''Merit Cup'' is a yacht. She finished second in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered 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 th ...

Career

''Merit Cup'' was designed by

Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farrdesigned boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht R ...

and built by Martin Marine.

References

{{Reflist Volvo Ocean Race yachts Sailing yachts of Monaco Volvo Ocean 60 yachts Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts 1990s sailing yachts