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Volvo Ocean Race History |
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1977-78 Whitbread Round the World Race |
Winner |
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Flyer (Netherlands) |
Skipper |
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Conny van Rietschoten |
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Ports Covered |
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Portsmouth (England) |
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Auckland, New Zealand |
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Cape Town (South Africa) |
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
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Team |
Flyer (Netherlands) |
Cornelis Van Rietschoten |
King’s Legend (UK) |
Nick Radcliff, Mike Clancy |
Traite De (Rome) |
Eec Philippe Hanin |
Disque D ’or (Switzerland) |
Pierre Fehlmann |
Adc Accutrac (UK) |
Clare Francis |
Gauloises Ii (France) |
Eric Loizeau |
Adventure (UK) |
James Watts, David Leslie,
Ian Bailey-Wilmott, Robin Duchesne |
Neptune (France) |
Bernard Deguy |
B & B Italia (Italy) |
Corrado Di Majo |
33 Export (France) |
Alain Gabbay |
Tielsa (Netherlands) |
Dirk Nauta |
Great britain II (UK) |
Rob James |
Debenhams (UK) |
John Ridgeway |
Japy-Hermes (France) |
Jean Michel Viant |
Heath’s condor (UK) |
Leslie Williams, Robin Knox Johnston |
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The Route |
Distance 26,780nm |
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Port Covered |
Leg Winner |
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Leg 1 |
Portsmouth |
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Cape Town |
Flyer |
Start Aug 27 1977 |
Leg 2 |
Cape Town |
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Auckland |
Heath's Condor |
Restart Oct 25 1977 |
Leg 3 |
Auckland |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Great Britain II |
Restart Dec 26 1977 |
Leg 4 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Portsmouth |
Heath's Condor |
Restart Feb 22 1978 |
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