Swedish Match (yacht)

Swedish Match
Other names Nokia
Avant
Nation  Sweden
 Denmark
Class Volvo Ocean 60
Sail no SWE–2000
Designer(s) Bruce Farr
Builder Cookson Boats
Racing career
Skippers Gunnar Krantz
Stefan Myralf
Michael Spies
Notable victories 1999 Sydney–Hobart (l.h.)
Specifications
Displacement 13,500 kg (29,800 lb)
Length 19.5 m (64 ft) (LOA)
Beam 5.25 m (17.2 ft)
Draft 3.75 m (12.3 ft)

Swedish Match (also known as Nokia, Avant) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Career

Swedish Match was designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson Boats.[1]

Swedish Match competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race and finished 3rd.[2] She was skippered by Gunnar Krantz.[3]

She was given a new name, Nokia, and competed in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[4] She won line honours in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race skippered by Stefan Myralf and Michael Spies.[5] The winning time, 1 day, 19 hours, 48 minutes, and 2 seconds stood as a record until Wild Oats XI beat it in the 2005 edition.[6]

In 2003, she competed in the Volvo Baltic Race under the name Avant.[2]

References

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