1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race

1993–94
Whitbread Round the World Race
Results
Edition	6th
Competitors	15
Yachts	Whitbread 60 Maxi
01 ! Gold	NZ Endeavour
02 ! Silver	Yamaha
03 ! Bronze	Merit Cup
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The 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race was the sixth edition of the around-the-world sailing event. It was run to "mixed class" rules (as with prior races). New for the 93-94 race was a purpose built Whitbread boat—the W60. As with previous years a handicap was applied to different boats based on their race rating.

The competitors were none too keen or running both Maxis and Whitbread 60's together. The two competing classes battled throughout with protest flags always at the ready. Many entrants wanted the old maxis banned for this year, however owing to concerns over whether enough new boats would be ready (not to mention the large investments the Maxi owners had made in previous years), several Maxis were allowed to compete in the 1993 to 1994 race. The W60 skippers almost unanimously insisted they were in a 'completely different boat race', to the fury of Grant Dalton skippering a maxi.

Dalton conceded afterwards however that the race should only have one class in future, to avoid similar squabbles.

Participants

Boat	Nation	Class	Skipper
Brooksfield	Italy	Whitbread 60	Maisto, GuidoGuido Maisto
Fortuna	Spain	Maxi	Smith, LawrieLawrie Smith
Heineken	United States	Whitbread 60	Riley, DawnDawn Riley
Hetman Sahaidachny	Ukraine	Whitbread 60	Platon, EugeneEugene Platon
Galicia '93 Pescanova	Spain	Whitbread 60	de la Gandara, JavierJavier de la Gandara
Intrum Justitia	Europe	Whitbread 60	Nilson, RogerRoger Nilson Smith, LawrieLawrie Smith
La Poste	France	Maxi	Tabarly, ÉricÉric Tabarly
Merit Cup	United Kingdom	Maxi	Fehlmann, PierrePierre Fehlmann
NZ Endeavour	New Zealand	Maxi	Dalton, GrantGrant Dalton
Reebok/Dolphin Youth	United Kingdom	Whitbread 60	Humphries, MatthewMatthew Humphries
Tokio	Japan	Whitbread 60	Dickson, ChrisChris Dickson
Odessa	Ukraine	Whitbread 60	Verba, AnatolyAnatoly Verba
Uruguay Natural	Uruguay	Maxi	Vanzini, GustavoGustavo Vanzini
Winston	United States	Whitbread 60	Conner, DennisDennis Conner Butterworth, BradBrad Butterworth
Yamaha	Japan	Whitbread 60	Field, RossRoss Field

Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.^[1]

Route

Ports visited

Event	Start date	Start	Finish	Distance (nmi)	Winner
Leg 1	25 September 1993	Southampton	Punta del Este	5,938	NZ Endeavour
Leg 2	13 November 1993	Punta del Este	Fremantle	7,558	Intrum Justitia
Leg 3	8 January 1994	Fremantle	Auckland	3,272	NZ Endeavour
Leg 4	19 February 1994	Auckland	Punta del Este	5,914	NZ Endeavour
Leg 5	2 April 1994	Punta del Este	Fort Lauderdale	5,475	Yamaha
Leg 6	21 May 1994	Fort Lauderdale	Southampton	3,818	Tokio

Results

Maxi yachts

Yacht	Elapsed Time
NZ Endeavour	120d 05h 09m 23s
Merit Cup	121d 02h 50m 47s
La Poste	123d 22h 54m 58s
Urugua National	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
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

1 2 "RACE SIX 1993–94" (PDF). Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
↑ www.sailweb.co.uk. "Volvo Ocean Race - Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE". Retrieved 1 August 2017.
↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sailing-smith-is-ordered-out-of-whitbread-1508043.html

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