1993–1994 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race was the sixth edition of the around-the-world sailing event. The race was won by Grant Dalton the maxi 'New Zealand Endeavour'.

1993–94
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition6th
YachtsWhitbread 60
Maxi
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerNZ Endeavour

As with prior races, the 1993-1994 Whitbread was run to "mixed class" rules. However a new purpose-built Whitbread boat—the W60 was introduced. As with previous years a handicap was applied to different boats based on their race rating. Some W60 competitors were not keen on running both Maxis and W60s together once it became evident some of the old Maxis were only as fast as the W60 class. Some W60 competitors wished to ban Maxis, however this was never realistic given the large investments the Maxi owners had made in the expectation of being able to race. There were also concerns over whether enough new W60 boats would be ready.

Despite the closeness of the finishes, some W60 skippers claimed to be in a 'completely different boat race' to Grant Dalton skippering a maxi.

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
Race 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
Pos Class Class
Pos		 Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)		 Skipper Elapsed Time
d:hh:mm:ss
1 Maxi 1 NZL 1 New Zealand Endeavour New Zealand New Zealand Farr 85 Ketch Maxi 26.00 Grant Dalton 120:05:09:23
2 Whitbread 60 1 II Yamaha Japan Japan Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Ross Field 120:14:55:00
3 Maxi 2 SUI 3333 Merit Cup Switzerland Switzerland Farr 85 Ketch Maxi 25.90 Pierre Fehlmann 121:02:50:47
4 Whitbread 60 2 EUR 1 Intrum Justitia Europe Europe Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Roger Nilson
Lawrie Smith		 121:05:26:26
5 Whitbread 60 3 ESP 1993 Galicia '93 Pescanova Spain Spain Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Javier de la Gándara 122:06:12:23
6 Whitbread 60 4 USA 1 Winston United States United States Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Dennis Conner
Brad Butterworth		 122:09:32:09
7 Maxi 3 FRA 1994 La Poste France France Farr 85 Ketch Maxi 25.90 Daniel Mallé
Éric Tabarly		 123:22:54:58
8 Whitbread 60 5 KZ 7 Tokio Japan Japan Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Chris Dickson 128:16:19:48
9 Whitbread 60 6 ITA 12555 Brooksfield Italy Italy Bouvet-Petit Whitbread 60 19.19 Guido Maisto 130:04:29:27
10 Whitbread 60 7 UKR 1 Hetman Sahaidachny Ukraine Ukraine Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Eugene Platon 135:23:17:52
11 Whitbread 60 8 GBR 760R Dolphin & Youth Challenge-Reebok United Kingdom Great Britain Humphreys Whitbread 60 19.90 Matthew Humphries 137:21:03:17
12 Whitbread 60 9 US 1 US Women's Challenge-Heineken United States United States Farr Whitbread 60 19.81 Nance Frank
Dawn Riley		 138:16:30:51
13 Maxi 4 URU 9000 Uruguay Natural Uruguay Uruguay Frers 81 Sloop Maxi 24.60 Gustavo Vanzini Pons 144:20:17:44
14 Whitbread 60 10 UKR 200 Odessa Ukraine Ukraine Sidenko Whitbread 60 19.60 Anatoly Verba 158:04:34:40
DNF Maxi 5 E 1992 Fortuna Spain Spain Visiers 81 Ketch Maxi 24.80 Lawrie Smith Retired-Leg 1
References:[2][3]

Fortuna broke its mast twice in the first 24 hours of the race, and ended up retiring.[4][5]

References
  1. "RACE SIX 1993–94" (PDF). Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
  3. Bob Fisher & Barry Pickthall, Faster & Faster, 1994, pages 19-30,101
  4. www.sailweb.co.uk. "Volvo Ocean Race - Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. "Sailing: Smith is ordered out of Whitbread". The Independent. 1 October 1993. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
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