Volvo Ocean 65 Vestas 11th Hour Racing explained

Vestas 11th Hour Racing
Class:Volvo Ocean 65
Skip:Charlie Enright
Length:65 feet

Vestas 11th Hour Racing[1] was a Volvo Ocean 65 class yacht team competing in the 2017–2018 Volvo Ocean Race. It was named after 11th Hour Racing, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation[2] and its then title sponsors: a wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S. After the COVID-19 pandemic disruption the team changed yacht class to IMOCA 60 and no longer had Vestas as a sponsor. It now competes in the 2023 The Ocean Race as 11th Hour Racing.

The team finished fifth in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race and in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, when she was known as Team Alvimedica and skippered by Charlie Enright.[3]

Between the two races, Vestas 11th Hour Racing was extensively refitted along with the other Volvo Ocean 65's.[4] [5]

2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race

2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11th Hour Racing.
  2. Web site: About Us. 11th Hour Racing.
  3. Web site: Meet the teams. Volvo Ocean. Race. 31 July 2017.
  4. Web site: In It to Win It! Vestas 11th Hour Racing's Charlie Enright & Mark Towill on the Volvo Ocean Race.
  5. Web site: Charlie Enright: The Grizzled Kid >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 19 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Leg 2 crew lists - veteran faces return - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 . www.volvooceanrace.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171104234338/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10242_Leg-2-crew-lists-veteran-faces-return.html . 2017-11-04.
  7. Web site: Team Alvimedica - Volvo Ocean Race. Volvo Ocean. Race. Volvo Ocean Race. 31 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Stu Bannatyne. Volvo Ocean. Race. Volvo Ocean Race. 31 July 2017.

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