1981–1982 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race was the third edition of the around-the-world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race. On 8 August 1981, 29 boats started out from Southampton for the Whitbread Round the World Race.

The maxi yacht Flyer II was designed by Germán Frers and built at the W. Huisman shipyard in 1981 for skipper Cornelius van Rietschoten. In an unusual feat, she won the race both on line honours and on handicap. Only 20 finished the race out of the 29 that started it.

Legs

Southampton

Cape Town

Auckland

Mar del Plata

Portsmouth

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Ports visited

Leg	Start	Finish	Leg winner elapsed time	Leg winner corrected time
1	Southampton, England	Cape Town, South Africa	Flyer II	Kriter IX
2	Cape Town, South Africa	Auckland, New Zealand	Flyer II	Ceramco NZ
3	Auckland, New Zealand	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Flyer II	Mor Bihan
4	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Portsmouth, England	Flyer II	Ceramco NZ

Race results

Pos	Boat name	Skipper	Country	Corrected time
1	Flyer II	Conny van Rietschoten	Netherlands	119d 1h
2	Charles Heidsieck III	Alain Gabbay	France	120d 7h
3	Kriter XI	André Viant	France	120d 10h
4	Disque d'Or III	Pierre Fehlmann	Switzerland	123d 11h
5	Outward Bound	Digby Taylor	New Zealand	124d 11h
6	Xargo III	Padda Kuttel	South Africa	124d 19h
7	Mor Bihan	Phillipe Poupon	France	125d 15h
8	Berge Viking	Peder Lunde	Norway	125d 16h
9	Alaska Eagle	Skip Novak & Neil Bergt	United States	126d 10h
10	Euromarche	Eric Tabarly	France	126d 23h
11	Ceramco New Zealand	Peter Blake	New Zealand	127d 17h
12	Skopbank Finland	Kenneth Gahmberg	Finland	128d 15h
13	Rollygo	Giorgio Falck	Italy	129d 20h
14	Traité de Rome	Antonio Chioatto	Europe	130d 23h
15	Croky	Gustaaf Versluys	Belgium	133d 23h
16	FCF Challenger	Leslie Williams	United Kingdom	138d 15h
17	United Friendly	Chay Blyth	United Kingdom	141d 10h
18	Walross III Berlin	Jean-Michel Viant	West Germany	143d 19h
19	Licor 43	Joaquin Coello	Spain	160d 2h
20	Ilgagomma	Roberto Vianello	Italy	160d 9h
–	European Uni. Belgium	Jean Blondiau	Belgium	DNF
–	33 Export	Phillipe Schaff	France	DNF
–	Gauloises III	Eric Loizeau	France	DNF
–	La Barca Laboratorio	Claudio Stampi	Italy	DNF
–	Save Venice	Doi Malingri	Italy	DNF
–	Vivanapoli	Beppe Panada	Italy	DNF
–	Scandinavian	Reino Engqvist	Sweden	DNF
–	Swedish Entry	Mogens Bugge	Sweden	DNF
–	Bubblegum	Iain Mcgown-Fyfe	United Kingdom	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;