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Merit Cup

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Merit Cup
Nation Monaco
ClassVolvo Ocean 60
Sail noMON–7000
Designer(s)Bruce Farr
BuilderMartin Marine
Racing career
SkippersGrant Dalton
Specifications
Displacement13,500 kg (29,700 lb)
Length19.5 m (64 ft) (LOA)
Beam5.25 m (17.2 ft)
Draft3.75 m (12.3 ft)

Merit Cup is a yacht. She finished second in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Grant Dalton.[1]

Career

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Merit Cup was designed by Bruce Farr and built by Martin Marine.[2]

References

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  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. ^ "The Entries", Yachting, 181 (10), 1997