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Facts and figures behind the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which is into its 75th edition

SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE BY THE NUMBERS

* Size of 2019 fleet: 157

* Biggest fleet:- 371 (1994, the 50th race)

* Smallest fleet: 9 (1945, the inaugural race)

* Most line honours wins: Wild Oats XI - Nine

* 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 Ellis - 51

* Most races by a woman: Adrienne Cahalan - 27

* Most successive races: Lindsay May - 46 (1973-2018)