Toshiba (yacht)

Toshiba

Nation	United States
Class	Volvo Ocean 60
Sail no	USA–1
Designer(s)	Bruce Farr
Builder	New England Boat Works
Racing career
Skippers	Dennis Connor Paul Standbridge
Specifications
Length	64ft

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]

Career

Toshiba was designed by Bruce Farr and built by New England Boat Works.^[3]

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
2. https://www.sailspeedrecords.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=21
3. "The Entries", Yachting, 181 (10), 1997