Volvo Ocean 65 Ambersail II explained

Ambersail II
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Class:Volvo Ocean 65
Designer:Farr Yacht Design
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Wins:
  • 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race: Leg 8

Team SCA is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished sixth in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Samantha Davies.[1]

Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race but did not compete.[2]

The boat was renamed Ambersail II for the 2023 The Ocean Race.[3]

2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race

Team SCA rotated members for each leg of the race.

Crew

Libby Greenhalgh won the B&G navigator prize, for best use of navigation equipment. This award is voted on by the other navigators in the race.[4] The team finished third on the In-Port Series, winning leg 3 in Abu Dhabi and 5 in Auckland.

Results

Team SCA finished sixth in the overall standings and third in the in-port series.

Overall standings
In-port series

2023 The Ocean Race

Crew

The crew consisted of:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TEAMS .
  2. Web site: Refit begins Volvo Ocean Race . en. www.volvooceanrace.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161008061639/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/9250_Refit-begins.html . 2016-10-08.
  3. Web site: Ambersail 2 . www.theoceanrace.com. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230112135045/https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/teams/ambersail-2. 2023-01-12.
  4. Web site: The BG navigators prize . 2017-02-07 . 2018-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201146/http://blog.bandg.com/the-bg-navigators-prize-for-the-volvo-ocean-race-2014-15-libby-greenhalgh-of-team-sca-wins-leg-8/ . dead .