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]

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

Race results
PosBoat name SkipperCountry Corrected time
1Sayula II Ramón Carlin Mexico133d 13h
2Adventure Patrick Bryans, Malcolm Skene, George Vallings & Roy Mullender United Kingdom135d 8h
3Grand Louis André Viant France138d 15h
4Kriter Jack Grout, Michael Malinovsky & Alain Gliksman France141d 2h
5Guia Giorgio Falck Italy142d 19h
6Great Britain II Chay Blyth United Kingdom144d 11h
7Second Life Roddy Ainslie United Kingdom150d 8h
8Cserb Doi Malingri Italy155d 7h
9British Soldier James Myatt United Kingdom156d 21h
10Tauranga Erik Pascoli Italy156d 22h
11Copernicus Zygfryd Perlicki Poland166d 19h
1233 Export Jean-Pierre Millet & Dominque Guillet France175d 22h
13Otago Zdzislaw Pienkawa Poland178d 9h
14Peter von Danzig Reinhard Laucht West Germany179d 15h
–Pen Duick VI Eric Tabarly FranceDNF
–Burton Cutter Leslie Williams & Alan Smith United KingdomDNF
–Jakaranda John Goodwin South AfricaDNF
–Concorde Pierre Chassin FranceDNF
–Pen Duick III M. Cuiklinski FranceDNF

    Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

    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.

    Full details of finishing positions

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