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]
| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 1st |
| Yachts | Multi-class |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 15 |
| Results | |
| Winner | Sayula II |
1977–78 → | |
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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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