1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1993 to 1994 Whitbread Round the World Race was run to "mixed class" rules (as with prior races). New for the 93/4 race was a purpose built Whitbread boat—the W60. As with previous years a handicap was applied to different boats based on their race rating. The competitors were none too keen or running both Maxis and W60's together. The two competing classes battled throughout with protest flags always at the ready. Many entrants wanted the old maxis banned for this year, however owing to concerns over whether enough new boats would be ready (not to mention the large investments the Maxi owners had made in previous years), several Maxis were allowed to compete in the 1993 to 1994 race. The W60 skippers almost unanimously insisted they were in a 'completely different boat race', to the fury of Grant Dalton skippering a maxi. Dalton conceded afterwards however that the race should only have one class in future, to avoid similar squabbles.

Final Standings

Pos	Boat	Nat	Skipper	Class	Aggregate
1	NZ Endeavour	New Zealand	Grant Dalton (NZ)	Maxi	120 d 5 h
2	Yamaha	Japan/ New Zealand	Ross Field (NZ)	W60	120 d 14 h
3	Merit Cup	United Kingdom	Pierre Fehlmann (F)	Maxi	121 d 2 h
4	Intrum Justitia	Europe	Roger Nilson (S) / Lawrie Smith (GB)	W60	121 d 5 h
5	Galicia 93 Pescanova	Spain	Javier de la Gandara (Esp)	W60	122 d 6 h
6	Winston	United States	Dennis Conner (USA) /Brad Butterworth (NZ)	W60	122 d 9 h
7	La Poste	France	Éric Tabarly (F)	Maxi	123 d 22 h
8	Tokio	Japan	Chris Dickson (NZ)	W60	128 d 16 h
9	Brooksfield	Italy	Guido Maisto (I)	W60	130 d 4 h
10	Hetman Sahaidachny	Ukraine	Eugene Platon (Ukr)	W60	135 d 23 h
11	Reebok/Dolphin Youth	United Kingdom	Mathew Humphries (GB)	W60	137 d 21 h
12	Heineken	United States	Dawn Riley (USA)	W60	138 d 16 h
13	Odessa	Ukraine	Anatoly Verba (Ukr)	W60	158 d 4 h
NF	Fortuna	Spain	Lawrie Smith (GB)	Maxi	WD

Full details of finishing positions can be found in: Media Guide: 5. History

Intrum Justitia was originally skippered by Roger Nilson, who was injured on the first leg.

• Corrected time takes the boat's handicap into account.

Leg Winners:

References