1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race

1973–74
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition	1st
Yachts	Multi-class
Competitors
Competitors	15
Results
Winner	Sayula II
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The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and rigs took part. During the race three sailors were swept over board and died: Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking. Waterhouse and Guillet were never to be seen again.^[1]

The crew of the Mexican yacht Sayula II, a brand new Swan 65 owned and skippered by Mexican Captain Ramón Carlin, won the overall race in 133 days and 13 hours. Her actual time was 152 days.^[2] In 2016, this adventure was presented in a documentary film called The Weekend Sailor.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Legs

Leg	Start	Finish	Leg winner	Skipper
1	Portsmouth, England	Cape Town, South Africa	Adventure	Patrick Bryans
2	Cape Town, South Africa	Sydney	Pen Duick VI	Éric Tabarly
3	Sydney	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Great Britain II	Chay Blyth
4	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Portsmouth, England	Sayula II	Ramón Carlin

Results

Overall Pos	Line Honours Pos	Sail Number	Yacht	Country	Yacht Type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Elapsed Time d:hh:mm:ss	Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss
1	2	MX 7208	Sayula II	Mexico	Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65	19.68	Ramón Carlin	152:09:11:08	133:12:32:43
2	6	K 684	Adventure	Great Britain	Camper-Nicholson 55 Sloop	16.76	Patrick Bryans Malcolm Skene George Vallings Roy Mullender	162:19:06:30	135:08:03:45
3	5	F 5959	Grand Louis	France	Presles 61 Schooner	18.59	André Viant	162:01:19:00	138:14:52:06
4	3	F 5784	Kriter	France	Auzepy-Brenneur 68 Ketch	20.73	Jack Grout Alain Gliksman	156:14:10:03	141:01:53:35
5	7	I 4971	Guia	Italy	Sparkman & Stephens 45 Sloop	13.72	Giorgio Falck	177:19:23:48	142:19:20:40
6	1	K 3566	Great Britain II	Great Britain	Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi	23.52	Chay Blyth	144:10:43:44	144:10:43:44
7	4	K 3560	Second Life	Great Britain	Van de Stadt Ocean 71 Ketch Maxi	21.64	Roddy Ainslie	161:02:02:04	150:08:06:19
8	10	I 5905	CS e RB	Italy	Clark 50 Ketch	15.24	Doi Malingri di Bagnolo	187:00:21:46	155:06:57:06
9	8	K 3388	British Soldier	Great Britain	Clark 59 Yawl	17.98	John Day G.C. Philp Neil Carlier James Myatt	179:19:49:53	156:20:53:19
10	9	I 5551	Tauranga	Italy	Sparkman & Stephens Swan 55	16.03	Erik Pascoli	185:20:42:52	156:22:23:43
11	14	PZ 30	Copernicus	Poland	Liskiewicz-Rejewski 45 Ketch	13.72	Zygfryd Perlicki	204:19:48:50	166:19:01:22
12	11	F 4390	33 Export	France	Mauric 57 Yawl	17.37	Jean-Pierre Millet Dominque Guillet	197:10:02:24	174:22:28:22
13	12	PZ 3	Otago	Poland	Kujawa 55 Ketch	16.76	Zdzislaw Pienkawa	203:21:31:14	178:08:49:10
14	13	G 77	Peter von Danzig	West Germany	Gruber 59 Bermudan Yawl	17.98	Reinhard Laucht	204:15:30:55	179:14:50:40
DNF	15	F 5999	Pen Duick VI	France	Mauric 74 Ketch Maxi	22.17	Éric Tabarly	Retired-Leg 3
DNF	16	K 808	Burton Cutter	Great Britain	Sharp-Williams 80 Ketch Maxi	24.38	Leslie Williams Alan Smith	Retired-Leg 2
DNF	NC	F 4279	Pen Duick III	France	Tabarly 57 Ketch	17.45	Marc Linski	Only Competed in Leg 4
DNF	NC	56	Concorde	France	Auzepy-Brenneur Contessa 32	9.75	Pierre Chassin	Only Competed in Leg 2
DNF	NC	SA 7	Jakaranda	South Africa	Sparkman & Stephen 56 Sloop	17.07	John Goodwin	Only Competed in Leg 1
References:^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Volvo Ocean Race: History 1977–1978". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
^ "Did You Know? Mexico yachtsman won the first round-the-world yacht race : Mexico History". www.mexconnect.com.
^ Weber, Bruce (10 May 2016). "Ramón Carlín, Casual Sailor Who Won a Round-the-World Race, Dies at 92" – via NYTimes.com.
^ "The Weekend Sailor |".
^ "RACE ONE 1973–74" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
^ John Jourdane, Icebergs, Port and Starboard, 1992, page 212
^ Whitbread Company, Whitbread Round the World Race, 1974, pages 48–65

External links

Full details of finishing positions^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Volvo Ocean Race: History 1977–1978". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.

[2] "Did You Know? Mexico yachtsman won the first round-the-world yacht race : Mexico History". www.mexconnect.com.

[3] Weber, Bruce (10 May 2016). "Ramón Carlín, Casual Sailor Who Won a Round-the-World Race, Dies at 92" – via NYTimes.com.

[4] "The Weekend Sailor |".

[5] "RACE ONE 1973–74" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[6] Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".

[7] John Jourdane, Icebergs, Port and Starboard, 1992, page 212

[8] Whitbread Company, Whitbread Round the World Race, 1974, pages 48–65

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