Template:Did you know nominations/Voortrekker (yacht)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:36, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Voortrekker (yacht)

 * ... that despite being considered obsolete, the yacht Voortrekker placed 2nd in the 1982/83 BOC Challenge, beaten only by a yacht purpose-built for the race?
 * ALT1:... that the yacht Voortrekker has the unique sail number SA 1?
 * ALT2:... that the success of the yacht Voortrekker in the 1968 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race led to a surge of interest in sailing in South Africa?
 * Reviewed: Dewan Rabindranath Soni

Created by Gbawden (talk). Self-nominated at 08:46, 22 January 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Created from draft on 22 January, long enough, tidy, neutral, has inline citations, no copyright issues detected. First hook is on the long side but within the limit, interesting, neutral and cited in the article. Edited trivially to remove extra ellipsis, add hyphen and question mark. ALT2 is also fine; I'm not sure ALT1 would be 'hooky' enough. QPQ is done; the same article was claimed as QPQ by another editor, but they ended with "the hook isn't grabby enough", so Gbawden re-reviewed. Mortee (talk) 05:56, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Please note, this is my first time reviewing at DYK, so other reviewers are welcome to jump in and correct me if I've missed something here, either in substance or procedure Mortee (talk) 06:40, 26 January 2018 (UTC)