Volvo Ocean 65 Team JAJO explained
Team Brunel |
Class: | Volvo Ocean 65 |
Sailno: | NED 8 |
Designer: | Farr Yacht Design |
Builder: | Green Marine LTD, Decision SA,
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Launched: | 2014 |
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Type: | Monohull racing yacht |
Crew: | 9 |
Length: | 20.37 m |
Height: | 30.30 m |
Sail: | 163 m2 |
Team Brunel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished 3rd 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.
For the 2023 The Ocean Race she was renamed Team JAJO.[2]
Team Brunel
Crew
The 2014-15 crew consisted of:[3]
Results
Team Brunel finished second in both the overall standings and the in-port series.
- Overall standings
- In-port series
The 2017–18 crew consisted of:
- Onboard
- On-shore
- Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel (team coach)[15]
Results
Team Brunel finished third in both the overall standings and the in-port series.
- Overall standings
- In-port series
Team JAJO
The 2023 crew are:[16]
- Jelmer van Beek (skipper)
- Laura van Veen (crew member)
- Jorden van Rooijen (bowman)
- Rutger Vos (boat captain, trimmer)
- Max Deckers (navigator)
- Bouwe Bekking (watch leader)
- Maja Micińska (trimmer)
- Simbad Quiroga (helmsman, trimmer)
- Joy Eilish Fitzgerald (crew member)
- Gregg Parker (grinder)
- Brend Schuil (onboard reporter)
Notes and References
- Web site: Meet the teams. Race. Volvo Ocean.
- Web site: Team JAJO . www.theoceanrace.com .
- Web site: Team Brunel. Volvo Ocean. Race.
- Web site: Seventh Entry for Volvo Ocean Race. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 28 June 2017. 28 June 2017.
- Web site: Annie Lush joins up with Team Brunel. Volvo Ocean Race. 13 August 2017.
- Web site: Abby Ehler is our boat captain.... Sailing World. 20 October 2017.
- Web site: Abby Ehler and Andrew Cape to join Team Brunel. World Sailing. 13 September 2017.
- Web site: Abby Ehler and Andrew Cape to join Team Brunel. World Sailing. 13 September 2017.
- 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.
- Web site: Peter Burling joins Dutch Team Brunel and will face Blair Tuke at Volvo Ocean Race. Stuff. 10 August 2017.
- Web site: Kiwis to the fore as Volvo Ocean Race crews begin their eight-month journey. Stuff. 21 October 2017.
- Web site: Team Brunel in the Netherlands for the Yachtmaster exam. Club Racer. 25 September 2017.
- Web site: Alberto Bolzan: "I'm back to Cape Horn in the longest sailing race in history". La Stampa. 22 October 2017.
- Web site: Team Brunel: These are the nine sailors for the first stage. Club Racer. 18 October 2017.
- Web site: Van Boxtel back as coach for Team Brunel. Sail-World. 21 October 2017.
- Web site: Team JAJO . www.teamjajo.nl .