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1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race |
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Team |
Team | Skipper(s) |
Steinlager 2 (New Zealand) | Peter Blake | |
Fisher & paykel (New Zealand) | Grant Dalton | |
Merit (Switzerland) | Pierre Fehlmann | |
Rothmans (UK) | Lawrie Smith | |
The card (Sweden) | Roger Nilson | |
Charles jourdain (France) | Alain Gabbay | |
Fortuna extra lights(Spain) | Javier De La Gaudera, Jan Santana, Jose Luis Doreste | |
Gatorade (Italy) | Giorgio Falck | |
Union bank of finland (Finland) | Ludde Ingvall | |
Belmont Finland II (Finland) | Harry Harkimo | |
Fazisi (USSR) | Alexi Grischenko, Skip Novak, Valeri Alexeev | |
NCB Ireland (Ireland) | Joe English | |
British Satquote Defender (UK) | Frank Esson, Colin Watkins | |
Equity And Law (Netherlands) | Dirk Nauta | |
Liverpool Enterprise (UK) |
Bob Salmon | |
Creightons Naturally (UK) | John Chittenden | |
Espirit De Liberte (France) | Patrick Taberly | |
Maiden (UK) | Tracy Edwards | |
Schlussel Von Bremen (Germany) | Rolf Renken, Ham Mueller-Rohlok, Jochen Orgelmann, Wilhelm-Otto Beck,Peter Weidner | |
With integrity (UK) | Andy Coghill | |
La Poste (France) | Daniel Malle | |
Rucanor Sport (Belgium) | Bruno Dubois | DNF |
Martela Of (Finland) | Markku Wilkeri | DNF |
* DNF - Starts a Leg or In Port Race and Does Not Finish
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The Route |
Distance 32,000nm |
Leg | Port Covered | Leg Winner | Date | ||
Leg 1 |
Southampton |
to |
Punta del Este |
Steinlager 2 |
Start Sept 2 1989 |
Leg 2 |
Punta Del Este |
to |
Fremantle |
Steinlager 2 |
Restart Oct 28 1989 |
Leg 3 |
Fremantle |
to |
Auckland |
Steinlager 2 |
Restart Dec 23 1989 |
Leg 4 |
Auckland |
to |
Punta del Este |
Steinlager 2 |
Restart Feb 41990 |
Leg 5 |
Punta del Este |
to |
Fort Lauderdale |
Steinlager 2 |
Restart Mar 16 1990 |
Leg 6 |
Fort Lauderdale |
to |
Southampton |
Steinlager 2 |
Restart May 5 1990 |