Adrian Warren
(Australian Associated Press)
SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE BY THE NUMBERS
* Size of 2018 fleet: 85
* Biggest fleet:- 371 (1994, the 50th race)
* Smallest fleet: 9 (1945, the inaugural race)
*Average size of fleets: 1945-2017 -: 81
* Most line honours wins: Wild Oats XI – Eight
* Most overall wins: Freya, Love & War – Three
* Line honours record time: Comanche – One day 9 hours, 15 minutes, 24 seconds (2017)
* Slowest time: Wayfarer – 11 days, six hours, 20 minutes (1945)
* Closest finish: Condor beat Apollo by seven seconds (1982)
* Most races by any boat: Bacardi – 28
* Most races by an individual: Tony Cable – 51
* Most races by a woman: Adrienne Cahalan – 26
* Most successive races: Lindsay May – 45 (1973-2017)
