Whitbread Round the World Race 1993-94 | Official Film 4k

[@floodo1]

Thanks so much for uploading this. Great to see historic coverage vs modern (-8

[@StFidjnr]

4:16 these two will be your guides of the 1993-94 Whitbread Round the World Race for the Heineken trophy

[@williamweisailing]

lol, Grant Dalton looks so different back then. background musics in the early '90s are so funky

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

Mustache!Dalton is something else.

[@StFidjnr]

37:21 on deck in the Whitbread fleet is one thing, but below deck is an whole another thing altogether

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

This is the first edition from my lifetime (not that I knew what the Ocean Race was as a baby, of course…)

[@cinavik]

Also, even in the early 90s we had debates over "oh no this new boat class is not as good as the prior one, we don't like change, why do we have to change" - this complaint is evergreen. And ever-irrelevant.

[@StFidjnr]

35:07 uh oh too many eager boats are over early

[@cinavik]

Interesting that going back to the early 90s we still had tobacco sponsors.

[@NoWheyHombre]

The American announcer sounds like Tim Heideker being serious for once

[@StFidjnr]

11:04 a little reminder about the doldrums

[@StFidjnr]

35:12 the guilty party