Zara Davis

She holds the outright World Women's Nautical Mile speed record for a sailing vessel.

[1] She has since improved this record for the Nautical Mile to 37.29 knots at La Plame in the South of France.

Set in Luderitz Namibia in November 2012 held it for 3 years and regained it again in 2017 with a speed of 46.49 knots over the 500m course.

The first was set In October 2006 she established a new women's speed world record for sailing vessels over a Nautical mile by averaging 34.7 knots at Walvis Bay Namibia, surpassing the previous speed record set in 2005 at the same spot by French sailor Valerie Ghibaudo by over a knot.

[7] Zara achieved No 1 status for the 1st time on the official ISWC[8] Women's world ranking in 2010.