Editing Global Challenge (section)

==BT Global Challenge 2000/1==

On 10 September, a new fleet of {{convert|72|ft|m|abbr=on}} steel cutters debuted in this race. The winner, [[Conrad Humphreys]] and crew on ''LG Flatron'', won four of the seven legs.

For the first time, the race was scored on points, with equal points for each leg, though combined elapsed times are shown here for comparison.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Overall place <ref>{{cite web |title=Results |url=http://www.btchallenge.com/stand_sched/BTGps____results_Indx_WFC.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020617144954/http://www.btchallenge.com/stand_sched/BTGps____results_Indx_WFC.html |archivedate=2002-06-17 |access-date=2016-01-05 |website=BT Challenge}}</ref> !! Yacht name !! Skipper !! Points !! Combined<br />elapsed time
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| 1 || LG Flatron || Conrad Humphreys || 95 || 171d 13h 33m 49s
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| 2 || Compaq || [[Will Oxley]] || 86 || 173d 14h 59m 43s
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| 3 || BP || [http://www.markdenton.co.uk Mark Denton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501134309/http://markdenton.co.uk/ |date=2013-05-01 }} || 78 || 175d 09h 54m 33s
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| 4 || Logica || Jeremy Troughton || 71 || 175d 20h 46m 04s
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| 5 || TeamSpirIT || Andy Dare, John Read || 68 || 176d 22h 34m 43s
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| 6= || Spirit of Hong Kong || Stephen Wilkins || 62 || 178d 21h 34m 43s
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| 6= || Quadstone || Alex Phillips, Richard Chenery || 64* || 179d 11h 58m 14s
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| 7 || Norwich Union || Neil Murray || 60 || 180d 07h 58m 14s
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| 8 || Isle of Man || Lin Parker || 58 || 180d 21h 41m 18s
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| 9 || Veritas || Will Carnegie || 56 || 
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| 10 || Save the Children || Nick Fenton || 56* || 176d
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| 10 || Olympic || Manley Hopkinson<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2024 |title=Hurricane Michael and the Compassionate Captain |url=https://www.battingthebreeze.com/hurricane-michael-and-the-compassionate-captain/ |website=Batting the Breeze}}</ref>|| 37* || 183d
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> These teams did not finish all legs, a requirement for a position in the overall standings, but their positions are shown without displacing any other team

[[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Kate Middleton]], who married [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]] to become the Duchess of Cambridge, worked as a corporate crew during the buildup of the 2000/1 race.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sean |first=Smith |title=Kate Unauthorised |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK |pages=76–78 |isbn=9781847378699}}</ref>