Nike's Sailing World Records

* World record - fastest 24 hour run by any single-handed small monohull. Covered 247 miles from midnight to midnight on February 26, 1983.

* World record - fastest 7 day run by a small single-handed monohull during a circumnavigation. Covered 1,403 miles from noon on April 20 to noon on April 27, 1983 with average daily runs of 200.43 nautical miles and average speed of 8.35 knots. Improved in 1986 on the same boat to 1,536 miles from December 9 to December 15, 1986 with average daily run of 219.42 miles and average speed of 9.14 knots.

* World record - first small monohull to exceed 200 miles a day over a period of not less than one week.

* World record - fastest 14 day run by a small singlehanded monohull during a circumnavigation. Covered 2,690 miles from noon April 17, 1983 to noon May 1, 1983. Average daily runs 192.21 miles, Average speed: 8.01 knots. Improved in 1986 to 3,040 nautical miles with average daily run of 217.14 miles and average speed of 9.05 knots on December 6 to December 19, 1986.

* World record - fastest 2,000 miles by a small monohull during a circumnavigation. Achieved 10 days 06 hours 03 minutes 38 seconds with average speed 8.13 knots and average daily run 195.12 miles. Made from April 21, to May 1, 1983. Improved in 1986 to 9 days 4 hours 21 minutes with average daily run of 217.92 miles and average speed of 9.08 knots no December 6 to December 15, 1986.

* World record - fastest 4,000 miles by a small monohull during a circumnavigation from April 5 to April 26, 1983. Achieved 21 days 16 hours 58 minutes with average speed 7.68 knots and average daily run 184.26 miles. Improved in 1986 on the same boat to 19 days 13 hours with average daily run of 204.72 miles and average speed of 8.56 knots on 36 feet waterline boat. Made on December 1 to December 19,  1986.

* One of the fastest singlehanded circumnavigations by a small monohull (36ft on water line) in history, covering a distance 29,200 miles in 172 days 06 hours and 41 minutes with an average daily run 169.52 miles and average speed of  7.06 knots.

All listed sailing world record had been done during BOC Challenge 1982-83 and BOC Challenge 1986-87 with Argos Satelite Tracking system on the deck a confirmed by sailing historian an record keeper Mr. D. H. "Nobby" Clarke.

Sailing History

1979

Test sailing on the Baltic Sea from Szczecin to Gdansk.

1979

Cruising around Baltic Sea with crew of youths selected by a nationwide competition.

1979

Qualification solo sailing for OSTAR 1980 on The Baltic Sea

1979

Sailing with a crew from Szczecin to Plymout for the start at Parmelia Race

1979 Parmelia Race

This race was held in memory of the historical voyage of the ship Parmelia that first brought European colonist to Australia in 1829. The race covered the distance from Plymouth, England to Perth, Australia with a stop at Cape Town, South Africa. In spite of problems with rigging and steering on a brand new boat, we made 4th best-corrected time. Except for the skipper the whole crew from Czechoslovakia were ocean racing for the first time in their life. The whole race was planed as "shake down" of the boat in preparation for the OSTAR 1980.

1979/1980

Cruising with the crew from Australia to France. During this voyage the boat was further tested in preparation for the OSTAR 1980

1980

Short solo sailing from Cherbourg to Plymouth for the start of OSTAR 1980.

1980 Observer Single-Handed Transatlantic Race.

This race covered more than three thousand miles from Plymouth, England to Newport, Rhode Island. The fleet was comprised of 90 entrants in three divisions. Unusual weather favored the multihulls and the first five boats to finish were trimarans. Nike II finished 9th overall and 4th in her class of 46 boats. The crossing time of 21 days and 6 hours surpassed any monohull record in any previous single handed race across the Atlantic.

1980
    
The return back from the OSTAR 1980 (Newport, RI) to the base in Szczecin at Poland as a family leisure cruising.

1981-1982 Extensive rebuilding and preparation of Nike II for the first BOC Challenge 1982-83 - Solo Around the World sailing Race.
To make the boat lighter and more competitive for the OSTAR 1980, some wooden interior was removed in Plymouth from Nike II and stored in England before the start of the race, and later taken back to Poland on her homebound voyage. In preparation for the hard Solo Around the World Sailing Race, Nike II went through major rebuilding process. Most of the interior was stripped, water tied bulkhead were built in, the diesel engine was moved from before the mast to the back of the boat. Shallow cockpit was removed and replaced by deeper and safer one. Over the entry the dog house was built with a well equipped and protected navigation station in. On the front deck two lockable sail lockers were installed, so that the front sails could be dropped right inside and secured without detaching them from the forestays. Second hydraulic autopilot was added, more sails were made, more powerful batteries were installed with bigger capacity tanks for water, diesel and cooking fuel were built in. The whole interior was newly design and built.

1982

Sailing for the start of BOC Challenge 1982 from Szczein, Poland to Newport, USA, with stops in Cuxhaven , Germany and Plymouth, England.

1982/83 BOC Singlehanded Race Around the World

This race covered 28,975 nautical miles in four legs from Newport to Cape Town to Sydney to  Rio de Janiero and back to Newport. Nike II/III finished 3rd in the second class with actual elapsed sailing time of 203 days, 2 hours and 1 minute (better than the winner's time). She was also the Class 2 winner of two legs. However, her delayed start from Cape Town by five days and a capsize in Southern Ocean that forced her to stop in Perth deprived her of the first place. During the race she did 5 world sailing records and her skipper become the second man to circumnavigate the world solo twice in both directions and the first European to do so.

1986/87 BOC Singlehanded Race Around the World.
 
This was the second time she participated in this race. This international competition had 25 entries from 11 countries. The course was almost 28,000 nautical miles long from Newport, RI to Cape Town, South Africa to Sydney, Australia to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and back to Newport. Her skipper was the only competitor to take part in the race with the same old boat, which was the shortest (theoretically slower) on waterline and second heaviest in the whole fleet. She had no sponsorship and with very limited funds she finished fifth, cutting 41 days from her previous solo circumnavigation time, and improved all five of her world sailing records.

Zpět Niké II
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