Silk Cut (yacht)

Silk Cut
Other names Elanders/Ten Celsius
JMS Next Generation
Nation  United Kingdom
 Sweden
 Norway
Class Volvo Ocean 60
Sail no GBR–1
Designer(s) Bruce Farr
Builder McConaghy Boats
Racing career
Skippers Lawrie Smith

Silk Cut (also Elanders/Ten Celsius, JMS Next Generation) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.

Career

Silk Cut was designed by Bruce Farr and built by McConaghy Boats.[1]

She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.[2]

Elanders/Ten Celsius competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race helmed by Hans Wallén.[3] JMS Next Generation competed in the 2004 Volvo Baltic Race.[4]

References

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