Volvo Ocean 60


The Whitbread 60 or later theVolvo Ocean 60 was a box rule that was devised to govern the 10 smaller yachts which took part the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race.
They were raced with such success that the following race was restricted to the Whitbread 60 class only. The class was used for the last time in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, after which it was replaced by the sophisticated, canting keel Volvo Open 70 box rule.

Comparison of Ocean 60 and Open 70

Yachts

There were 28 Volvo Ocean 60s built for three runs of the race.
1993–19941997–19982001–2002
BrooksfieldAmerica's ChallengeAmer Sports One
Abu Dhabi Ocean RacingBrunel SunergyAmer Sports Too
Hetman SahaidachnyChessie RacingAssa Abloy
Galicia '93 PescanovaEF EducationDjuice Dragons
Intrum JustitiaEF LanguageIllbruck Challenge
Reebok/Dolphin & YouthInnovation KvaernerTeam News Corp
TokioMerit CupTeam SEB
OdessaSilk CutTeam Tyco
WinstonSwedish Match-
YamahaToshiba-