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The 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race was the sixth edition of the around-the-world sailing event.
The race was won by
Grant Dalton
Grant Stanley Dalton (born 1 July 1957) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and currently manages Team New Zealand.
Background
Dalton is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in ...
the maxi 'New Zealand Endeavour'.
As with prior races, the 1993-1994 Whitbread was run to "mixed class" rules. However a new purpose-built Whitbread boat—the W60 The W60 was nuclear warhead developed for the United States Navy's long range Typhon LR surface-to-air missile.
History
Typhon development started in November 1959 with a conceptual study of the system and in March 1960 the Atomic Energy Commissi ...
was introduced. As with previous years a handicap was applied to different boats based on their race rating. Some W60 competitors were not keen on running both Maxis and W60s together once it became evident some of the old Maxis were only as fast as the W60 class. Some W60 competitors wished to ban Maxis, however this was never realistic given the large investments the Maxi owners had made in the expectation of being able to race. There were also concerns over whether enough new W60 boats would be ready.
Despite the closeness of the finishes, some W60 skippers claimed to be in a 'completely different boat race' to Grant Dalton skippering a maxi.
Participants
*''Intrum Justitia'' was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.Winston (yacht)
''Winston'' (also ''Nilörn'') is aVolvo Ocean 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.
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yacht. She finished fourth in the W60 The W60 was nuclear warhead developed for the United States Navy's long range Typhon LR surface-to-air missile.
History
Typhon development started in November 1959 with a conceptual study of the system and in March 1960 the Atomic Energy Commissi ...
class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Brad Butterworth.
Route
Results
''Fortuna'' broke its mast twice in the first 24 hours of the race, and ended up retiring.References
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