Sailing, monohull, distance in 24 hours

The farthest distance sailed by a monohull yacht in 24 hours is 589 nm (1,090.8 km, 677.8 miles) and was achieved by Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael (Brazil) during the first leg (Alicante to Cape Town) of the Volvo Ocean Race in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, on 29 October 2008.