Toshiba (yacht)

Toshiba
Nation United States
ClassVolvo Ocean 60
Sail noUSA–1
Designer(s)Bruce Farr
BuilderNew England Boat Works
Racing career
SkippersDennis Connor
Paul Standbridge
Specifications
Length64ft

Toshiba is a yacht. She finished seventh in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Dennis Connor and Paul Standbridge.[1] During the race she achieved the 24hour distance record for monohulls, covering 434.4nm at an average of 18.1kts. [2]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ https://www.sailspeedrecords.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=21