Solo Oceans Sailing & Racing

The BOC Challenge 1986-1987 Results:

Overall Results:

First Class: Boats 51-60 feet long

Second Class: Boats 40-50 feet long

* The average speed was calculated on the predicted distance of 27,100 nautical miles. In reality all boat sailed a longer distance to finish the course. In fact the average speed of all boats is higher than posted.

Best Day Run:

Principal World Records set during the BOC Challenge 1986/87:
This records are based on satellite positioning system Argos and researched and compiled by  D.H. Clarke.
For world sailing records the boats are divided into two groups - over 15,50 m (50ft 10in) long and under 15.50 m (50ft 10in) long (small boats)

Richard Konkolski - Declaration of Independence (44ft LOA, 36ft LWL)

1. Longest 7-day run during a circumnavigation by a small monohull, under 15.50m (50ft 10in) LOA, being 1,536 miles, from December 9 to December 15, 1986 (average daily run 219.42 nautical miles - 9.14 knots), on the second leg, between Cape Town and Sydney.
2. Longest 14-day run during a circumnavigation by a small monohull being 3,040 miles, from December 6 to December 19, 1986 (average daily run 217.14 miles - 9.05 knots), on the second leg, between Cape Town and Sydney.
3. Fastest 2,000 miles by a small monohull during a circumnavigation - 9 days, 4 hours, 21 minutes - from December 6 to December 15, 1986 (average daily run 217.92 - 9.08 knots), on the second leg, between Cape Town and Sydney.
4. Fastest 4,000 miles by a small monohull during a circumnavigation - 19 days, 13 hours - from December 1 to December 19, 1986 (average daily run 204.72 nautical miles - 8.53 knots), on the second leg, between Cape Town and Sydney.
5. First man to make single-handed real circumnavigation three times (around antipodes.)

Overall and each leg detailed results:

Class 1 yachts:

John Biddlecombe - after many problems withdrew at Cape Town
Richard McBride - broke his mast during the first leg and had to stop at Recife, Brazil for repair
Warren Luhrs - broke his mast few hundred miles before Sydney during second leg

Class 2 yachts:

Dick Cross - his boat Air Force sunk during first leg
Eduardo Louro de Almeida - rudder breakage during first leg
Takao Shimada - rigging damage during first leg
Mac Smith - retired during first leg
Jacques de Roux - lost at sea during second leg
Harry Mitchell - run aground in New Zealand during third leg

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