1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race

1993–94
Whitbread Round the World Race
Edition 6th
Competitors 15
Yachts Whitbread 60
Maxi
Results
Winner NZ Endeavour

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 on 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 ItalyWhitbread 60Italy Guido Maisto
Fortuna SpainMaxiUnited Kingdom Lawrie Smith
Heineken United StatesWhitbread 60United States Dawn Riley
Hetman Sahaidachny UkraineWhitbread 60Ukraine Eugene Platon
Galicia '93 Pescanova SpainWhitbread 60Spain Javier de la Gandara
Intrum Justitia EuropeWhitbread 60Sweden Roger Nilson
United Kingdom Lawrie Smith
La Poste FranceMaxiFrance Éric Tabarly
Merit Cup United KingdomMaxiSwitzerland Pierre Fehlmann
NZ Endeavour New ZealandMaxiNew Zealand Grant Dalton
Reebok/Dolphin Youth United KingdomWhitbread 60United Kingdom Matthew Humphries
Tokio JapanWhitbread 60New Zealand Chris Dickson
Odessa UkraineWhitbread 60Ukraine Anatoly Verba
Uruguay Natural UruguayMaxiUruguay Gustavo Vanzini
Winston United StatesWhitbread 60United States Dennis Conner
New Zealand Brad Butterworth
Yamaha JapanWhitbread 60New Zealand Ross Field
  • Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.[1]

Route

Event Start date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 125 September 1993United Kingdom SouthamptonUruguay Punta del Este5,938NZ Endeavour
Leg 213 November 1993Uruguay Punta del EsteAustralia Fremantle7,558Intrum Justitia
Leg 38 January 1994Australia FremantleNew Zealand Auckland3,272NZ Endeavour
Leg 419 February 1994New Zealand AucklandUruguay Punta del Este5,914NZ Endeavour
Leg 52 April 1994Uruguay Punta del EsteUnited States Fort Lauderdale5,475Yamaha
Leg 621 May 1994United States Fort LauderdaleUnited Kingdom Southampton3,818Tokio

Results

Maxi yachts

Yacht Elapsed Time
NZ Endeavour120d 05h 09m 23s
Merit Cup121d 02h 50m 47s
La Poste123d 22h 54m 58s
Uruguay Natural145d 00h 17m 44s
FortunaRET

Fortuna broke its mast twice in the first 24 hours of the race, and ended up retiring.[2][3]

Whitbread 60

Yacht Elapsed Time
Yamaha120d 14h 55m 00s
Intrum Justitia121d 05h 23m 26s
Galicia '93 Pescanova122d 05h 26m 26s
Winston122d 09h 32m 09s
Tokio128d 22h 54m 58s
Brooksfield130d 04h 29m 27s
Hetman Sahaidachny135d 23h 17m 52s
Reebok/Dolphin Youth137d 21h 03m 17s
Heineken138d 16h 30m 51s
Odessa158d 04h 34m 40s

    Legend: RET – Retired; [1]

    References

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