1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race was the fourth edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Volvo Ocean Race). Fifteen boats started out from Southampton on 28 September 1985 for the around-the-world race.

1985–86
Whitbread Round the World Race
Event Title
Edition4th
YachtsMulti-class
Competitors
Competitors15
Results
WinnerL'Esprit d'Équipe

L'Esprit d'Équipe, skippered by Lionel Péan, won the race in a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. Philips Innovator was second, and Swan 651 Fazer Finland third. UBS Switzerland was named first on elapsed time, with Lion New Zealand as runner-up. Drum (carrying its owner, the pop star Simon Le Bon) finished just a breath behind.[1]

Route
Ports visited
Event Start date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 128 September 1985 Portsmouth Cape Town7,350L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 24 December 1985 Cape Town Auckland7,300Philip's Innovator
Leg 315 February 1986 Auckland Punta del Este6,215L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 49 April 1986 Punta del Este Portsmouth5,875L'Esprit d'Equipe

Results
L'Esprit d'équipe and SAS Baia Viking in Punta del Este, 1986.

[2]

PosBoat name SkipperCountry Corrected time
1L'Esprit d'Équipe Lionel Péan France111d 23h
2Philips Innovator Dirk Nauta Netherlands112d 21h
3Fazer Finland Michael Berner Finland115d 0h
4UBS Switzerland Pierre Fehlmann  Switzerland117d 4h
5Rucanor Tristar Gustaaf Versluys Belgium118d 9h
6Fortuna Lights Javier Visiers, Jorge Brufau & Antonio Guiu Spain121d 0h
7Lion New Zealand Peter Blake New Zealand121d 7h
8Drum Skip Novak United Kingdom122d 6h
9Equity & Law Pleun van der Lugt Netherlands123d 6h
10Cote d'Or Éric Tabarly Belgium125d 19h
11Shadow of Switzerland Otto Zehender-Mueller & Nora Zehender-Mueller  Switzerland128d 11h
12Norsk Data GB Bob Salmon United Kingdom136d 1h
13SAS Baia Viking Jesper Norsk Denmark144d 18h
–NZI Enterprise Digby Taylor New ZealandDNF
–Atlantic Privateer Padda Kuttel United StatesDNF

    Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

    References
    1. "RACE FOUR 1985-86" (PDF). volvooceanrace.com.
    2. "History" (PDF). press.volvooceanrace.com. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012.
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