''Sayula II'' is a

Swan 65 The Swan 65 is a large Fibre glass fin+keeled masthead ketch- or sloop-rigged sailing yacht design, manufactured by Nautor's Swan. It was introduced as the new flagship of Nautor in 1973. At the time of its launch it was the largest GRP constr ...

yacht designed by

Sparkman & Stephens Sparkman & Stephens is a naval architecture and yacht brokerage firm with offices in Newport, Rhode Island and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The firm performs design and engineering of new and existing vessels for pleasure, commercial, and milita ...

. She won the 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Ramón Carlin. In 2016, the race was featured in a documentary film called ''The Weekend Sailor''.

1973–74 ''Sayula II'' crew

The race crew was: Ramon Carlin, Francisca “Paquita” Larios, Enrique Carlin, Adolfo “Cantis” Orenday, Roberto Cubas Carlin, Francisco Reyes Carlin, Butch Darylmple-Smith, Keith Lorence, David Bowen, Bob Martin, Ray Conrady, and Tjerk Romke de Vries.

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