Heineken (yacht) explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IT IS UNLIKELY THAT COLONEL BILL WHITBREAD, OF THE BREWING FAMILY AND ADMIRAL OTTO STEINER, OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SAILING ASSOCIATION, EVER ENVISAGED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EVENT THEY CONCEIVED 'OVER A PINT' OF BEER 30 YEARS AGO . Kriter.tv . 2015-09-21.
2. Web site: Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta – Girls Are Back In Town. firstportofcall.com. 2015-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070444/http://firstportofcall.com/news/volvo-ocean-race-legends-regatta-girls-are-back-in-town/. 2016-03-04. dead.
3. Web site: Farr Yacht Design . Farrdesign.com . 2015-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151023173206/http://www.farrdesign.com/282.htm . 2015-10-23 .
4. Web site: News & Features - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Site : Preview. Sailing.org. 2015-09-21.