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Swedish Match (yacht)

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Other names
  
NokiaAvant

Sail no
  
SWE–2000

Displacement
  
13,500 kg

Designer
  
Nation
  
Builder
  
Cookson Boats

Skippers
  
Gunnar KrantzStefan MyralfMichael Spies

Notable victories
  
1999 Sydney–Hobart (l.h.)

Swedish Match (also known as Nokia, Avant) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Career

Swedish Match was designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson Boats.

Swedish Match competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race and finished 3rd. She was skippered by Gunnar Krantz.

She was given a new name, Nokia, and competed in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. She won line honours in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race skippered by Stefan Myralf and Michael Spies. The winning time, 1 day, 19 hours, 48 minutes, and 2 seconds stood as a record until Wild Oats XI beat it in the 2005 edition.

In 2003, she competed in the Volvo Baltic Race under the name Avant.

References

Swedish Match (yacht) Wikipedia


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