1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race

1985–86
Whitbread Round the World Race

Edition	4th
Competitors	15
Yachts	Multi-class
Results
01 ! Gold	L'Esprit d'Équipe
02 ! Silver	Philips Innovator
03 ! Bronze	Fazer Finland
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The 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race was the fourth edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race. Fifteen boats started out from Southampton on 28 September 1985 for the around-the-world race.

L'Esprit d'Equipe skippered by Lionel Péan won the race in a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. Phillips Innovator was second, and Swan 651 Fazer Finland third. (UBS Switzerland was named first on elapsed time, with Lion New Zealand as runner-up. Drum (carrying owner/pop star Simon Le Bon) finished just a breath behind.)

Route

Portsmouth

Cape Town

Auckland

Punta del Este

Ports visited

Event	Start date	Start	Finish	Distance (nmi)	Winner
Leg 1	28 September 1985	Portsmouth	Cape Town	7,350	L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 2	4 December 1985	Cape Town	Auckland	7,300	Philip's Innovator
Leg 3	15 February 1986	Auckland	Punta del Este	6,215	L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 4	9 April 1986	Punta del Este	Portsmouth	5,875	L'Esprit d'Equipe

Results

L'esprit d'équipe and SAS Baia Viking in Punta del Este, 1986.

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Pos	Boat	Skipper	Country	Corrected time
1	L'Esprit d'Équipe	Péan, Lionel Lionel Péan	France	111d 23h
2	Philips Innovator	Nauta, Dirk Dirk Nauta	Netherlands	112d 21h
3	Fazer Finland	Berner, Michael Michael Berner	Finland	115d 0h
4	UBS Switzerland	Fehlmann, Pierre Pierre Fehlmann	Switzerland	117d 4h
5	Rucanor Tristar	Versluys, Gustaaf Gustaaf Versluys	Belgium	118d 9h
6	Fortuna Lights	Visiers, Javier Javier Visiers, Jorgie Brufau & Antonio Guiu	Spain	121d 0h
7	Lion New Zealand	Blake, Peter Peter Blake	New Zealand	121d 7h
8	Drum	Novak, Skip Skip Novak	United Kingdom	122d 6h
9	Equity & Law	Lugt, Pleun van der Pleun van der Lugt	Netherlands	123d 6h
10	Cote d'Or	Tabarly, Eric Eric Tabarly	Belgium	125d 19h
11	Shadow of Switzerland	Zehender-Mueller, Otto Otto Zehender-Mueller & Nora Zehender-Mueller	Switzerland	128d 11h
12	Norsk Data GB	Salmon, Bob Bob Salmon	United Kingdom	136d 1h
13	SAS Baia Viking	Norsk, Jesper Jesper Norsk	Denmark	144d 18h
–	NZI Enterprise	Taylor, Digby Digby Taylor	New Zealand	DNF
–	Atlantic Privateer	Kuttel, Padda Padda Kuttel	United States	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

References