The 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race was run from Southampton to Southampton in 1989–90. It was run with several classes of yacht. Steinlager 2 skippered...
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The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after...
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Peter Blake (sailor) (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
yachtsman who won the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the around the world sailing record...
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Maiden (film) (category The Ocean Race)
Edwards and the crew of the ocean-racing yacht Maiden as they compete as the first all-woman crew in the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race. The film was...
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Fatima Whitbread, MBE (née Vedad; born 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft...
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1971, Whitbread inaugurated the Whitbread Book Awards. The next year, Whitbread became the initiating sponsor of the Whitbread Round the World Race, a sailing...
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Simon Le Bon (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
Duran Duran for the band's entire recording history, he has also dabbled in solo outings. In 1985, for the Whitbread Round the World Race, he contributed...
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Vendée Globe (redirect from Vendee Yacht Race)
The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop, unassisted round the world yacht race. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since...
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Joe English (sailor) (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
multiple world championship-level sailing events, including America's Cup, the Whitbread Round The World Race and Admiral's Cup race series. In 1989, English...
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Feature Race". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "One of these 15 movies will win best documentary at the Oscars-Entertainment...
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Justin Packshaw (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
TEDx talk at the London School of Economics.[better source needed] Packshaw participated in the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, representing...
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New Zealand Cadet Forces (section 1985–1990)
The Crown is a 4-person dinghy, specifically designed for the use of the units. The RS Feva's serves as a more modern vessel which could be raced in...
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Tracy Edwards (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year...
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Bruce Farr (category New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, among others. Farr's services to...
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Official website See also The Ocean Race Europe Ocean Globe Race, a retro race to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Round the World Race....
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Maiden (yacht) (category Volvo Ocean Race yachts)
raced by Pierre Fehlmann, Bertie Reed, Tracy Edwards and John Bankart. Edwards bought the yacht in 1987 to compete in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the...
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Tessa Sanderson (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games)
in the javelin, as well as records at the junior and masters levels. During her career, Sanderson had a rivalry with fellow Briton Fatima Whitbread, who...
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Previously known as the Whitbread Round The World Race and the Volvo Ocean Race. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, a stopping crewed race for amateur crews...
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Olivier de Kersauson (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
crewmember on the yacht Pen Duick VI in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Together, they put on their boots and waterproofs, swallowing up the miles aboard...
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Dominique Wavre (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
in 1981 in the Whitbread onboard Disc d'Or III. Since then, he'll keep accumulating miles. He met his partner Michèle Paret during the 1989-90 Whitebread...
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Ireland in the 1989 Whitbread Round-the-world yacht race, now the Volvo Ocean Race. It was taken over by Investec and rebranded in 2013. During the 1980s after...
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Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Peter Rabbit and The Greatest Showman breaking £40 million at the British box office. Also included...
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The Ocean Race Europe is an offshore yacht race around Europe created and run by the organisers of The Ocean Race. Its inaugural edition is the 2021 Ocean...
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Philips Innovator (category Volvo Ocean Race yachts)
in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Dirk Nauta. After an extensive refit she participated in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World...
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Florence Arthaud (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
trimaran, due to the real estate crisis from which her sponsor was suffering. She sailed in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race on board Charles...
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Nigel Mansell (category Formula One race winners)
series, as he failed to finish either race at the next round he participated in at Brands Hatch, and at his final race at Silverstone he finished in 14th...
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Camper and Nicholsons (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
Marlborough. Its yachts competed in The America's Cup, The Fastnet Race, the Olympics, the Ocean Race (Whitbread Round the World Race) and many other yacht races...
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Conrad Humphreys (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
speaker. Humphreys has competed in three round the world races (Whitbread Round the World Race 1993–94 and the BT Global Challenge 2000–2001) and (Vendee...
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Philippe Poupon (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
the record of the Atlantic. His early experience was as crew for Eric Tabarly onboard Pen Duick VI for the 1977–1978 Whitbread Round the World Race....
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except for general knowledge. The show's second half was a "super round", which included a 3D maze, code cracking and a race up Mount Krypton, with accumulated...
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