Heineken (yacht)

Heineken (also Yamaha 1, Pontona Youth) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished ninth in the W60 class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Dawn Riley.^[1]

Heineken

Other names	Yamaha 1 Pontona Youth
Nation	United States  Denmark
Class	Volvo Ocean 60
Designer(s)	Farr Yacht Design
Builder	Cookson Boats, New Zealand
Racing career
Skippers	Dawn Riley Thomas Dahl Jensen
Specifications
Displacement	13,500 kg (29,800 lb)
Length	18.2 m (60 ft) (LOA)
Beam	5.2 m (17 ft)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft)
Crew	12

Career

Yamaha 1 was the first Whitbread 60 ever built and was used as a trial boat for Ross Field's team.^[2] It was built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand.^[3] When Yamaha was finished the yacht was leased to American skipper Dawn Riley, who finished ninth among the W60s of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race having an all-women crew.^[2]

Yamaha 1 competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race with the name Pontona Youth and crewed by a Danish youth team skippered by Thomas Dahl Jensen.^[4]