1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race

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 93/4 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 W60'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.

Legs

Southampton

Punta del Este

Fremantle

Auckland

Fort Lauderdale

Ports visited

Leg	Start	Finish	Leg winner	Skipper
1	Southampton, England	Punta del Este, Uruguay	NZ Endeavour	Grant Dalton (NZ)
2	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Fremantle, Australia	Intrum Justitia	Lawrie Smith (GB)
3	Fremantle, Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	NZ Endeavour	Grant Dalton (NZ)
4	Auckland, New Zealand	Punta del Este, Uruguay	NZ Endeavour	Grant Dalton (NZ)
5	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Fort Lauderdale, USA	Yamaha	Ross Field (NZ)
6	Fort Lauderdale, USA	Southampton, England	Tokio	Chris Dickson (NZ)

Race results

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Pos	Boat	Skipper	Country	Class	Corrected time
1	NZ Endeavour	Dalton, Grant Grant Dalton	New Zealand	Maxi	120d 05h 09m 23s
2	Yamaha	Field, Ross Ross Field	Japan	W60	120d 14h 55m 00s
3	Merit Cup	Fehlmann, Pierre Pierre Fehlmann	Great Britain	Maxi	121d 02h 50m 47s
4	Intrum Justitia	Nilson, Roger Roger Nilson & Lawrie Smith	Europe	W60	121d 05h 26m 26s
5	Galicia '93 Pescanova	Gandara, Javier de la Javier de la Gandara	Spain	W60	122d 06h 12m 23s
6	Winston	Conner, Dennis Dennis Conner & Brad Butterworth	United States	W60	122d 09h 32m 09s
7	La Poste	Tabarly, Éric Éric Tabarly	France	Maxi	123d 22h 54m 58s
8	Tokio	Dickson, Chris Chris Dickson	Japan	W60	128d 16h 19m 48s
9	Brooksfield	Maisto, Guido Guido Maisto	Italy	W60	130d 04h 29m 27s
10	Hetman Sahaidachny	Platon, Eugene Eugene Platon	Ukraine	W60	135d 23h 17m 52s
11	Reebok/Dolphin Youth	Humphries, Matthew Matthew Humphries	Great Britain	W60	137d 21h 03m 17s
12	Heineken	Riley, Dawn Dawn Riley	United States	W60	138d 16h 30m 51s
13	Odessa	Verba, Anatoly Anatoly Verba	Ukraine	W60	158d 04h 34m 40s
–	Fortuna	Smith, Lawrie Lawrie Smith	Spain	Maxi	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

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

• Corrected time takes the boat's handicap into account.

References