The race record is held by Skaarungen, a Wasa 50 ft monohull skippered by Odd Olsen of Stord, Norway. Their elapsed time of 30 hours 44 minutes was set in 1998 in a west-bound direction.

                                                                                                                

The fastest east-bound crossing was made by UNDEROUSA a 45ft Trimaran from Oslo, in 31hrs 9mins in 2001.

                                                                                                                       

2008 Race Results:

Boat name

Boat type

Skipper

Club

LYS

Class

Finish date

Finish time

Sailing time

Corrected time

Corrected time diff.

North Sea Trophy Class

Erin

Sun Odyssey 49 perf

John Murphy

Port Edgar

1.31

LYS 1

30.06

02:53:18

37:53:18

49:38:01

00:00:00

Lovinda Too

Baltic 38 dp

Svein Mathisen

Stavanger

1.24

LYS 1

30.06

09:49:22

44:49:22

55:34:49

05:56:48

Nescesse

HR 43

Odd Svendsen

KNS

1.26

LYS 1

30.06

11:46:38

46:46:38

58:56:21

09:18:20

Bua

Dufour 34

Øyvind Misje

Egersund

1.25

LYS 1

30.06

13:30:30

48:30:30

60:38:08

11:00:06

Apollon

Hanse 470E

Odd Olsen

Stord

1.40

LYS 1

30.06

08:37:15

43:37:15

61:04:09

11:26:08

Ocean Girl

 

Arild Haraldstad

Brevik

 

Retired

Non-Spinnaker / Nicholson 32 Class

Melady Fair

Nicholson 32 MKX

Steve Brockman

Banff

N 32

01.07

00:39:00

59:39:00

Oosta

Nicholson 32 MKX

Tristum Woolston

Banff

 

N 32

01.07

03:30:00

62:30:00

Cruising Class

Orosay

Beneteau Oceanis 393

Gerry Hughes

North Berwick

Cruising

30.06

05:00:00

40:00:00

Winsome

Bavaria 30

Stuart Brookes

Lossiemouth

 

Cruising

Retired

The 2008 results can be downloaded as a pdf file here

Race results are available for downloaded in PDF Format

Year:

 
1999 Overall Results
  Results by Class
   
2001 Overall Results
  Results by Class
   
2002 Results by Class
   
2003 Prize Winners
  Results by Class
   
2004 Results by Class
 

Yachts

   
2005 Results
   
2006 Results

2007 Results

Boat Name Skipper Sailnumber Sailing Club Type of Boat Overall  
          Position  
             
Erin John Murphy GBR2649 R Port Edgar YC Sun Odyssey 49R 1  
Appollo Odd Olsen  NOR12261 Stord SF Hanse 430e 2  
Avanti Erik Jensen DEN314 SS Akela 50 3  
Ventus Kjell Ove Klungrehaug NOR10844 Bergen SF Bavaria Match 35 4  
Grand Slam Andy Burns GBR9098T Port Edgar YC Ronautica 400 5  
La Linea Torfinn Ingeborgrud NOR11125 Stavanger SF Maxi 95 6  
Sunrise William Cowie GBR9869 Findochty WSC Dehler 36cws 7  
Imagine Robert Johannesen NOR9043 Stavanger SF HR 39 8  
Mrs Chippy Stewart MacDonald GBR 308 Firsherow YC Oceanis Clipper 311 9  
Lovinda too Svein Mathisen NOR9248 Stavanger SF Baltic 38 10  
Fusion 2 Neil Innes GBR7759T Findochty WSC GibSea 284 -  
Lady Vi Peter Rankine GBR49 Findochty WSC Westerly Tempest -  
Zephyr Erik Engløkk NOR3673 Karmoy SF Comfortina 32 -  
Samurai Tore Austbø NOR2503 GS Avance 36 -  
Bua Øyvind Misje NOR11892 Egersund SF Dufour 34 -  

2007 Results by Class

Boat Name Skipper Sailnumber Sailing Club Type of Boat Spinnaker LYS Arrival Sailed Time Corrected Time Class Overall
              Date & time     Position Position
Class 1 - Without spinnaker                    
Ocean Girl Arild Haraldstad NOR5598 Brevik SF HR 312 No 1.03 03/07 11:53:48 45:43:48 47:06:07 1  
Solbris Allan Eika NOR2338 Brevik SF Gladiateur 33 No 1.11 03/07 15:00:16 48:50:16 54:12:36 2  
                       
Class 2 LYS up to 1.19                    
La Linea Torfinn Ingeborgrud NOR11125 Stavanger SF Maxi 95 Yes 1.05 03/07 12:01:32 45:51:32 48:09:07 1 6
Imagine Robert Johannesen NOR9043 Stavanger SF HR 39 Yes 1.17 03/07 10:19:52 44:09:52 51:40:21 2 8
Mrs Chippy Stewart MacDonald GBR 308 Firsherow YC Oceanis Clipper 311 Yes 1.14 03/07 13:12:05 47:02:05 53:37:10 3 9
Fusion 2 Neil Innes GBR7759T Findochty WSC GibSea 284 Yes 1.08 Retired     - -
Lady Vi Peter Rankine GBR49 Findochty WSC Westerly Tempest Yes 1.10 Retired     -  
Zephyr Erik Engløkk NOR3673 Karmoy SF Comfortina 32 Yes 1.13 Retired     - -
Samurai Tore Austbø NOR2503 GS Avance 36 Yes 1.16 Retired     - -
                       
                       
Class 3 - LYS Equal to or Greater Than 1.20                  
Erin John Murphy GBR2649 R Port Edgar YC Sun Odyssey 49R Yes 1.31 02/07 21:23:42 31:13:42 40:54:33 1 1
Appollo Odd Olsen  NOR12261 Stord SF Hanse 430e Yes 1.33 03/07 00:17:50 34:07:50 45:23:37 2 2
Grand Slam Andy Burns GBR9098T Port Edgar YC Ronautica 400 Yes 1.25 03/07 04:31:26 38:21:26 47:56:47 3 5
Sunrise William Cowie GBR9869 Findochty WSC Dehler 36cws Yes 1.21 03/07 08:19:11 42:09:11 51:00:19 4 7
Lovinda too Svein Mathisen NOR9248 Stavanger SF Baltic 38 Yes 1.24 03/07 09:44:41 43:34:41 54:02:12 5 10
Bua Øyvind Misje NOR11892 Egersund SF Dufour 34 Yes 1.23 DNS     - -
                       
Class 4 - Double Handed                    
Avanti Erik Jensen DEN314 SS Akela 50 Yes 1.53 02/07 19:59:53 29:49:53 45:38:31 1 3
Ventus Kjell Ove Klungrehaug NOR10844 Bergen SF Bavaria Match 35 Yes 1.29 03/07 02:47:50 36:37:50 47:15:12 2 4
           
Class 5 - Mulithulls                    
Rattata Fredrick Cook Jensen NOR 280 M BUF NOR280M Yes 1.22 02/07 19:27:35 29:17:35 35:44:15 1  
Hei Matau Tom McLuskie GBR 708M Port Edgar YC Farrier F36 Yes 1.35 02/07 18:57:16 28:47:16 38:51:49 2