1993–1994 Whitbread Round the World Race
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Event title | |
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Edition | 6th |
Yachts | Whitbread 60 Maxi |
Competitors | |
Competitors | 15 |
Results | |
Winner | NZ Endeavour |
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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
Boat | Nation | Class | Skipper |
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Brooksfield | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Fortuna | ![]() |
Maxi | ![]() |
Heineken | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Hetman Sahaidachny | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Galicia '93 Pescanova | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Intrum Justitia | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() ![]() |
La Poste | ![]() |
Maxi | ![]() |
Merit Cup | ![]() |
Maxi | ![]() |
NZ Endeavour | ![]() |
Maxi | ![]() |
Reebok/Dolphin Youth | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Tokio | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Odessa | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
Uruguay Natural | ![]() |
Maxi | ![]() |
Winston | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() ![]() |
Yamaha | ![]() |
Whitbread 60 | ![]() |
- Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.[1]
Route
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Event | Start date | Start | Finish | Distance (nmi) | Winner |
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Leg 1 | 25 September 1993 | ![]() |
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5,938 | NZ Endeavour |
Leg 2 | 13 November 1993 | ![]() |
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7,558 | Intrum Justitia |
Leg 3 | 8 January 1994 | ![]() |
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3,272 | NZ Endeavour |
Leg 4 | 19 February 1994 | ![]() |
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5,914 | NZ Endeavour |
Leg 5 | 2 April 1994 | ![]() |
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5,475 | Yamaha |
Leg 6 | 21 May 1994 | ![]() |
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3,818 | Tokio |
Results
Maxi yachts
Yacht | Elapsed Time |
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NZ Endeavour | 120d 05h 09m 23s |
Merit Cup | 121d 02h 50m 47s |
La Poste | 123d 22h 54m 58s |
Uruguay Natural | 145d 00h 17m 44s |
Fortuna | RET |
Fortuna broke its mast twice in the first 24 hours of the race, and ended up retiring.[2][3]
Whitbread 60
Yacht | Elapsed Time |
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Yamaha | 120d 14h 55m 00s |
Intrum Justitia | 121d 05h 23m 26s |
Galicia '93 Pescanova | 122d 05h 26m 26s |
Winston | 122d 09h 32m 09s |
Tokio | 128d 22h 54m 58s |
Brooksfield | 130d 04h 29m 27s |
Hetman Sahaidachny | 135d 23h 17m 52s |
Reebok/Dolphin Youth | 137d 21h 03m 17s |
Heineken | 138d 16h 30m 51s |
Odessa | 158d 04h 34m 40s |
Legend: RET – Retired; [1]
References
- ^ a b "RACE SIX 1993–94" (PDF). Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ www.sailweb.co.uk. "Volvo Ocean Race - Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Sailing: Smith is ordered out of Whitbread". The Independent. 1 October 1993.