Records

Skippers

IMOCAUnited Kingdom50 years old

Ellen MacArthur

Statistics

Whole career, 1998–2005, every class.
· General · 2026 season in progress
Method
Not ranked: no scored race since 2023
Past standings, up to the 2008 season.
3,100
pts in all · 5 races counted
End of season
260199941st
260200037th
1,51520012nd
6 starts
Wins
2
33%
2nd and 3rd places
3
50%
4th to 5th
0
0%
Further back
1
17%
Retirements
0
0%
Finish rate 100% · a podium every 1.2 races
Highlights
Finest winRoute du Rhum 2002 · IMOCA
Best Sillage standing1st in 2002 and 2003
Longest podium streak4 races in a row
Record season2,450 Sillage pts in 2002
Level by season
Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.
- IMOCA
- ORMA 60
- fewer than 3 results
- mid-fleet
100%’98
17%’99
93%
IMOCA, 1999–2005.
4 starts
Wins
1
25%
2nd and 3rd places
2
50%
4th to 5th
0
0%
Further back
1
25%
Retirements
0
0%
Finish rate 100% · a podium every 1.3 races
Highlights
Finest winRoute du Rhum 2002
ORMA 60, 2001–2001.
1 start
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
1
100%
4th to 5th
0
0%
Further back
0
0%
Retirements
0
0%
Finish rate 100% · a podium every 1 races
Highlights
Starts

Taipei - Hong Kong, Outright2006
2d16h46min32s
Use It Again
Ellen MacArthur
WSSRC record · April 2006Former record
Tour du monde est-ouest, féminin (Women Outright)2005
71d14h18min33s
Use It Again
Ellen MacArthur
· February 2005Former record
Tour du monde ouest-est en solitaire (Outright)2005
71d14h18min33s
Use It Again
Ellen MacArthur
· February 2005Former record
Transatlantique New York – Lizard, en solitaire, féminin (Singlehanded Women)2004
7d03h49min57s
Use It Again
Ellen MacArthur
· June 2004Record
Transatlantique New York – Lizard, féminin (Outright)2004
7d03h49min57s
Use It Again
Ellen MacArthur
· June 2004Record
Tour du monde d'ouest en est en solitaire, monocoque féminin2001
94d04h25min40s
One Planet One Ocean
Ellen MacArthur
· February 2001Former record
Plymouth–Newport, femmes2000
14d23h11min
One Planet One Ocean
Ellen MacArthur
· June 2000Record

’00

88%’01

100%’02

’03

’04

90%’05

Best season 2002 (100%, win: Route du Rhum). 2005 rests on 1 result only.

Best Sillage standing1st in 2003

Longest podium streak3 races in a row

Record season1,930 Sillage pts in 2002

Level by season

Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.

IMOCA
fewer than 3 results
mid-fleet

17%’99
93%’00
’01
100%’02
’03
’04
90%’05

Best season 2002 (100%, win: Route du Rhum). 2005 rests on 1 result only.

1

Best Sillage standing6th in 2003 and 2004

Record season520 Sillage pts in 2001

Level by season

Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.

ORMA 60
fewer than 3 results
mid-fleet

88%’01

Best season 2001 (88%, 2nd: Transat Café L'Or). 2001 rests on 1 result only.

2,450

2002

1st

1,99020031st

1,41020042nd

1,02020054th

520200619th

390200748th

260200878th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

WSSRC record

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · IMOCA · 2026 season in progress

Method

Not ranked: no scored race since 2023

Past standings, up to the 2008 season.

2,580

pts in all · 4 races counted

End of season

260199925th
260200022nd
99520015th
1,93020022nd
1,60020031st
1,15020042nd
1,02020054th
520200611th
390200723rd
260200829th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · ORMA 60 · 2026 season in progress

Method

Not ranked: no scored race since 2023

Past standings, up to the 2004 season.

520

pts in all · 1 race counted

End of season

52020017th
52020027th
39020036th
26020046th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary

British sailor, runner-up in the 2000-2001 Vendée Globe and solo round-the-world record holder in 2005, later a circular-economy advocate.

Skipper

General rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary: —not ranked

IMOCA rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary: —not ranked

: 6

: 2

: 5

·: 2 · 5

StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

Records

Records

Statistics

· General · 2026 season in progress

End of season

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · IMOCA · 2026 season in progress

End of season

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · ORMA 60 · 2026 season in progress

End of season