Volvo Ocean 60

{{Short description|Class of ocean racing yacht}}

Image:VO60 2002 Zieleinlauf Kiel.jpg in Kiel during 2001–2002 Volvo Ocean Race]]

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Image:VO60 2002 Kiel SEB tyco NewsCorp.jpg, Team Tyco and News Corp in Kiel during 2001–2002 Volvo Ocean Race]]

The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a "box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/background.html |title=National Geographic: Volvo Ocean Race--Map, History, Dates |website=www.nationalgeographic.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011029110854/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/background.html |archive-date=29 October 2001 |url-status=dead}}

The class raced with such success that the following race was restricted to Whitbread 60s only. Its design was used for the last time in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, replaced thereafter by the sophisticated, canting keel Volvo Open 70, built to a new box rule.