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.
The crew of the Mexican yacht Sayula II, a brand new Swan 65 owned and skippered by Mexican Captain Ramón Carlín, won the overall race in 133 days and 13 hours. Her actual time was 152 days. In 2016, this adventure was presented in a documentary film called The Weekend Sailor.
Legs LegStartFinishLeg winnerSkipper1Portsmouth, EnglandCape Town, South AfricaAdventurePatrick Bryans2Cape Town, South AfricaSydneyPen Duick VIÉric Tabarly3SydneyRio de Janeiro, BrazilGreat Britain IIChay Blyth4Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPortsmouth, EnglandSayula IIRamón Carlín
Results
Overall Pos Line Honours Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA(Metres) Skipper Elapsed Timed:hh:mm:ss Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss 1 2 MX 7208 Sayula II Mexico Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 19.68 Ramón Carlín 152:09:11:08 133:12:32:43 2 6 K 684 Adventure 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 Presles 61 Schooner 18.59 André Viant 162:01:19:00 138:14:52:06 4 3 F 5784 Kriter 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 Sparkman & Stephens 45 Sloop 13.72 Giorgio Falck 177:19:23:48 142:19:20:40 6 1 K 3566 Great Britain II Great Britain Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi 23.52 Chay Blyth 144:10:43:44 144:10:43:44 7 4 K 3560 Second Life 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 Clark 50 Ketch 15.24 Doi Malingri di Bagnolo 187:00:21:46 155:06:57:06 9 8 K 3388 British Soldier 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 Sparkman & Stephens Swan 55 16.03 Erik Pascoli 185:20:42:52 156:22:23:43 11 14 PZ 30 Copernicus Poland Liskiewicz-Rejewski 45 Ketch 13.72 Zygfryd Perlicki 204:19:48:50 166:19:01:22 12 11 F 4390 33 Export 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 Kujawa 55 Ketch 16.76 Zdzislaw Pienkawa 203:21:31:14 178:08:49:10 14 13 G 77 Peter von Danzig 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 Mauric 74 Ketch Maxi 22.17 Éric Tabarly Retired-Leg 3 DNF 16 K 808 Burton Cutter Great Britain Sharp-Williams 80 Ketch Maxi 24.38 Leslie Williams Alan Smith Retired-Leg 2 DNF NC F 4279 Pen Duick III France Tabarly 57 Ketch 17.45 Marc Linski Only Competed in Leg 4 DNF NC 56 Concorde France Auzepy-Brenneur Contessa 32 9.75 Pierre Chassin Only Competed in Leg 2 DNF NC SA 7 Jakaranda South Africa Sparkman & Stephen 56 Sloop 17.07 John Goodwin Only Competed in Leg 1 References: John Jourdane, Icebergs, Port and Starboard, 1992, page 212 Whitbread Company, Whitbread Round the World Race, 1974, pages 48–65
References
External links Full details of finishing positions