Whitbread Round the World Race 1981-82 | Official Film 4k | "The Greatest Race"

Enjoy this classic documentary film "The Greatest Race" from our archives 🎞️ The third edition of the Race took place in 1981-82 with 29 boats started out from Southampton, England on 29 August 1981
Conny van Rietschoten returned to the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1981-82 determined not just to defend his title but to win both line honours on every leg, and the overall race on handicap. Impressively, with his Flyer II, he was able to accomplish just that. He also had some young and impressive young talent on board to help him on his quest, including Grant Dalton, who would go on to become an icon of the race in his own right, while Sir Peter Blake skippered his own campaign for the first time.
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[@cina9218]

Love seeing these prior races. So much has changed, and so much remains the same

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

The “iceberg watch in the Southern Ocean” sequence was really tense with that soundtrack!

[@bbtodd]

Thanks for uploads, can't wait to watch all of these classic races.

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

So, are we getting 1985 this weekend?

[@teridzard1776]

So musher nicer to watch than the 5 enclosed deck foiling foiling tech monsters of the last edition.

[@cina9218]

I don't agree - as these classic footage show, innovation changes the sport continuously, while seamanship remains key to a successful run. The evolution is natural and great to see.

[@rt-uh6mt]

@@cina9218 there was some excitement missing from the last edition imo. The 2018 edition was much more gripping and the open cockpit was part of that.

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

I think it’s kind of amusing that on all of the modern vids we see “Technology has changed things so much! But has it gone too far?” laments but in these vintage films we see people at the time talking about how 70s-80s technology has made circumnavigation so much different than how it was in the Clipper days. Same as it ever was, I guess.