1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race

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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, Australia Pen Duick VI Éric Tabarly
3 Sydney, Australia Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Great Britain II Chay Blyth
4 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Portsmouth, England Sayula II Ramón Carlin

Race results[]

Pos Boat name Skipper Country Corrected time
1 Sayula II Ramón Carlin  Mexico 133d 13h
2 Adventure , , George Vallings &  United Kingdom 135d 8h
3 Grand Louis  France 138d 15h
4 Kriter Jack Grout,  &  France 141d 2h
5 Guia  Italy 142d 19h
6 Great Britain II Chay Blyth  United Kingdom 144d 11h
7 Second Life  United Kingdom 150d 8h
8 Cserb  Italy 155d 7h
9 British Soldier  United Kingdom 156d 21h
10 Tauranga  Italy 156d 22h
11 Copernicus Zygfryd Perlicki  Poland 166d 19h
12 33 Export  &  France 175d 22h
13 Otago  Poland 178d 9h
14 Peter von Danzig  West Germany 179d 15h
– Pen Duick VI Eric Tabarly  France DNF
– Burton Cutter  & Alan Smith  United Kingdom DNF
– Jakaranda  South Africa DNF
– Concorde  France DNF
– Pen Duick III  France DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

References[]

  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.

External links[]

Full details of finishing positions[permanent dead link]

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