1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and rigs took part. During the race three sailors were swept over board and died: Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking. Waterhouse and Guillet were never to be seen again.^[1]

The crew of the Mexican yacht Sayula II, a brand new Swan 65 owned and skippered by Mexican Captain Ramón Carlin, won the overall race in 133 days and 13 hours. Her actual time was 152 days.^[2]

Legs

Race results

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Country	Corrected time
1	Sayula II	Carlin, Ramón Ramón Carlin	Mexico	133d 13h
2	Adventure	Bryans, Patrick Patrick Bryans, Malcolm Skene, George Vallings & Roy Mullender	United Kingdom	135d 8h
3	Grand Louis	Viant, André André Viant	France	138d 15h
4	Kriter	Grout, Jack Jack Grout, Michael Malinovsky & Alain Gliksman	France	141d 2h
5	Guia	Falck, Giorgio Giorgio Falck	Italy	142d 19h
6	Great Britain II	Blyth, Chay Chay Blyth	United Kingdom	144d 11h
7	Second Life	Ainslie, Roddy Roddy Ainslie	United Kingdom	150d 8h
8	Cserb	Malingri, Doi Doi Malingri	Italy	155d 7h
9	British Soldier	Myatt, James James Myatt	United Kingdom	156d 21h
10	Tauranga	Pasoli, Eric Eric Pasoli	Italy	156d 22h
11	Copernicus	Perlicki, Zygfryd Zygfryd Perlicki	Poland	166d 19h
12	33 Export	Millet, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Millet & Dominque Guillet	France	175d 22h
13	Otago	Pienkawa, Zdzislaw Zdzislaw Pienkawa	Poland	178d 9h
14	Peter von Danzig	Laucht, Reinhard Reinhard Laucht	West Germany	179d 15h
–	Pen Duick VI	Tabarly, Eric Eric Tabarly	France	DNF
–	Burton Cutter	Williams, Leslie Leslie Williams & Alan Smith	United Kingdom	DNF
–	Jakaranda	Goodwin, John John Goodwin	South Africa	DNF
–	Concorde	Chassin, Pierre Pierre Chassin	France	DNF
–	Pen Duick III	Cuiklinski, M. M. Cuiklinski	France	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

References

Full details of finishing positions