The 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race was the seventh edition of the around-the-world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race. The Whitbread Round the World Race ran for the first time with all W60 boats and to a "points vs time" (instead of aggregate leg time) scoring system to enhance the value of the shorter race legs.
Also, in an effort to attract additional media coverage, the Whitbread race committee divided the race into no less than 9 legs for the 1997 to 1998 race, therefore increasing the number of ports visited.
Volvo had its first major association with the race in 1997 to 1998 by sponsoring the trophy (thus the race was officially known as the Whitbread 'round the world race for the Volvo Trophy) and some of the media coverage. For the first time running to W60-only specification, this year's Whitbread attracted just 10 entries—the fewest to date.
Led by Neil Barth and skippered by Ross Field, the team bought Yamaha before building America’s Challenge.[1] The team struggled for funding and withdrew from the race in Cape Town.[2][3] The crew included a group of New Zealanders, including Jared Henderson, and the UK's Matthew Humphries.
Brunel Sunergy
Skippered for the first six legs by Hans Bouscholte, the crew included Gerald Rogivue and Peter van Niekerk. Because of bad results, Hans Bouscholte was replaced by the Team director Roy Heiner in the last three legs.[4]
The team's second boat, EF Education, had an all-female crew and was led by French woman Christine Guillou and included Isabelle Autissier. Leslie Egnot joined the crew on leg 4.[5]
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The 1997 98 Whitbread Round the World Race was the seventh edition of the around the world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race The Whitbread Round the World Race ran for the first time with all W60 boats and to a points vs time instead of aggregate leg time scoring system to enhance the value of the shorter race legs 1997 98 Whitbread Round the World RaceEvent TitleEdition7thYachtsWhitbread 60CompetitorsCompetitors10ResultsWinnerEF Language 1993 942001 02 Also in an effort to attract additional media coverage the Whitbread race committee divided the race into no less than 9 legs for the 1997 to 1998 race therefore increasing the number of ports visited Volvo had its first major association with the race in 1997 to 1998 by sponsoring the trophy thus the race was officially known as the Whitbread round the world race for the Volvo Trophy and some of the media coverage For the first time running to W60 only specification this year s Whitbread attracted just 10 entries the fewest to date Contents 1 Participants 1 1 America s Challenge 1 2 Brunel Sunergy 1 3 Chessie Racing 1 4 EF Education and EF Language 1 5 Kvaerner Innovation 1 6 Merit Cup 1 7 Silk Cut 1 8 Swedish Match 1 9 Toshiba 2 Route 3 Results 4 References 5 External linksParticipants EditBoat Nation Designer SkipperAmerica s Challenge United States Alan Andrews Ross FieldBrunel Sunergy Netherlands Judel Vrolijk Roy HeinerChessie Racing United States Farr Yacht Design George CollinsEF Education Sweden Farr Yacht Design Christine GuillouEF Language Sweden Farr Yacht Design Paul CayardInnovation Kvaerner Norway Farr Yacht Design Knut FrostadMerit Cup Monaco Farr Yacht Design Grant DaltonSilk Cut United Kingdom Farr Yacht Design Lawrie SmithSwedish Match Sweden Farr Yacht Design Gunnar KrantzToshiba United States Farr Yacht Design Dennis Conner Paul StandbridgeAmerica s Challenge Edit Led by Neil Barth and skippered by Ross Field the team bought Yamaha before building America s Challenge 1 The team struggled for funding and withdrew from the race in Cape Town 2 3 The crew included a group of New Zealanders including Jared Henderson and the UK s Matthew Humphries Brunel Sunergy Edit Skippered for the first six legs by Hans Bouscholte the crew included Gerald Rogivue and Peter van Niekerk Because of bad results Hans Bouscholte was replaced by the Team director Roy Heiner in the last three legs 4 Chessie Racing Edit Skippered by 57 year old George Collins the crew included John Kostecki Juan Vila Gavin Brady and Ken Read 5 EF Education and EF Language Edit EF Language was skippered by Paul Cayard and included a core crew from his AmericaOne challenge for the 2000 America s Cup 5 Lawrie Smith was originally intended to lead the boat until transferring to Silk Cut The crew included Steven Erickson and Magnus OlssonThe team s second boat EF Education had an all female crew and was led by French woman Christine Guillou and included Isabelle Autissier Leslie Egnot joined the crew on leg 4 5 Kvaerner Innovation Edit Skippered by Knut Frostad the crew included Marcel van Triest Ross Halcrow Tony Rae Ed Baird Torben Grael and Pierre Mas Merit Cup Edit Merit Cup was a Monaco flagged boat skippered by Grant Dalton One of only two team s that built two boats the crew included watch captain Kevin Shoebridge Ian Stewart Mike Sanderson Jeremy Lomas Dirk de Ridder Ray Davies and Mike Quilter 5 Silk Cut Edit Led by Lawrie Smith Silk Cut was the last boat in the fleet designed by Bruce Farr The crew included Jez Fanstone Neil Graham Gordon Maguire Neal McDonald Jan Dekker and Stu Bannatyne 5 Swedish Match Edit Swedish Match was skippered by Gunnar Krantz and included Roger Nilson and Erle Williams 5 Matthew Humphries joined the crew following the withdrawal of America s Challenge Toshiba Edit Led by Dennis Conner and Paul Standbridge Toshiba was originally skippered by Chris Dickson but Dickson was fired after Leg 1 6 Other crew members included Ross MacDonald Murray Ross Chris Ward Alan Smith and Kelvin Harrap The crew had 13 Whitbread and 28 America s Cup campaigns between them 5 Route Edit Southampton Cape Town Fremantle Sydney Auckland Sao Sebastiao Fort Lauderdale Baltimore La Rochelleclass notpageimage Ports visited Event Start date Start Finish Distance nmi Leg 1 21 September 1997 Southampton Cape Town 7 340Leg 2 11 November 1997 Cape Town Fremantle 4 600Leg 3 13 December 1997 Fremantle Sydney 2 250Leg 4 4 January 1998 Sydney Auckland 1 270Leg 5 1 February 1998 Auckland Sao Sebastiao 6 670Leg 6 14 March 1998 Sao Sebastiao Fort Lauderdale 4 750Leg 7 19 April 1998 Fort Lauderdale Baltimore 870Leg 8 3 May 1998 Baltimore La Rochelle 3 390Leg 9 22 May 1998 La Rochelle Southampton 450Results EditLeg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 TotalEF Language 125 72 105 70 135 101 81 55 92 836Merit Cup 110 48 70 105 78 66 50 66 105 698Swedish Match 36 125 92 60 91 89 92 44 60 689Innovation Kvaerner 97 110 60 40 65 77 70 33 81 633Silk Cut 84 84 40 50 26DNF 115 60 101 70 630Chessie Racing 72 60 81 81 105 55 40 89 30 613Toshiba 60 97 50 92 0DSQ 44 20PEN 115 50 528Brunel Sunergy 12 24 30 30 119 33 105 22 40 415EF Education 24 36 20 20 26DNF 22 30 77 20 275America s Challenge 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 0DNS 48References Edit Whitbread 60 Challenger Whitbread Round the World Race Miramar Sailing Volvo Ocean Race History 1997 1998 Leg 2 Spartan Ocean Racing Race Yacht Charter www spartanoceanracing com Archived from the original on 29 September 2016 16609 Text Pages il qxd PDF Retrieved 10 July 2016 a b c d e f g A Whitbread wake up call Yachting 1 October 1997 via Google Books Volvo Ocean Race History 1997 1998External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 1998 Whitbread Round the World Race amp oldid 1121543203, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
