The Atlantic corridor between New York and Miami is the most storied speed-record route on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. 947 nautical miles of open ocean, the Gulf Stream, Cape Hatteras, and whatever weather system is currently ruining someone's day off the Carolinas.

Two propulsion classes claim this route. Powersport owns the absolute fastest time. Sail has the WSSRC ratification — and a deeper class structure that ranges from purpose-built ocean racers to gilded-era America's Cup yachts to the most expensive floating objects ever constructed.