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
Boat Nation Class Skipper
Brooksfield ItalyWhitbread 60 Guido Maisto
Fortuna SpainMaxi Lawrie Smith
Heineken United StatesWhitbread 60 Dawn Riley
Hetman Sahaidachny UkraineWhitbread 60 Eugene Platon
Galicia '93 Pescanova SpainWhitbread 60 Javier de la Gandara
Intrum Justitia EuropeWhitbread 60 Roger Nilson
Lawrie Smith
La Poste FranceMaxi Éric Tabarly
Merit Cup United KingdomMaxi Pierre Fehlmann
NZ Endeavour New ZealandMaxi Grant Dalton
Reebok/Dolphin Youth United KingdomWhitbread 60 Matthew Humphries
Tokio JapanWhitbread 60 Chris Dickson
Odessa UkraineWhitbread 60 Anatoly Verba
Uruguay Natural UruguayMaxi Gustavo Vanzini
Winston United StatesWhitbread 60 Dennis Conner
Brad Butterworth
Yamaha JapanWhitbread 60 Ross Field
  • Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.[1]

Route
Race route
Event Start date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 125 September 1993 Southampton Punta del Este5,938NZ Endeavour
Leg 213 November 1993 Punta del Este Fremantle7,558Intrum Justitia
Leg 38 January 1994 Fremantle Auckland3,272NZ Endeavour
Leg 419 February 1994 Auckland Punta del Este5,914NZ Endeavour
Leg 52 April 1994 Punta del Este Fort Lauderdale5,475Yamaha
Leg 621 May 1994 Fort Lauderdale Southampton3,818Tokio

Results

Maxi yachts
Yacht Elapsed Time
NZ Endeavour120d 05h 09m 23s
Merit Cup121d 02h 50m 47s
La Poste123d 22h 54m 58s
Uruguay Natural145d 00h 17m 44s
FortunaRET

Fortuna broke its mast twice in the first 24 hours of the race, and ended up retiring.[2][3]

Whitbread 60
Yacht Elapsed Time
Yamaha120d 14h 55m 00s
Intrum Justitia121d 05h 23m 26s
Galicia '93 Pescanova122d 05h 26m 26s
Winston122d 09h 32m 09s
Tokio128d 22h 54m 58s
Brooksfield130d 04h 29m 27s
Hetman Sahaidachny135d 23h 17m 52s
Reebok/Dolphin Youth137d 21h 03m 17s
Heineken138d 16h 30m 51s
Odessa158d 04h 34m 40s

    Legend: RET – Retired; [1]

    References
    1. "RACE SIX 1993–94" (PDF). Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
    2. www.sailweb.co.uk. "Volvo Ocean Race - Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
    3. "Sailing: Smith is ordered out of Whitbread". The Independent. 1 October 1993.
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