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Swedish Match (also known as Nokia, Avant) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Career

Swedish Match was designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson Boats.[1]

Swedish Match competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race and finished 3rd.[2] She was skippered by Gunnar Krantz.[3]

She was given a new name, Nokia, and competed in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[4] She won line honours in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race skippered by Stefan Myralf and Michael Spies.[5] The winning time, 1 day, 19 hours, 48 minutes, and 2 seconds stood as a record until Wild Oats XI beat it in the 2005 edition.[6]

In 2003, she competed in the Volvo Baltic Race under the name Avant.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Entries". Yachting. 1997.
  2. ^ a b "Nu startar Volvo Baltic Race" [Now the Volvo Baltic Race starts]. www.maringuiden.se (in Swedish). June 16, 2004.
  3. ^ "Swedish Match lights the way". BBC News. November 23, 1997.
  4. ^ "VO60 Nokia to sail in Telstra Sydney to Hobart". Yachts and Yachting Online.
  5. ^ "ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE WINNERS – 1945–2005" (PDF). Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Wild Oats breaks race record". theage.com.au. December 29, 2005.
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