Nicorette (1996 yacht)

Nicorette (also known as Skandia) is a 24.5 metres (80 ft) Ericsson 80 yacht.

Nicorette
Other namesSkandia
Nation Sweden
Designer(s)Bruce Farr
Racing career
SkippersLudde Ingvall

Career

Nicorette won Round Gotland Race and broke the record as the fastest monohull yacht over the Atlantic.[1] She broke the 92-year-old record of Atlantic in 1997.[2]

Nicorette was later renamed Skandia and competed in the Adecco World Championships.[3]

gollark: In the ridgewing thuwed, it's 1/12.
gollark: In the progeny of the ancestors of bedgj, the tan-ness varies from 2/4 to 1/5 or something.
gollark: People have crazily analysed everything else (luminae breeding is an example) so why not this?
gollark: Well, yes, it's probability, but find enough and you can check.
gollark: That reminds me of a question I wanted to ask: how many ridgewings come out tan?

See also

References

  1. Nilsson-Kjell. ""Nicorette" vann lätt". DN.SE. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. "Nicorette's dash across Atlantic breaks Atlantic's 1905 record - tribunedigital-baltimoresun". Articles.baltimoresun.com. 1997-05-25. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  3. "Adecco World Championship: Skippers". Web.archive.org. 2000-12-07. Archived from the original on 2000-12-07. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
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