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Silk Cut (yacht)

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Sail no
  
GBR–1

Skippers
  
Lawrie Smith

Designer
  
Bruce Farr

Builder
  
McConaghy Boats

Class
  
Volvo Ocean 60

Other names
  
Elanders/Ten Celsius JMS Next Generation

Nation
  
United Kingdom  Sweden  Norway

Silk Cut (also Elanders/Ten Celsius, JMS Next Generation) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.

Career

Silk Cut was designed by Bruce Farr and built by McConaghy Boats.

She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.

Elanders/Ten Celsius competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race helmed by Hans Wallén. JMS Next Generation competed in the 2004 Volvo Baltic Race.

References

Silk Cut (yacht) Wikipedia