Passage records have been sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC).
See Around the world sailing record 12948 nm See Transatlantic sailing record [17] 50 nm 138 nm 355 nm Cowes, Fastnet Rock, Scilly Isles, Plymouth totaling a rhum line distance of 595 nm 13225 nm 947nm 1560 nm 289 nm 635 nm 1545 nm 465 nm 455 nm 740 nm 195 nm 630 nm 408 nm 1265 nm 2215 nm 3750 nm 4482 nm 4482 nm 13707 nm