''Swedish Match'' (also known as ''Nokia'', ''Avant'') 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. ...

yacht that competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Career

''Swedish Match'' was designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson Boats. ''Swedish Match'' competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race and finished 3rd. She was skippered by Gunnar Krantz. She was given a new name, ''Nokia'', and competed in the

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. She won line honours in the

skippered by

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and Michael Spies. The winning time, 1 day, 19 hours, 48 minutes, and 2 seconds stood as a record until ''

Wild Oats XI ''Wild Oats XI'' is a maxi yacht, most famous for being the former race record holder and a nine-times line honours winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Launched in 2005, she was owned by Bob Oatley (Oatley's estate since his death in ...

'' beat it in the 2005 edition. In 2003, she competed in the Volvo Baltic Race under the name ''Avant''.

References

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