1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and rigs took part. During the race three sailors were swept over board and died: Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking. Waterhouse and Guillet were never to be seen again.[1]

1973-74
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event title
Edition1st
YachtsMulti-class
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerSayula II
1977-78 →

The crew of the Mexican yacht Sayula II, a brand new Swan 65 owned and skippered by Mexican Captain Ramón Carlin, won the overall race in 133 days and 13 hours. Her actual time was 152 days.[2] In 2016, this adventure was presented in a documentary film called The Weekend Sailor.[3][4][5]

Legs
LegStartFinishLeg winnerSkipper
1Portsmouth, EnglandCape Town, South AfricaAdventurePatrick Bryans
2Cape Town, South AfricaSydney, AustraliaPen Duick VIÉric Tabarly
3Sydney, AustraliaRio de Janeiro, BrazilGreat Britain IIChay Blyth
4Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPortsmouth, EnglandSayula IIRamón Carlin

Results
Overall
Pos		 Line Honours
Pos		 Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)		 Skipper Elapsed Time
d:hh:mm:ss		 Corrected time
d:hh:mm:ss
1 2 MX 7208 Sayula II Mexico Mexico Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 19.68 Ramón Carlin 152:09:11:08 133:12:32:43
2 6 K 684 Adventure United Kingdom Great Britain Camper-Nicholson 55 Sloop 16.76 Patrick Bryans
Malcolm Skene
George Vallings
Roy Mullender		 162:19:06:30 135:08:03:45
3 5 F 5959 Grand Louis France France Presles 61 Schooner 18.59 André Viant 162:01:19:00 138:14:52:06
4 3 F 5784 Kriter France France Auzepy-Brenneur 68 Ketch 20.73 Jack Grout
Alain Gliksman		 156:14:10:03 141:01:53:35
5 7 I 4971 Guia Italy Italy Sparkman & Stephens 45 Sloop 13.72 Giorgio Falck 177:19:23:48 142:19:20:40
6 1 K 3566 Great Britain II United Kingdom Great Britain Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi 23.52 Chay Blyth 144:10:43:44 144:10:43:44
7 4 K 3560 Second Life United Kingdom Great Britain Van de Stadt Ocean 71 Ketch Maxi 21.64 Roddy Ainslie 161:02:02:04 150:08:06:19
8 10 I 5905 CS e RB Italy Italy Clark 50 Ketch 15.24 Doi Malingri di Bagnolo 187:00:21:46 155:06:57:06
9 8 K 3388 British Soldier United Kingdom Great Britain Clark 59 Yawl 17.98 John Day
G.C. Philp
Neil Carlier
James Myatt		 179:19:49:53 156:20:53:19
10 9 I 5551 Tauranga Italy Italy Sparkman & Stephens Swan 55 16.03 Erik Pascoli 185:20:42:52 156:22:23:43
11 14 PZ 30 Copernicus Poland Poland Liskiewicz-Rejewski 45 Ketch 13.72 Zygfryd Perlicki 204:19:48:50 166:19:01:22
12 11 F 4390 33 Export France France Mauric 57 Yawl 17.37 Jean-Pierre Millet
Dominque Guillet		 197:10:02:24 174:22:28:22
13 12 PZ 3 Otago Poland Poland Kujawa 55 Ketch 16.76 Zdzislaw Pienkawa 203:21:31:14 178:08:49:10
14 13 G 77 Peter von Danzig Germany West Germany Gruber 59 Bermudan Yawl 17.98 Reinhard Laucht 204:15:30:55 179:14:50:40
DNF 15 F 5999 Pen Duick VI France France Mauric 74 Ketch Maxi 22.17 Éric Tabarly Retired-Leg 3
DNF 16 K 808 Burton Cutter United Kingdom Great Britain Sharp-Williams 80 Ketch Maxi 24.38 Leslie Williams
Alan Smith		 Retired-Leg 2
DNF NC F 4279 Pen Duick III France France Tabarly 57 Ketch 17.45 Marc Linski Only Competed in Leg 4
DNF NC 56 Concorde France France Auzepy-Brenneur Contessa 32 9.75 Pierre Chassin Only Competed in Leg 2
DNF NC SA 7 Jakaranda South Africa South Africa Sparkman & Stephen 56 Sloop 17.07 John Goodwin Only Competed in Leg 1
References:[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Volvo Ocean Race: History 1977-1978". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
  2. "Did You Know? Mexico yachtsman won the first round-the-world yacht race : Mexico History". www.mexconnect.com.
  3. Weber, Bruce (10 May 2016). "Ramón Carlín, Casual Sailor Who Won a Round-the-World Race, Dies at 92" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. "The Weekend Sailor |".
  5. "RACE ONE 1973-74" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
  7. John Jourdane, Icebergs, Port and Starboard, 1992, page 212
  8. Whitbread Company, Whitbread Round the World Race, 1974, pages 48-65

Full details of finishing positions

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