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1993–1994 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race was the sixth edition of the around-the-world sailing event. The race was won by Grant Dalton the maxi 'New Zealand Endeavour'.

1993–94
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition6th
YachtsWhitbread 60
Maxi
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerNZ Endeavour

As with prior races, the 1993-1994 Whitbread was run to "mixed class" rules. However a new purpose-built Whitbread boat—the W60 was introduced. As with previous years a handicap was applied to different boats based on their race rating. Some W60 competitors were not keen on running both Maxis and W60s together once it became evident some of the old Maxis were only as fast as the W60 class. Some W60 competitors wished to ban Maxis, however this was never realistic given the large investments the Maxi owners had made in the expectation of being able to race. There were also concerns over whether enough new W60 boats would be ready.

Despite the closeness of the finishes, some W60 skippers claimed to be in a 'completely different boat race' to Grant Dalton skippering a maxi.

Participants edit

Boat Nation Class Skipper
Brooksfield   Italy Whitbread 60   Guido Maisto
Fortuna   Spain Maxi   Lawrie Smith
Heineken   United States Whitbread 60   Dawn Riley
Hetman Sahaidachny   Ukraine Whitbread 60   Eugene Platon
Galicia '93 Pescanova   Spain Whitbread 60   Javier de la Gandara
Intrum Justitia   Europe Whitbread 60   Roger Nilson
  Lawrie Smith
La Poste   France Maxi   Éric Tabarly
Merit Cup   United Kingdom Maxi   Pierre Fehlmann
NZ Endeavour   New Zealand Maxi   Grant Dalton
Reebok/Dolphin Youth   United Kingdom Whitbread 60   Matthew Humphries
Tokio   Japan Whitbread 60   Chris Dickson
Odessa   Ukraine Whitbread 60   Anatoly Verba
Uruguay Natural   Uruguay Maxi   Gustavo Vanzini
Winston   United States Whitbread 60   Dennis Conner
  Brad Butterworth
Yamaha   Japan Whitbread 60   Ross Field
  • Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.[1]

Route edit

 
Race route
Event Start date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 1 25 September 1993   Southampton   Punta del Este 5,938 NZ Endeavour
Leg 2 13 November 1993   Punta del Este   Fremantle 7,558 Intrum Justitia
Leg 3 8 January 1994   Fremantle   Auckland 3,272 NZ Endeavour
Leg 4 19 February 1994   Auckland   Punta del Este 5,914 NZ Endeavour
Leg 5 2 April 1994   Punta del Este   Fort Lauderdale 5,475 Yamaha
Leg 6 21 May 1994   Fort Lauderdale   Southampton 3,818 Tokio

Results edit

Pos Class Class
Pos 		Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres) 		Skipper Elapsed Time
d:hh:mm:ss
1 Maxi 1 NZL 1 New Zealand Endeavour   New Zealand Farr 85 Ketch Maxi 26.00 Grant Dalton 120:05:09:23
2 Whitbread 60 1 II Yamaha   Japan Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Ross Field 120:14:55:00
3 Maxi 2 SUI 3333 Merit Cup   Switzerland Farr 85 Ketch Maxi 25.90 Pierre Fehlmann 121:02:50:47
4 Whitbread 60 2 EUR 1 Intrum Justitia   Europe Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Roger Nilson
Lawrie Smith 		121:05:26:26
5 Whitbread 60 3 ESP 1993 Galicia '93 Pescanova   Spain Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Javier de la Gándara 122:06:12:23
6 Whitbread 60 4 USA 1 Winston   United States Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Dennis Conner
Brad Butterworth 		122:09:32:09
7 Maxi 3 FRA 1994 La Poste   France Farr 85 Ketch Maxi 25.90 Daniel Mallé
Éric Tabarly 		123:22:54:58
8 Whitbread 60 5 KZ 7 Tokio   Japan Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Chris Dickson 128:16:19:48
9 Whitbread 60 6 ITA 12555 Brooksfield   Italy Bouvet-Petit Whitbread 60 19.19 Guido Maisto 130:04:29:27
10 Whitbread 60 7 UKR 1 Hetman Sahaidachny   Ukraine Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Eugene Platon 135:23:17:52
11 Whitbread 60 8 GBR 760R Dolphin & Youth Challenge-Reebok   Great Britain Humphreys Whitbread 60 19.90 Matthew Humphries 137:21:03:17
12 Whitbread 60 9 US 1 US Women's Challenge-Heineken   United States Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Nance Frank
Dawn Riley 		138:16:30:51
13 Maxi 4 URU 9000 Uruguay Natural   Uruguay Frers 81 Sloop Maxi 24.60 Gustavo Vanzini Pons 144:20:17:44
14 Whitbread 60 10 UKR 200 Odessa   Ukraine Sidenko Whitbread 60 19.60 Anatoly Verba 158:04:34:40
DNF Maxi 5 E 1992 Fortuna   Spain Visiers 81 Ketch Maxi 24.80 Lawrie Smith Retired-Leg 1
References:[2][3]

Fortuna broke its mast twice in the first 24 hours of the race, and ended up retiring.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "RACE SIX 1993–94" (PDF). Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
  3. ^ Bob Fisher & Barry Pickthall, Faster & Faster, 1994, pages 19-30,101
  4. ^ www.sailweb.co.uk. "Volvo Ocean Race - Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Sailing: Smith is ordered out of Whitbread". The Independent. 1 October 1993. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
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