Other names | Nokia Avant |
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Nation | Sweden Denmark |
Class | Volvo Ocean 60 |
Sail no | SWE–2000 |
Designer(s) | Bruce Farr |
Builder | Cookson Boats |
Racing career | |
Skippers | Gunnar Krantz Stefan Myralf Michael Spies |
Notable victories | 1999 Sydney–Hobart (l.h.) |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 13,500 kg (29,800 lb) |
Length | 19.5 m (64 ft) (LOA) |
Beam | 5.25 m (17.2 ft) |
Draft | 3.75 m (12.3 ft) |
Swedish Match (also known as Nokia, Avant) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.