Merit Cup
Appearance
Nation | ![]() |
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Class | Volvo Ocean 60 |
Sail no | MON–7000 |
Designer(s) | Bruce Farr |
Builder | Martin Marine |
Racing career | |
Skippers | Grant Dalton |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 13,500 kg (29,700 lb) |
Length | 19.5 m (64 ft) (LOA) |
Beam | 5.25 m (17.2 ft) |
Draft | 3.75 m (12.3 ft) |
Merit Cup is a yacht. She finished second in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Grant Dalton.[1]
Career
Merit Cup was designed by Bruce Farr and built by Martin Marine.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.kriter.tv/history/whitbread_history.pdf
- ^ "The Entries", Yachting, 181 (10), 1997