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1977–1978 Whitbread Round the World Race

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1977–78
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition2nd
YachtsMulti-class
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerFlyer

The 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race was the second edition of the around-the-world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race. On 27 August 1977, 15 boats started out from Portsmouth for the Whitbread Round the World Race under a moderate Northerly breeze and light patchy rain.[1] Most of the second Whitbread Race was dominated by a tight race between Swan 65 King's Legend and Flyer, the latter eventually winning the race. All 15 boats finished the 26,780-nautical-mile (49,600 km) race. Great Britain II was winner on elapsed time for the second race in succession. This race was notable for the fact that Clare Francis became the first woman to skipper a Whitbread entry, the Swan 65 ADC Accutrac.[2]

Legs

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Leg Start Finish Leg winner (elapsed time) Leg winner (corrected time)
1 Portsmouth, England Cape Town, South Africa Flyer Flyer[3]
2 Cape Town, South Africa Auckland, New Zealand Heath's Condor 33 Export
3 Auckland, New Zealand Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Great Britain II Gauloise II
4 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Portsmouth, England Heath's Condor Gauloise II

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 H 2398 Flyer Netherlands Netherlands Sparkman & Stephens 65 Ketch 19.86 Cornelis van Rietschoten 136:05:28:48 119:01:00:36
2 3 K 1220 King's Legend United Kingdom Great Britain Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 19.68 Nick Ratcliffe 138:15:47:23 121:11:17:23
3 9 EUR 1 Traité de Rome Europe Europe Sparkman & Stephens 51 Sloop 15.60 Philippe Hanin 154:20:58:12 121:18:50:59
4 4 Z 888 Disque d'Or Switzerland Switzerland Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 19.68 Pierre Fehlmann 142:00:47:48 122:10:56:23
5 6 K 1888 ADC Accutrac United Kingdom Great Britain Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 19.68 Clare Francis 145:15:28:11 126:20:18:36
6 10 F 4279 Gauloises II France France Tabarly 57 Ketch 17.45 Eric Loizeau 156:23:00:36 127:07:54:28
7 12 K 3138 Adventure United Kingdom Great Britain Camper-Nicholson 55 Sloop 16.76 James Watts
David Leslie
Ian Bailey-Willmot
Robin Duchesne 		158:14:12:35 128:02:54:28
8 8 F 515 Neptune France France Mauric 60 Sloop 18.30 Bernard Deguy 152:05:33:35 130:11:52:48
9 11 I 5555 B&B Italia Italy Italy Gurney 54 Sloop 16.46 Corrado di Majo 157:05:34:48 132:02:22:47
10 15 F 4390 33 Export France France Mauric 57 Yawl 17.37 Alain Gabbay 164:15:31:47 133:00:33:11
11 7 H 2422 Tielsa Netherlands Netherlands Elsenga 67 Ketch 20.50 Dirk Nauta 148:13:22:11 133:00:36:00
12 1 K 3566 Great Britain II United Kingdom Great Britain Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi 23.52 Robert James 134:12:22:47 134:10:43:11
13 13 K 1218 Debenhams United Kingdom Great Britain Holman-Pye 57 Ketch 17.40 John Ridgway 161:05:05:23 135:19:49:48
14 14 F 7204 Japy-Hermés France France McCurdy-Rhodes 63 Ketch 19.20 Jean-Michel Viant 164:01:29:23 143:06:00:00
15 5 K 707 Heath's Condor United Kingdom Great Britain Sharp 77 Sloop Maxi 23.48 Leslie Williams
Robin Knox-Johnston 		143:01:41:59 144:00:09:35
References:[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Cruising World". January 1977.
  2. ^ "Race stats" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Dutch ketch leads yachts". The Spokesman-Review. 6 October 1977.
  4. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
  5. ^ John Jourdane, Icebergs, Port and Starboard, 1992, page 213
  6. ^ Paul Guimard, L'Empire des Mers, 1978, pages 193-196
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