Boudicca captured Marion Bermuda Race line honours in record time this morning, finishing off St David’s Lighthouse in just two days, 17 hours, 26 minutes and 27 seconds.

The performance beats the previous fastest for the 705-nautical-mile trek, 68:58:45, set in 2011 by the 76ft Briand sloop Lilla, owned by Simon and Nancy DiPietro.

Boudicca is a King Marine Reichel-Pugh 66 skippered by Richard Moody, based out of Jamestown, Rhode Island. Boudicca sailed in the performance class, a new addition to the race this year with a view to expanding race eligibility to more performance-focused cruising vessels. The new class has four entries.

The impressive performance comes as the majority of the rest of the fleet is haggling with light wind and low boat speed as they have crossed or are crossing the Gulf Stream.

Lyric, in second place, still has approximately 200 miles to go as of this morning.