1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race

May 2026 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race 4th 15 Multi-class L'Esprit d'Équipe 1981–82 1989–90 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.https://www.volvooceanrace.com/static/assets/content_v2/media/files/m43030_race-4.pdf RACE FOUR 1985-86 volvooceanrace.com Route World right 600 Ports visited World 50.816667 -1.083333 Portsmouth top World -33.925278 18.423889 Cape Town top World -36.840556 174.74 Auckland top World -34.966667 -54.95 Punta del Este top EventStart dateStartFinishDistance (nmi)Winner Leg 1 28 September 1985 GBR Portsmouth RSA 1928 Cape Town 7,350 L'Esprit d'Equipe Leg 2 4 December 1985 RSA 1928 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 Timed:hh:mm:ss Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss 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:https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/Whitbread%20Liste.htm Histoiredeshalfs WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACESSkip Novak, One Watch at a Time, 1988, pages 143,284-285 thumb|L'Esprit d'équipe and SAS Baia Viking in Punta del Este, 1986. References Category:The Ocean Race Category:Sports competitions in Southampton Category:Punta del Este Whitbread Round The World Race, 1985-86 Whitbread Round The World Race, 1985-86 Category:Sports competitions in Cape Town Category:Sports competitions in Auckland Category:1986 in New Zealand sport Category:1980s in Cape Town Category:20th century in Cape Town