Sydney Hobart yacht race by the numbers

Facts and figures behind the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which is into its 74th edition

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)