British Steel Challenge 1992/3
The first race started from Southampton in September 1992 with 10 identical 67 ft (20 m) boats sailed by a skipper and 13 crew. There were a number of serious rigging screw failures in the Southern Ocean and British Steel II, after the initial success of winning the first leg of the race, was dismasted in mid-Southern Ocean, but managed to motorsail safely to Hobart under jury rig. She was re-rigged in time to rejoin the race for the next leg to Cape Town.
The winner of the first race was John Chittenden and crew in Nuclear Electric . Chittenden went on to win the 2001 Yachtsman of the Year Award.
| Overall place | Yacht name | Skipper | Combined elapsed time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear Electric | John Chittenden | 151d 11h 49m 11s |
| 2 | Group 4 | Mike Golding | 151d 13h 59m 36s |
| 3 | Hofbräu Lager | Pete Goss | 152d 15h 45m 56s |
| 4 | Coopers & Lybrand | Vivien Cherry | 154d 17h 59m 56s |
| 5 | Pride of Teeside | Ian MacGillivray | 155d 16h 06m 48s |
| 6 | Interspray | Paul Jeffes | 156d 14h 09m 10s |
| 7 | Heath Insured | Adrian Donovan | 157d 10h 29m 18s |
| 8 | Rhône-Poulenc | Alec Honey, Peter Phillips | 159d 17h 26m 13s |
| 9 | Commercial Union | Will Sutherland, Richard Merriweather | 159d 17h 26m 13s |
| 10 | British Steel II | Richard Tudor | 163d 00h 25m 07s |
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