Volvo Ocean 65 Mapfre Explained

MAPFRE
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Class:	Volvo Ocean 65
Designer:	Farr Yacht Design
Skip:	Iker Martínez (2014-2015), Xabi Fernández (Co-skipper 2014-15, skipper 2017-2018)

MAPFRE is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished fourth in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Iker Martínez and by Xabi Fernández in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.^[1]

The chief executive officer of the team is Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo and Neal McDonald is the Sports and Performance Director.^{[2] [3]}

2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race

Crew! Position !! Sailor

Captain	Xabi Fernández^[4]
Navigator	Joan Vila^[5]
Watch captain	Pablo Arrarte
Trimmer/helmsman	Blair Tuke^[6]
	Robert Greenhalgh^[7]
	Antonio "Ñeti" Cuervas-Mons
	Willy Altadill
	Sophie Ciszek
	Támara Echegoyen
	Louis Sinclair^[8]

2014-15 crew

• Iker Martínez, skipper^[9]
• Xabi Fernández, watch captain, stand-in skipper legs 3,^[10] 4,^[11] 8^[12]
• Jean-Luc Nélias, navigator
• André Fonseca “Bochecha”, watch captain
• Antonio Cuervas-Mons, bowman
• Rob Greenhalgh, watch captain
• Carlos Hernández, trimmer/helmsman
• "Rafa" Rafael Trujillo Villar, trimmer/helmsman
• Willy Altadill, trimmer
• "Willy" Guillermo Altadill Fisher, trimmer
• Francisco Vignale, onboard reporter
• Anthony Marchand, trimmer/helmsman
• Sam Goodchild, trimmer/helmsman
• Nico Lunven, navigator, leg 1
• Michel Desjoyeaux, watch captain, leg 1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet the teams. Volvo Ocean. Race. 27 July 2017.
2. Web site: Pedro Campos. 27 July 2017.
3. Web site: Volvo Ocean Race - Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE . 2017-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170801073843/http://www.sailweb.co.uk/volvo/28053/volvo-ocean-race--neal-mcdonald-joins-mapfre . 2017-08-01 . dead .
4. News: Pablo Arrarte joins MAPFRE. Race. Volvo Ocean. Volvo Ocean Race. 2017-02-23. en-GB.
5. Web site: Spanish navigator Juan Vila returns to the Volvo Ocean Race with MAPFRE - MySailing.com.au. 20 July 2017. 3 August 2017.
6. Web site: Blair Tuke signs with Spanish team for Volvo Ocean Race. 27 July 2017.
7. Web site: Updated - Leg 1 crew lists - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 . www.volvooceanrace.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115749/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10115_Updated-Leg-1-crew-lists.html . 2017-10-23.
8. Web site: Leg 3 Crew Lists - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 . www.volvooceanrace.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031500/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10522_Leg-3-Crew-Lists.html . 2017-12-12.
9. Web site: The Team . MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race . 9 November 2017 .
10. Web site: From Iker to Xabi. 2017-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170421004935/https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8180_From-Iker-to-Xabi.html. 2017-04-21. dead.
11. Web site: Spain's Xabi Fernández to skipper MAPFRE in Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18.
12. Web site: Xabi back at the helm as MAPFRE skipper for Leg 8.