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Volvo Ocean Race History
1973-74 1977-78 1981-82 1985-86 1989-90 1993-94 1997-98 2001-02 2005-06

1977-78  Whitbread Round the World Race

    Winner :     Flyer (Netherlands)     Skipper :    Conny van Rietschoten
      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)

      Team
Team Skipper(s)
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

 

The Route

Distance 26,780nm

Leg Port Covered Leg Winner Date

Leg 1

   Portsmouth

to

   Cape Town

Flyer

     Start Aug 27 1977

Leg 2

   Cape Town

to

   Auckland

Heath's Condor

     Restart Oct 25 1977

Leg 3

   Auckland

to

   Rio de Janeiro

Great Britain II

     Restart Dec 26 1977

Leg 4

   Rio de Janeiro

to

   Portsmouth

Heath's Condor

     Restart Feb 22 1978