Ray of Light’s official finish time in Rio de Janeiro was: 18:00:52 UTC on 20 January 2017.
The following is the leaderboard of predictions from armchair sailors. Each entry was time and date stamped – to ensure that no cheating went on. The predicted time is after the name , the entry date is in brackets followed by the time difference between predicted and actual:
- Alan Straton: 18:35:13 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-19 11:15:09) 34 Minutes 39 Seconds
- Tim Jones: 17:19:19 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-19 15:09:52) 41 Minutes 11 Seconds
- Jill Onvlee: 16:44:00 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-19 16:49:37) 76 Minutes 52 Seconds
- Ray of Light: 16:34:00 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-17 11:29:46) 86 Minutes 52 Seconds
- Alan Straton: 19:28:45 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-17 08:51:20) 87 Minutes 53 Seconds
- Lisa Blaine: 15:50:10 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-17 09:30:24) 130 Minutes 42 Seconds
- Sir John Tudehope: 14:23:47 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-19 14:00:49) 217 Minutes 05 Seconds
- Ray of Light: 12:00:00 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-19 22:22:55) 360 Minutes 52 Seconds
- Alan Straton: 11:41:18 UTC on 20 January 2017 (2017-01-17 07:30:24) 378 Minutes 94 Seconds
- Sean Wiseman: 04:10:12 UTC on 21 January 2017 (2017-01-17 08:10:12) 609 Minutes 4 Seconds
- Sir John Tudehope: 04:35:26 UTC on 21 January 2017 (2017-01-18 21:06:52) 634 Minutes 26 Seconds
- Darryl Garner: 09:30:00 UTC on 21 January 2017 (2017-01-19 08:32:48) 930 Minutes 52 Seconds
- Roger Lucas: 21:27:00 UTC on 19 January 2017 (2017-01-17 08:28:09) 1287 Minutes 52 Seconds
- Sir John Tudehope: 18:36:30 UTC on 19 January 2017 (2017-01-17 08:02:48) 1403 Minutes 22 Seconds
- Tim Jones: 21:53:31 UTC on 21 January 2017 (2017-01-17 09:26:47) 1739 Minutes 13 Seconds
- Darryl Garner: 12:03:45 UTC on 22 January 2017 (2017-01-17 10:10:43) 2519 Minutes 07 Seconds
ABYC’s Bailes family sailed onboard Ray of Light – a 44.7 foot Beneteau First design, skippered and owned by Mike Kavanagh and navigated by Siyanda Vato – in the 2017 Cape to Rio race.
The complete crew: Michael Sean Kavanagh (Skipper), Siyanda Vato (Navigator), Heidrun Kavanagh, Sean Pieter Kavanagh, Sigrid Bailes, Anthony Bruce Bailes, Tamryn Bailes and Jenna Bailes.