''Brooksfield'' is a
Volvo 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 sixth 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
Guido Maisto
Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido. It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and Switzerland. The mea ...
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Since 2000, the owner was Mobitel (Slovenian Telekom), who renamed it ''Veliki viharnik'', but currently it is owned by Slovenian businessman Dejan Kovačič.
In 2019 it was bought by Slovene skipper Jure Orel's firm Clean Sport and renamed Clean Sport Too.
Design
Career
2nd Jadranska regata/Adriatic race (2008)
Skipper Dušan Puh
Position 1
Group MAXI
Finish time 2.5.2008. 20:59:40
Sailed time 32:59:40
4th Jadranska regata/Adriatic race (2010)
Skipper Dušan Puh
Position 1
Group MAXI
Finish time 1.5.2010. 01:00:41
Sailed time 38:00:41
5th Jadranska regata/Adriatic race (2011)
Skipper Dušan Puh
Position 3
Group MAXI
Finish time 30.4.2011. 06:40:54
Sailed time 43:40:54
Current status
After two years long-term storage at the Marina of
Portorož, the yacht was moved to the Marina of Koper; the current main sponsor is the town of
Koper
Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...
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''Brooksfield'' won the Diplomatic Regatta 2015 and Skipper Cup 2015, and was 2nd at the Jabuka Regatta 2015 and 3rd at Bernetti 2015.
[Nedeljski dnevnik No. 49, 9 December 2015, pages 26–27]
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Brooksfield (Veliki viharnik) on Fiumanka regatta 2004Brooksfield (Veliki viharnik) on Adriatic race 2011
References
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Volvo Ocean Race yachts
Sailing yachts of Italy
Sailing yachts of Slovenia
Volvo Ocean 60 yachts
1990s sailing yachts