Heineken_(yacht)

<i>Heineken</i> (yacht)

Heineken (yacht)

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Heineken (also Yamaha 1, Pontona Youth) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished ninth in the W60 class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Dawn Riley.[1]

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Career

Yamaha 1 was the first Whitbread 60 ever built and was used as a trial boat for Ross Field's team.[2] It was built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand.[3] When Yamaha was finished the yacht was leased to American skipper Dawn Riley, who finished ninth among the W60s of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race having an all-women crew.[2]

Yamaha 1 competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race with the name Pontona Youth and crewed by a Danish youth team skippered by Thomas Dahl Jensen.[4]

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    "Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta – Girls Are Back In Town". firstportofcall.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "Farr Yacht Design". Farrdesign.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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    "News & Features - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Site : Preview". Sailing.org. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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