Heineken (yacht)
| Other names | Yamaha 1 Pontona Youth |
|---|---|
| Nation |  United States Denmark |
| Class | Volvo Ocean 60 |
| Designer(s) | Farr Yacht Design |
| Builder | Cookson Boats, New Zealand |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Dawn Riley Thomas Dahl Jensen |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 13,500 kg (29,800 lb) |
| Length | 18.2 m (60 ft) (LOA) |
| Beam | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Draft | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Crew | 12 |
Heineken (also Yamaha 1, Pontona Youth) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished ninth in the W60 class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Dawn Riley.[1]
Career
[edit]Yamaha 1 was the first Whitbread 60 ever built and was used as a trial boat for Ross Field's team.[2] It was built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand.[3] When Yamaha was finished the yacht was leased to American skipper Dawn Riley, who finished ninth among the W60s of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race having an all-women crew.[2]
Yamaha 1 competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race with the name Pontona Youth and crewed by a Danish youth team skippered by Thomas Dahl Jensen.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "IT IS UNLIKELY THAT COLONEL BILL WHITBREAD, OF THE BREWING FAMILY AND ADMIRAL OTTO STEINER, OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SAILING ASSOCIATION, EVER ENVISAGED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EVENT THEY CONCEIVED 'OVER A PINT' OF BEER 30 YEARS AGO" (PDF). Kriter.tv. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta – Girls Are Back In Town". firstportofcall.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Farr Yacht Design". Farrdesign.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "News & Features - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Site : Preview". Sailing.org. Retrieved 21 September 2015.