Using R, the dataset "sydhob" is included below - please copy and paste exactly onto a txt file and/or load it onto R Studio (software required for this question). The full question is included in the attached image below. Also please include full explanation and working out as required, thank you.

Note: The first column in the data tells us "Yacht", second is "Years", third is "Days", fourth is "Hour", fifth is "Minutes" and last is "Time".

Rani 1945 6 14 22 9502

Morna 1946 5 2 53 7373

Morna 1947 5 3 3 7383

Morna 1948 4 5 1 6061

WaltzingMatilda 1949 5 10 33 7833

MargaretRintoul 1950 5 5 28 7528

MargaretRintoul 1951 4 2 29 5909

Nocturne 1952 6 2 34 8794

Solveig 1953 5 7 12 7632

KurrewaIV 1954 5 6 9 7569

Even 1955 4 18 13 6853

KurrewaIV 1956 4 4 31 6031

KurrewaIV 1957 3 18 30 5430

Solo 1958 5 2 32 7352

Solo 1959 4 13 33 6573

KurrewaIV 1960 4 8 11 6251

Astor 1961 4 4 42 6042

Ondine 1962 3 3 46 4546

Astor 1963 4 10 53 6413

Astor 1964 3 20 5 5525

Stormvogel 1965 3 20 30 3930

Fidelis 1966 4 8 39 6279

PenDuickIII 1967 4 4 10 6010

OndineII 1968 4 30 20 7580

Crusade 1969 3 15 7 5227

Buccaneer 1970 3 14 6 5166

Kialoa 1971 3 12 46 5086

AmericanEagle 1972 3 4 42 4602

Helsal 1973 3 1 32 4412

OndineIII 1974 3 13 51 5151

Kialoa 1975 2 14 36 3756

Ballyhoo 1976 3 7 59 4799

KialoaII 1977 3 10 14 4934

Apollo 1978 4 2 23 5903

BumblebeeIV 1979 3 1 45 4425

NewZealand 1980 2 18 45 4005

Vengeance 1981 3 22 30 5670

CondorofBermuda 1982 3 0 59 4379

Condor 1983 3 0 50 4370

NewZealand 1984 3 11 21 5001

Apollo 1985 3 4 32 4592

CondorofBermuda 1986 2 23 26 4286

Sovereign 1987 2 21 58 4198

Ragamuffin 1988 3 15 29 5249

Drumbeat 1989 3 6 21 4701

Ragamuffin 1990 2 21 5 4145

Brindabella 1991 3 1 14 4394

NewZealandEndeavour 1992 2 19 19 4039

NinetySeven 1993 4 0 54 5814

Tasmania 1994 2 17 48 3948

Sayonara 1995 3 0 53 4373.6

MorningGlory 1996 2 14 7 3727.2

Brindabella 1997 2 23 37 4297.2