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Race Trivia from 1989 up to & including 2013

Total Number of Races

Winner Fastest Race overall

Slowest overall

Quickest last-in team to finish

Greatest Winning Margin

Slowest Race overall winning time

Fastest Sailing overall

Haphazard (Nick Edmunds in 2013 in 1 day, 18 hours, 38 minutes, 22 seconds.

Fastest Running overall

Excess (McKillop Insurance), Tim Sloan & Andrew Kromar, 11 hours 52 minutes in 1996.

Slowest Sailing overall

New Man, Lionel Rockman, 4 days 12 hours 54 minutes in 1990.

Slowest Running overall

New Horizon, 1 day 8 hours 7 minutes 54 secs in 1999.

Fastest First Sailing Leg to Lady Barron

Peccadillo (Charles Meredith from Victoria), 6 hours, 30 minutes, 50 seconds in 2013.

Slowest First Sailing Leg to Lady Barron

Newspaper Taxi (Just Envelopes) Tasmania, Angus Sprott, 1 day 22 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds in 1999.

Fastest First Running Leg at Flinders

Excess (McKillops Insurance), Tim Sloan & Andrew Kromar, 5 hours 10 minutes 4 seconds in 1996.

Slowest First Running Leg at Flinders

Pippin, Jane Crosswell and Dale Lancaster, 13 hours, 17 minutes, 1 second in 2005.

Fastest Second Sailing Leg to Coles Bay (Old Course to Wineglass Bay, 1989 only)

Baleen (Verbatim), Johnston/Hawkins, 14 hours 31 minutes in 1989.

Fastest Second Sailing Leg to Coles Bay (New Course to Coles Bay)

Peccadillo, Charles Meredith (Vic), 12 hours 44 minutes 30 seconds in 2011.

Slowest Second Sailing Leg to Coles Bay

Lara II (SMF Superannuation), Bob Silberberg, 2 days 2 hours 29 minutes in 1990.

Fastest Second Running Leg at Freycinet

Runners Patrick Mickan and Tim Piper from team JAILHOUSE GRILL run into the Freycinet National Park at Coles Bay for the second stage run.

Naiad (Business Post), John Coyle and Adrian Davis from Scotland, 4 hours 11 minutes 44 seconds in 1997.

Slowest Second Running Leg at Freycinet

New Horizon, 19 hours 17 minutes 32 seconds in 1999.

Fastest Third Sailing Leg to Hobart

Bagatelle (Tasmaid Form), Stephen Cuming, 11 hours 14 minutes in 1992.

Slowest Third Sailing Leg to Hobart

Bastet (Southern Cross News), 2 days 9 hours 55 minutes in 1996.

Fastest Third Running Leg at Wellington

Excess (Mersey Pharmacy), Andrew Kromar and Nigel Aylott, 2 hours 28 minutes 0 seconds in 2003.

Slowest Third Running Leg at Wellington

Aquila (Marine Alarms), Peter Gibson and complete team for Tilman points, 8 hours 38 minutes 3 seconds in 1997.

Years there has been no female competitors

1991.

Most women in one race

Ten in 2000. (Eight in 1990. Seven in 1999).

Oldest Female Competitor

Dale Lancaster (55), a runner in 2006.

Oldest Male Competitor

Alan Rees (72), also a sailor in 2007.

Most races competed

21 have competed in a total of 10 or more races.
Nick Edmunds (25) sailor,
David Wright (25) runner and sailor,
Jeff Cordell (18) runner and sailor,
Lloyd Febey (18) runner,
Ross Edmunds (17) sailor,
Richard Edmunds (16) runner and sailor,
Phillip Marshall (16) sailor,
Sam Edmunds (16) sailor,
Jacqui Guy (15) runner,
Les Savage (14) runner,
Phil O'Sign (14) sailor,
David MacFarlane (12) sailor,
Mark Guy (12) runner and sailor,
Steve Walker (12) sailor,
Jamie Cooper (12) sailor
Robin Chamberlin (11) sailor,
Terry Travers (11) sailor,
Peter Fletcher (11) runner and sailor,
Paul Herron (10) sailor,
Bruce Guy (10) sailor,
Tony Guy (10) sailor
John Claridge (10) runner

Most races as a volunteer organiser

12 have volunteered in a total of 20 or more races.
Alastair Douglas OAM (25)
Gerald Dilger (25)
Jenny Douglas (25)
Henry Jacobs OAM (25)
Robyn Dilger (24)
Eddie Pridmore (24)
Bob Silberberg OAM (24)
Nick Edmunds (21)
Wayne Beeton (20)
Peter Males (20)
Bryn Warrick (20)
Kevin Warrick (20)
44 others have assisted in 10 to 19 races and over 409 valued volunteers have assisted over the 25 years.

Most races as a runner

Lloyd Febey (18).

Most races for a yacht

Haphazard (Radford 14), 20 races.

Years with no retirements

1994, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009.

Most retirements

Nine in 1996.

Largest number of entrants in the Cruising Division

Six in 2002.

Largest number of entrants in the Fully Crewed Division

Ten in 2008 .

Largest number of entrants in the Classics Division

Two in 1999, the inaugural year for the division and two in 2000.

Largest Fleets

30 in the inaugural race in 1989.
27 in 2008
23 in 1990
19 in 1999

Smallest Fleet overall

Eight teams in 2011.

Most multihulls in one race

8 in 2008
4 in 1989, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010 and in 2012.

Largest Yacht to have competed (other than in the Classics Division).

Magic Miles, 62 feet length overall, sailed by Drew Murray in 2008 and again in 2013 sailed by Michael Crew.
Casablanca, (Hogia Llyn), 61 feet length overall, chartered by Dewi Hughes from Wales in 1989.

Number of years multihulls have entered

Twenty four.

Number of times race won by multihull

Fourteen.
Ian Johnston (Verbatim) in 1989, Martin Pryor (Windswept) in 1993, Robin Chamberlin in Excess in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, Phillip Marshall (Slingshot) in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Charles Meredith (Peccadillo) in 2011, Bruce and Suzanne Arms (Mobile Travel Agent Big Wave Rider) in 2012, Steve Laird (Euphoria Furniture) in 2013.

Number of times race won by rounding Tasman Island

Seven - in 1992 by Ronstan Wild Thing, Grant Wharington, in 1996, 1997 and 1999 by Vendetta (ComputerLand), John Saul; in 2000 by Haphazard (Nick Edmunds; 2003 by Mersey Pharmacy (Robin Chamberlin); Steve Laird (Euphoria Furniture) in 2013.