1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race

Sailing competition

1973–74
Whitbread Round the World RaceEvent title

Edition| 1st
Yachts| Multi-class
Competitors
Competitors| 15
Results
Winner| Sayula II

1977–78 ->

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

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Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner | Skipper

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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

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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

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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

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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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