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1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race

Field	Value
year	1985–86
Whitbread Round the World Race
edition	4th
competitors	15
yachts	Multi-class
winner	L'Esprit d'Équipe
prev	1981–82
next	1989–90

Whitbread Round the World Race

The 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race was the fourth edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Ocean Globe Race). Fifteen boats started out from Southampton on 28 September 1985 for the around-the-world race.

L'Esprit d'Équipe, skippered by Lionel Péan, won the race in a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. Philips 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 its owner, the pop star Simon Le Bon) finished just a breath behind.

Route

Event	Start date	Start	Finish	Distance (nmi)	Winner
Leg 1	28 September 1985	GBR Portsmouth	RSA Cape Town	7,350	L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 2	4 December 1985	RSA Cape Town	NZL Auckland	7,300	Philip's Innovator
Leg 3	15 February 1986	NZL Auckland	URY Punta del Este	6,215	L'Esprit d'Equipe
Leg 4	9 April 1986	URY Punta del Este	GBR Portsmouth	5,875	L'Esprit d'Equipe

Results

Overall
Pos	Line Honours
Pos	Sail Number	Yacht	Country	Yacht Type	LOA
(Metres)	Skipper	Elapsed Time
d:hh:mm:ss	Corrected time
d:hh:mm:ss	References:
1	7	F 8333	L'Esprit d'Equipe	FRA France	Briand 58 Sloop	17.58	Lionel Péan	132:00:15:19	111:23:09:49
2	5	H 400	Philips Innovator	NED Netherlands	Judel Vrolijk 63 Sloop	19.11	Dirk Nauta	127:03:00:40	112:21:31:37
3	6	L 71	Fazer Finland	FIN Finland	Frers Swan 651	19.98	Michael Berner	128:05:25:01	115:00:49:10
4	1	Z 3333	UBS Switzerland	CHE Switzerland	Farr 80 Sloop Maxi	24.29	Pierre Fehlmann	117:14:31:42	117:04:47:03
5	10	B 763	Rucanor Tristar	BEL Belgium	Ribadeau Dumas 58 Sloop	17.63	Gustaaf Versluys	139:10:26:21	118:09:29:12
6	8	E 2342	Fortuna Lights	ESP Spain	Visiers 62 Sloop	18.87	Jorge Brufau
Antonio Guiu	137:21:22:56	120:19:06:37
7	2	KZ 5555	Lion New Zealand	NZL New Zealand	Holland 78 Sloop Maxi	23.77	Peter Blake	122:06:31:58	121:07:38:18
8	3	K 3797	Drum	GBR Great Britain	Holland 77 Sloop Maxi	23.47	Skip Novak	122:18:54:31	122:06:19:29
9	11	H 3040	Equity and Law	NED Netherlands	Peterson Baltic 55	16.76	Pleun van der Lugt	145:19:07:38	123:06:43:44
10	4	B 762	Cote d'Or	BEL Belgium	Joubert-Nivelt 82 Sloop Maxi	24.99	Éric Tabarly	126:08:27:33	125:19:01:50
11	12	Z 1941	Shadow of Switzerland	CHE Switzerland	Sparkman & Stephens Swan 57	17.37	Nora & Otto Zehender-Müller	154:14:54:50	128:11:55:19
12	9	K 3566	Norsk Data GB	GBR Great Britain	Gurney 77 Sloop Maxi	23.50	Bob Salmon	138:01:15:36	136:01:12:10
13	13	D 1181	SAS Baia Viking	DEN Denmark	Elvstrom-Klerulf 49 Sloop	15.00	Jesper Norsk	170:18:53:29	144:18:54:05
DNF	14	KZ 6000	NZI Enterprise	NZL New Zealand	Farr 80 Sloop Maxi	24.32	Digby Taylor	Retired-Leg 3
DNF	15	US 33881	Portatan-Atlantic Privateer	USA United States	Farr 80 Sloop Maxi	24.32	Peter Kuttel	Retired-Leg 1

References

"RACE FOUR 1985-86".
Histoiredeshalfs. "WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACES".
Skip Novak, One Watch at a Time, 1988, pages 143,284-285

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