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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

1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race

Winner : Steinlager 2 Skipper : Peter Blake
      Ports Covered
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Southampton (England)

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Punta del Este, (Uruguay)

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Fremantle, (Australia)

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Auckland, (New Zealand)

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Fort Lauderdale, (USA)

 
      Team
Team Skipper(s)
Steinlager 2 (New Zealand) Peter Blake
Fisher & paykel (New Zealand) Grant Dalton
Merit (Switzerland) Pierre Fehlmann
Rothmans (UK) Lawrie Smith
The card (Sweden) Roger Nilson
Charles jourdain (France) Alain Gabbay
Fortuna extra lights(Spain) Javier De La Gaudera, Jan Santana, Jose Luis Doreste
Gatorade (Italy) Giorgio Falck
Union bank of finland (Finland) Ludde Ingvall
Belmont Finland II (Finland) Harry Harkimo
Fazisi (USSR) Alexi Grischenko, Skip Novak, Valeri Alexeev
NCB Ireland (Ireland) Joe English
British Satquote Defender (UK) Frank Esson, Colin Watkins
Equity And Law (Netherlands) Dirk Nauta

Liverpool Enterprise (UK)

Bob Salmon
Creightons Naturally (UK) John Chittenden
Espirit De Liberte (France) Patrick Taberly
Maiden (UK) Tracy Edwards
Schlussel Von Bremen (Germany) Rolf Renken, Ham Mueller-Rohlok, Jochen Orgelmann, Wilhelm-Otto Beck,Peter Weidner
With integrity (UK) Andy Coghill
La Poste (France) Daniel Malle
Rucanor Sport (Belgium) Bruno Dubois

DNF

Martela Of (Finland) Markku Wilkeri

DNF

* DNF - Starts a Leg or In Port Race and Does Not Finish

 

The Route

Distance 32,000nm

Leg Port Covered Leg Winner Date

Leg 1

    Southampton

to

    Punta del Este

Steinlager 2

    Start Sept 2 1989

Leg 2

    Punta Del Este

to

    Fremantle

Steinlager 2

    Restart Oct 28 1989

Leg 3

    Fremantle

to

    Auckland

Steinlager 2

    Restart Dec 23 1989

Leg 4

    Auckland

to

    Punta del Este

Steinlager 2

    Restart Feb 41990

Leg 5

    Punta del Este

to

    Fort Lauderdale

Steinlager 2

    Restart Mar 16 1990

Leg 6

    Fort Lauderdale

to

    Southampton

Steinlager 2

    Restart May 5 1990