Volvo Ocean 60

The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a "box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race.^[1]

The class raced with such success that the following race was restricted to Whitbread 60s only. Its design was used for the last time in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, replaced thereafter by the sophisticated, canting keel Volvo Open 70, built to a new box rule.^[1]

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Box Rule specifications

	Ocean 60
Overall Length:	19.50 m (64 ft)
Beam:	5.25 m (17 ft)
Draught:	3.75 m (12 ft)
Air Draught:	26.00 m (85 ft)
Displacement:	13,500 kg (29,762 lb)

Yachts

A total of 32 Volvo Ocean 60s were built for the three editions the class was used by the race. 28 of these competed in the race with 4 boats being built as training boats for two boat testing although race organizers tried to discourage this.

Whitbread 60s/Volvo Ocean 60s
1993–1994	1997–1998	2001–2002
Brooksfield	America's Challenge	Amer Sports One
Heineken	Brunel Sunergy	Amer Sports Too
Hetman Sahaidachny	Chessie Racing	Assa Abloy (2)
Galicia '93 Pescanova	EF Education	Djuice Dragons
Intrum Justitia	EF Language	Illbruck Challenge
Reebok/Dolphin & Youth	Innovation Kvaerner	Team News Corp
Tokio	Merit Cup (1)	Team SEB
Odessa	Silk Cut	Team Tyco
Winston	Swedish Match
Yamaha	Toshiba
Tune Up Boats
Tokio II	Merit Cup (2)	Assa Abloy (1)
		Djuice Dragons (1)

Designers

Whitbread 60s/Volvo Ocean 60s Designers
Designer	1993–1994	1997–1998	2001–2002	Total
Bruce Farr	7	8(1)	6	22
John Swarbrick	(1)			1
Bouvet-Petit	1			1
Sidenko	1			1
Humphreys	1			1
Alan Andrews		1		1
Judel Vroljik		1		1
Laurie Davidson			1(1)	2
German Frers			1	1
Total	10(1)	10(1)	8(2)	32

Comparison of Ocean 60 and Open 70

	Ocean 60	Open 70^[2]
Overall Length:	19.50 m (64 ft)	21.50 m (71 ft)
Beam:	5.25 m (17 ft)	5.70 m (19 ft)
Draught:	3.75 m (12 ft)	4.50 m (15 ft)
Air Draught:	26.00 m (85 ft)	31.50 m (103 ft)
Displacement:	13,500 kg (29,762 lb)	14,000 kg (30,865 lb)
Ballast	Water Ballast
Keel	Fixed	Canting

References

^ ^a ^b "National Geographic: Volvo Ocean Race--Map, History, Dates". www.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Volvo Ocean 70". www.perrottidesign.com.

External links

Volvo Ocean Race Archived 2009-12-26 at the Wayback Machine – Official site
Volvo Ocean Race TV – Official Web TV site
Andrews 60 – A W60 design detail
speedsailing – V.O.60 ILLBRUCK history and boat details

v t e The Ocean Race
Whitbread Round the World Race	1973–1974 1977–1978 1981–1982 1985–1986 1989–1990 1993–1994 1997–1998
Volvo Ocean Race	2001–2002 2005–2006 2008–2009 2011–2012 2014–2015 2017–2018
The Ocean Race	2023 2026/2027
The Ocean Race Europe	2021 2025
Class	Volvo Open 70 Volvo Ocean 65 Volvo Ocean 60 IMOCA 60
List of The Ocean Race sailors

This page was last edited on 19 January 2024, at 17:06

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