Team Brunel

Team Brunel
Team Brunel at the Fastnet weekend 2017
Other names Brunel Sailing
Nation  Netherlands
Class Volvo Ocean 65
Sail no NED 8
Designer(s) Farr Yacht Design
Builder

Green Marine LTD,

Decision SA,

Multiplast,

Persico SPA
Launched 2014
Fate Sailing in the Volvo Ocean Race
Racing career
Skippers Bouwe Bekking
Crew members

Andrew Cape

Annie Lush

Peter Burling
Specifications
Type Monohull racing yacht
Length 20.37 m
Mast height 30.30 m
Sail area 163 m2
Crew 9

Team Brunel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She is currently sailing in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race[1] skippered by Bouwe Bekking and navigated by Andrew Cape.

She finished second in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, also skippered by Bouwe Bekking. The team is backed by Dutch project management company Brunel International, and sponsored by ACE, Abel Sensors and Embrace Tech Startups. Brunel International are Volvo Ocean Race veterans, having had their first involvement in 1997-98.

2017-18

The 2017-18 crew are:

Onboard

On-shore

2014-15

The 2014-15 crew were;[14]

References

  1. ↑ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Meet the teams".
  2. ↑ "Seventh Entry for Volvo Ocean Race". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Abby Ehler and Andrew Cape to join Team Brunel". World Sailing. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Annie Lush joins up with Team Brunel". Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Abby Ehler is our boat captain..." Sailing World. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Abby Ehler and Andrew Cape to join Team Brunel". World Sailing. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Peter Burling joins Dutch Team Brunel and will face Blair Tuke at Volvo Ocean Race". Stuff. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Kiwis to the fore as Volvo Ocean Race crews begin their eight-month journey". Stuff. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Alberto Bolzan: "I'm back to Cape Horn in the longest sailing race in history"". La Stampa. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Team Brunel: These are the nine sailors for the first stage". Club Racer. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Team Brunel in the Netherlands for the Yachtmaster exam". Club Racer. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  12. ↑ http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10522_Leg-3-Crew-Lists.html
  13. ↑ "Van Boxtel back as coach for Team Brunel". Sail-World. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Team Brunel".
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