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1993–1994 Whitbread Round the World Race

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

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'.

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

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

Route

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

Results

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

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  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.