Previous winners of the round-the-world race

(Click on headings for full details of each race.)

1973-1974 Whitbread

Winner (on handicap):

Sayula II

(Mexico) Ramon Carlin, skipper

Line honours:

Great Britain II

(Great Britain) Chay Blyth, skipper

1977-1978 Whitbread

Winner (on handicap):

Flyer

(Netherlands) Cornelius van Rietschoten, skipper

1981-1982 Whitbread

Winner (on handicap):

Flyer

(Netherlands) Cornelius van Rietschoten, skipper

NZ entries:

Outward Bound (Digby Taylor, skipper)

Ceramco NZ (Peter Blake, skipper) finished 2nd on elapsed time

1985-1986 Whitbread

Winner (on handicap):

L'Espirit d'Equipe

(France) Lionel Pé, skipper

Line honours:

UBS Switzerland

(Switzerland) Pierre Fehlmann, skipper

NZ entries:

Lion NZ (Peter Blake, skipper) finished 2nd on elapsed time

NZI Enterprise (Digby Taylor, skipper) did not finish every leg

1989-1990 Whitbread

Winner (on handicap):

Steinlager 2

(New Zealand)

(Peter Blake, Skipper) won every leg

Other NZ entries:

Fisher & Paykel (Grant Dalton, skipper) finished 2nd

1993-1994 Whitbread

First year of the new W60 yachts which competed in their own class while the maxi yachts also had a class of their own.

Maxi winner:

NZ Endeavour

(New Zealand) Grant Dalton, skipper

W60 winner:

Yamaha

(New Zealand / Japan) Ross Field, skipper

1997-1998 Whitbread

Last year of Whitbread sponsorship.

Winner:

EF Language

(Sweden) Paul Cayard, skipper

NZ entry:

Merit Cup (Grant Dalton, skipper)

2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race

Winner:

illbruck Challenge

(Germany) John Kostecki, skipper

No NZ entries

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