Chris Tibbs, watch leader on Norsk Data went on to skipper Concert in the 1996 BT Global Challenge. Some would sail on charter boats like Norsk Data , others would pay for a berth on a slightly more serious contender. Either way, amateurs who might not know one end of a yacht from another when they started the race would rub shoulders with, and sometimes be cold- shouldered by the stars in the Whitbread firmament. Edwards could stand up and take a bow. Norsk Data GB had reached Cape Town five days faster than in the previous race, breaking the forty day barrier in the process.
Journalists covering the serious race give the yacht few mentions after that.
Norsk Data GB beat United Friendly's times for the next two legs, only slipping up on the last leg where she was slower than in 1981. Total circumnavigation time was almost a week inside the 1973 record and five and a half days inside United Friendly 's time. On the third leg a piece of history was shattered into tiny pieces. The original red, white and blue spinnaker from the first Whitbread which had done more sea miles than any of the sailors in the race was shredded in a fury of sailcloth destruction that saw Norsk Data GB lose a total of three kites. Apart from that, the old yacht barely hit the headlines.