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Whitbread is a British multinational hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England.The business was founded as a brewery in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell, with premises in London at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street, along with a brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields.
Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; Search. ... She won the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Conny van Rietschoten. [1] [2] 1981–82 ...
Great Britain II (also United Friendly, Norsk Data GB, With Integrity, Whitbread Heritage) is a Maxi racing yacht launched by Princess Anne on 21 May 1973 named after the SS Great Britain, built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel which was the world's first "iron clad" steam ship and whose salvage from the Falklands was underwritten by Sir Jack Hayward, who also funded the building of GB II.
Race participants in Baltimore Inner Harbor, 2006. 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 its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [1] and in 2019 it was ...
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. It was run with several classes of yacht. Steinlager 2 skippered by Peter Blake won the race easily.
On 29 August 1981, 29 boats started out from Southampton for the Whitbread Round the World Race. The maxi yacht Flyer II was designed by Germán Frers and built at the W. Huisman shipyard in 1981 for skipper Cornelius van Rietschoten .
Retired-Leg 2 DNF NC F 4279 Pen Duick III: France Tabarly 57 Ketch 17.45 Marc Linski Only Competed in Leg 4 DNF NC 56 Concorde: France Auzepy-Brenneur Contessa 32 9.75 Pierre Chassin Only Competed in Leg 2 DNF NC SA 7 Jakaranda: South Africa Sparkman & Stephen 56 Sloop 17.07 John Goodwin Only Competed in Leg 1 References: [6] [7] [8]
The 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race was the sixth edition of the around-the-world sailing event. The race was won by Grant Dalton the maxi 'New Zealand Endeavour'. As with prior races, the 1993-1994 Whitbread was run to "mixed class" rules.