When Was The First Whitbread Race?
When Was The First Whitbread Race? The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of various sizes and rigs took part. When was the last Whitbread Round the World Race? Formerly Whitbread Round the World