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1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race

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1973–74
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition1st
YachtsMulti-class
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerSayula II

The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and rigs took part. During the race three sailors were swept over board and died: Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking. Waterhouse and Guillet were never to be seen again.[1]

The crew of the Mexican yacht Sayula II, a brand new Swan 65 owned and skippered by Mexican Captain Ramón Carlin, won the overall race in 133 days and 13 hours. Her actual time was 152 days.[2] In 2016, this adventure was presented in a documentary film called The Weekend Sailor.[3][4][5]

Legs

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Leg Start Finish Leg winner Skipper
1 Portsmouth, England Cape Town, South Africa Adventure Patrick Bryans
2 Cape Town, South Africa Sydney Pen Duick VI Éric Tabarly
3 Sydney Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Great Britain II Chay Blyth
4 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Portsmouth, England Sayula II Ramón Carlin

Results

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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 2 MX 7208 Sayula II Mexico Mexico Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 19.68 Ramón Carlin 152:09:11:08 133:12:32:43
2 6 K 684 Adventure United Kingdom Great Britain Camper-Nicholson 55 Sloop 16.76 Patrick Bryans
Malcolm Skene
George Vallings
Roy Mullender 		162:19:06:30 135:08:03:45
3 5 F 5959 Grand Louis France France Presles 61 Schooner 18.59 André Viant 162:01:19:00 138:14:52:06
4 3 F 5784 Kriter France France Auzepy-Brenneur 68 Ketch 20.73 Jack Grout
Alain Gliksman 		156:14:10:03 141:01:53:35
5 7 I 4971 Guia Italy Italy Sparkman & Stephens 45 Sloop 13.72 Giorgio Falck 177:19:23:48 142:19:20:40
6 1 K 3566 Great Britain II United Kingdom Great Britain Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi 23.52 Chay Blyth 144:10:43:44 144:10:43:44
7 4 K 3560 Second Life United Kingdom Great Britain Van de Stadt Ocean 71 Ketch Maxi 21.64 Roddy Ainslie 161:02:02:04 150:08:06:19
8 10 I 5905 CS e RB Italy Italy Clark 50 Ketch 15.24 Doi Malingri di Bagnolo 187:00:21:46 155:06:57:06
9 8 K 3388 British Soldier United Kingdom Great Britain Clark 59 Yawl 17.98 John Day
G.C. Philp
Neil Carlier
James Myatt 		179:19:49:53 156:20:53:19
10 9 I 5551 Tauranga Italy Italy Sparkman & Stephens Swan 55 16.03 Erik Pascoli 185:20:42:52 156:22:23:43
11 14 PZ 30 Copernicus Poland Poland Liskiewicz-Rejewski 45 Ketch 13.72 Zygfryd Perlicki 204:19:48:50 166:19:01:22
12 11 F 4390 33 Export France France Mauric 57 Yawl 17.37 Jean-Pierre Millet
Dominque Guillet 		197:10:02:24 174:22:28:22
13 12 PZ 3 Otago Poland Poland Kujawa 55 Ketch 16.76 Zdzislaw Pienkawa 203:21:31:14 178:08:49:10
14 13 G 77 Peter von Danzig Germany West Germany Gruber 59 Bermudan Yawl 17.98 Reinhard Laucht 204:15:30:55 179:14:50:40
DNF 15 F 5999 Pen Duick VI France France Mauric 74 Ketch Maxi 22.17 Éric Tabarly Retired-Leg 3
DNF 16 K 808 Burton Cutter United Kingdom Great Britain Sharp-Williams 80 Ketch Maxi 24.38 Leslie Williams
Alan Smith 		Retired-Leg 2
DNF NC F 4279 Pen Duick III France France Tabarly 57 Ketch 17.45 Marc Linski Only Competed in Leg 4
DNF NC 56 Concorde France France Auzepy-Brenneur Contessa 32 9.75 Pierre Chassin Only Competed in Leg 2
DNF NC SA 7 Jakaranda South Africa South Africa Sparkman & Stephen 56 Sloop 17.07 John Goodwin Only Competed in Leg 1
References:[6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Volvo Ocean Race: History 1977–1978". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Did You Know? Mexico yachtsman won the first round-the-world yacht race : Mexico History". www.mexconnect.com.
  3. ^ Weber, Bruce (10 May 2016). "Ramón Carlín, Casual Sailor Who Won a Round-the-World Race, Dies at 92" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "The Weekend Sailor |".
  5. ^ "RACE ONE 1973–74" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
  7. ^ John Jourdane, Icebergs, Port and Starboard, 1992, page 212
  8. ^ Whitbread Company, Whitbread Round the World Race, 1974, pages 48–65
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