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1997–1998 Whitbread Round The World Race
The 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race was the seventh edition of the around-the-world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race. The Whitbread Round the World Race ran for the first time with all W60 boats and to a "points vs time" (instead of aggregate leg time) scoring system to enhance the value of the shorter race legs. Also, in an effort to attract additional media coverage, the Whitbread race committee divided the race into no less than 9 legs for the 1997 to 1998 race, therefore increasing the number of ports visited. Volvo had its first major association with the race in 1997 to 1998 by sponsoring the trophy (thus the race was officially known as the Whitbread 'round the world race for the Volvo Trophy) and some of the media coverage. For the first time running to W60-only specification, this year's Whitbread attracted just 10 entries—the fewest to date. Participants America's Challenge Led by Neil Barth and skippered by Ross Field, the team bought ''Yam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitbread 60
The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a " box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race. The class raced with such success that the following race was restricted to Whitbread 60s only. Its design was used for the last time in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, replaced thereafter by the sophisticated, canting keel Volvo Open 70 The Volvo Open 70 (sometimes referred to as a Volvo Ocean 70) is the former class of racing yachts designed for the Volvo Ocean Race. It was first used in the 2005–06 race (replacing the Volvo Ocean 60 yachts which were first used in 1993). ..., built to a new box rule. Box Rule specifications Yachts A total of 32 Volvo Ocean 60s were built for the three editions the class was used by the race. 28 of these competed in the race with 4 boats being built as training boats for two boat testing alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Humphries
Matthew "Matt" Humphries (born 21 July 1971) is a British sailor. He participated in the Volvo Ocean Race five times: in 1989–90 with ''With Integrity'', 1993–94 as skipper of ''Reebok/Dolphin & Youth'', 1997–98 with '' America's Challenge'' and ''Swedish Match'', 2001–02 with ''Team SEB'' and ''Team News Corp'', and 2005–06 with ''Brunel''. He was 18 when he sailed ''With Integrity ''Great Britain II'' (also ''United Friendly'', ''Norsk Data GB'', ''With Integrity'', ''Whitbread Heritage'') is a Maxi racing yacht launched by Anne, Princess Royal, Princess Anne on 21 May 1973 named after the , built by Isambard Kingdom Brune ...'', becoming the youngest ever person to sail in the race. In 2002, due to a conflict with skipper Gurra Krantz, Humphries was forced to resign the VOR Yacht team SOB. References External links * British male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Volvo Ocean 60 class sailors 1971 births Living people {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Olsson (sailor)
Magnus Olsson (4 January 1949 in Bromma, Stockholm – 20 April 2013 in Spain) was a Swedish competitive sailor. He took part in six Whitbread/Volvo Ocean races between 1985 and 2009. He won the 1997–98 race with the ''EF Language''. Magnus Olsson was a coach of Volvo Ocean Race Team SCA until April 2013, when he suffered a stroke and died at a hospital in Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 163,230 inhabi .... Achievements References External links * 1949 births 2013 deaths Swedish male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Erickson
Steven Richard Erickson (born August 14, 1961) is an American sailor and Olympic champion in the Star class. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Star together with William Earl Buchan. Career Olympic sailing in the Star class Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and just finished with studies at University of Washington, Erickson won the gold medal in the Star event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Steve Erickson continued in the Star class and won the Star World Championship two times: in 1985 with William Earl Buchan; and, in 1988 with Paul Cayard. America's Cup and Whitbread Round the World Race Erickson's first America's Cup was with Tom Blackaller, on the 12 Metre US 61 ''USA R-1'' from San Francisco. He served as the mainsail trimmer during the 1987 America's Cup in Perth, Western Australia. At the 1992 America's Cup, Erickson was one of the coaches for the '' Il Moro Challenge''. At the 1995 America's Cup, Erickson was a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |