# 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.
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. In 2016, this adventure was presented in a documentary film called The Weekend Sailor.

## Legs

| Leg | Start | Finish | Leg winner | Skipper |
| 1 | Portsmouth, England | Cape Town, South Africa | Adventure | Patrick Bryans |
| 2 | Cape Town, South Africa | Sydney | Pen Duick VI | Éric Tabarly |
| 3 | Sydney | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Great Britain II | Chay Blyth |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Portsmouth, England | Sayula II | Ramón Carlin |

## Results

| Overall Pos | Line Honours Pos | Sail Number | Yacht | Country | Yacht Type | LOA (Metres) | Skipper | Elapsed Time d:hh:mm:ss | Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss |
| 1 | 2 | MX 7208 | Sayula II | Mexico | Sparkman & Stephens Swan 65 | 19.68 | Ramón Carlin | 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 |
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