
| Raw Nerve | 5 |
| Team Australia | 5 |
| Captain Bligh | 4 |
| Simply the Best | 4 |
| Rex | 3 |
| Boss | 3 |
| Team Australia | 2 |
| Assassin | 2 |
| Flat Chat | 2 |
| Morticia | 2 |
| Pumpkin Eater | 2 |
| Renegade | 2 |
| Shotover | 2 |
| Shotover II | 2 |
| Vagabond | 2 |
| Viva | 2 |
Race Records have been set on 9 occasions with Rex currently holding the race record
| Year | Boat | Skipper | Design | Elapsed Time | Avg Speed (knots) | |
| 2022 | Rex | Dale Mitchell | T | ORMA60 | 14:16:28 | 21.05 |
| 2019 | Beau Geste MOD70 | Karl Kwok | T | MOD70 | 15:26:52 | 19.94 |
| 2012 | Team Australia | Sean Langman | T | ORMA60 | 16:28:21 | 18.70 |
| 2004 | Raw Nerve | Martin Riley | C | Crowther | 18:55:09 | 16.28 |
| 2001 | Rogntudijuuu | Philippe Coste | C | Crowther | 20:35:02 | 14.96 |
| 1993 | XL2 | Paul Nudd | C | Crowther | 21:01:30 | 14.65 |
| 1982 | Shotover | Adrian Rogers | C | Crowther | 21:05:00 | 14.43 |
| 1971 | Manta II | John Hitch | T | Crowther | 26:04:33 | 11.81 |
| 1969 | Renegade | Syd Luxford | T | Hedley Nicol | 29:52:47 | 10.31 |
| 1964 (Set during QCYC Race) | Vagabond | Hedley Nicol | T | Hedley Nicol | 32:08:34 | 9.58 |
These are the fastest times on record. These are all times that are less than 22 hours
| Year | Boat | Skipper | Design | Elapsed Time | Avg Speed (knots | |
| 2022 | Rex | Dale Mitchell | T | ORMA60 | 14.16.28 | 21.45 |
| 2019 | Beau Geste MOD70 | Karl Kwok | T | MOD70 | 15:26:52 | 19.94 |
| 2012 | Team Australia | Sean Langman | T | ORMA60 | 16:28:21 | 18.70 |
| 2021 | Rex | Dale Mitchell | T | ORMA60 | 16:47:25 | 16.79 |
| 2004 | Raw Nerve | Martin Riley | C | Crowther | 18:55:09 | 16.28 |
| 2022 | Rogntudijuuu | Ken Trevillien | C | Crowther | 19:31:34 | 15.78 |
| 2022 | Rushour | Drew Carruthers | C | Drew Carruthers | 20:26:43 | 15.08 |
| 2001 | Rogntudijuuu | Philippe Coste | C | Crowther | 20:35:02 | 14.96 |
| 2019 | Rushour | Drew Carruthers | C | Drew Carruthers | 20:41:28 | 14.89 |
| 1993 | XL2 | Paul Nudd | C | Crowther | 21:01:30 | 14.65 |
| 1982 | Shotover | Adrian Rogers | C | Crowther | 21:05:00 | 14.43 |
| 2019 | Top Gun | Darren Drew | C | Crowther | 21:50:55 | 14.10 |
The following graph shows the trend for the fastest elapsed time for each race since 1965. It shows the fastest yachts in Australia have gone from averaging 50 hours, to complete the race, to averaging 20 hours. From a speed perspective it shows yachts have gone from averaging about 6 knots to averaging 14.5 knots
Fastest Elapsed Time for Each race with a Trend line
This is a scatter graph of all recorded elapsed times. It shows a tend of yachts getting quicker. Yachts have gone from averaging 50 hours, to complete the race, to averaging 35 hours. From a speed perspective it shows yachts have gone from averaging about 6 knots to averaging 9 knots
Scatter Graph of Elapsed Times for all Yachts with Trend Line
