''Merit Cup'' is a yacht. She finished second in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by

Grant Dalton Grant Stanley Dalton is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and was appointed manager of Team New Zealand in 2003, and is CEO of the team. He is also passionate about motor racing and is an avid F1 ...

Career

''Merit Cup'' was designed by

Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farrdesigned boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht R ...

and built by Martin Marine.

References

{{Reflist Volvo Ocean Race yachts Sailing yachts of Monaco Volvo Ocean 60 yachts Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts 1990s sailing yachts