1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race

L'esprit d'équipe and SAS Baia Viking in Punta del Este, 1986.

The 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race was the fourth edition of the around-the-world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race. On 28 September 1985, 15 boats started out from Southampton for the Whitbread Round the World Race.

L'Esprit d'Equipe skippered by Lionel Péan won the race in a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. Phillips Innovator was second, and Swan 651 Fazer Finland third. (UBS Switzerland was named first on elapsed time, with Lion New Zealand as runner-up. Drum (carrying owner/pop star Simon Le Bon) finished just a breath behind.)

Legs

Ports visited

Leg	Start	Finish	Leg winner elapsed time	Leg winner corrected time
1	Southampton, England	Cape Town, South Africa	UBS Switzerland	L'Esprit d'Equipe
2	Cape Town, South Africa	Auckland, New Zealand	Atlantic Privateer	Philips Innovator
3	Auckland, New Zealand	Punta del Este, Uruguay	UBS Switzerland	L'Esprit d'Equipe
4	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Portsmouth, England	UBS Switzerland	L'Esprit d'Equipe

Race results

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Pos	Boat	Skipper	Country	Corrected time
1	L'Esprit d'Équipe	Péan, Lionel Lionel Péan	France	111d 23h
2	Philips Innovator	Nauta, Dirk Dirk Nauta	Netherlands	112d 21h
3	Fazer Finland	Berner, Michael Michael Berner	Finland	115d 0h
4	UBS Switzerland	Fehlmann, Pierre Pierre Fehlmann	Switzerland	117D 4h
5	Rucanor Tristar	Versluys, Gustaaf Gustaaf Versluys	Belgium	118d 9h
6	Fortuna Lights	Visiers, Javier Javier Visiers, Jorgie Brufau & Antonio Guiu	Spain	121d 0h
7	Lion New Zealand	Blake, Peter Peter Blake	New Zealand	121d 7h
8	Drum	Novak, Skip Skip Novak	United Kingdom	122d 6h
9	Equity & Law	Lugt, Pleun van der Pleun van der Lugt	Netherlands	123d 6h
10	Cote d'Or	Tabarly, Eric Eric Tabarly	Belgium	125d 19h
11	Shadow of Switzerland	Zehender-Mueller, Otto Otto Zehender-Mueller & Nora Zehender-Mueller	Switzerland	128d 11h
12	Norsk Data GB	Salmon, Bob Bob Salmon	United Kingdom	136d 1h
13	SAS Baia Viking	Norsk, Jesper Jesper Norsk	Denmark	144d 18h
–	NZI Enterprise	Taylor, Digby Digby Taylor	New Zealand	DNF
–	Atlantic Privateer	Kuttel, Padda Padda Kuttel	United States	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

References

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