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1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race was the fourth edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Ocean Globe Race). Fifteen boats started out from Southampton on 28 September 1985 for the around-the-world race.

1985–86
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition4th
YachtsMulti-class
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerL'Esprit d'Équipe

L'Esprit d'Équipe, skippered by Lionel Péan, won the race in a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. Philips Innovator was second, and Swan 651 Fazer Finland third. UBS Switzerland was named first on elapsed time, with Lion New Zealand as runner-up. Drum (carrying its owner, the pop star Simon Le Bon) finished just a breath behind.[1]

Route edit

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Ports visited
Event Start date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 1 28 September 1985   Portsmouth   Cape Town 7,350 L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 2 4 December 1985   Cape Town   Auckland 7,300 Philip's Innovator
Leg 3 15 February 1986   Auckland   Punta del Este 6,215 L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 4 9 April 1986   Punta del Este   Portsmouth 5,875 L'Esprit d'Equipe

Results edit

Overall
Pos 		Line Honours
Pos 		Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres) 		Skipper Elapsed Time
d:hh:mm:ss 		Corrected time
d:hh:mm:ss
1 7 F 8333 L'Esprit d'Equipe   France Briand 58 Sloop 17.58 Lionel Péan 132:00:15:19 111:23:09:49
2 5 H 400 Philips Innovator   Netherlands Judel Vrolijk 63 Sloop 19.11 Dirk Nauta 127:03:00:40 112:21:31:37
3 6 L 71 Fazer Finland   Finland Frers Swan 651 19.98 Michael Berner 128:05:25:01 115:00:49:10
4 1 Z 3333 UBS Switzerland   Switzerland Farr 80 Sloop Maxi 24.29 Pierre Fehlmann 117:14:31:42 117:04:47:03
5 10 B 763 Rucanor Tristar   Belgium Ribadeau Dumas 58 Sloop 17.63 Gustaaf Versluys 139:10:26:21 118:09:29:12
6 8 E 2342 Fortuna Lights   Spain Visiers 62 Sloop 18.87 Jorge Brufau
Antonio Guiu 		137:21:22:56 120:19:06:37
7 2 KZ 5555 Lion New Zealand   New Zealand Holland 78 Sloop Maxi 23.77 Peter Blake 122:06:31:58 121:07:38:18
8 3 K 3797 Drum   Great Britain Holland 77 Sloop Maxi 23.47 Skip Novak 122:18:54:31 122:06:19:29
9 11 H 3040 Equity and Law   Netherlands Peterson Baltic 55 16.76 Pleun van der Lugt 145:19:07:38 123:06:43:44
10 4 B 762 Cote d'Or   Belgium Joubert-Nivelt 82 Sloop Maxi 24.99 Éric Tabarly 126:08:27:33 125:19:01:50
11 12 Z 1941 Shadow of Switzerland   Switzerland Sparkman & Stephens Swan 57 17.37 Nora & Otto Zehender-Müller 154:14:54:50 128:11:55:19
12 9 K 3566 Norsk Data GB   Great Britain Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi 23.50 Bob Salmon 138:01:15:36 136:01:12:10
13 13 D 1181 SAS Baia Viking   Denmark Elvstrom-Klerulf 49 Sloop 15.00 Jesper Norsk 170:18:53:29 144:18:54:05
DNF 14 KZ 6000 NZI Enterprise   New Zealand Farr 80 Sloop Maxi 24.32 Digby Taylor Retired-Leg 3
DNF 15 US 33881 Portatan-Atlantic Privateer   United States Farr 80 Sloop Maxi 24.32 Peter Kuttel Retired-Leg 1
References:[2][3]
 
L'Esprit d'équipe and SAS Baia Viking in Punta del Este, 1986.

References edit

  1. ^ "RACE FOUR 1985-86" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com.
  2. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
  3. ^ Skip Novak, One Watch at a Time, 1988, pages 143,284-285
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