Volvo Ocean 65 Team AkzoNobel explained

Team AkzoNobel
Class:	Volvo Ocean 65
Skip:	Simeon Tienpont

team AkzoNobel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She was the only new yacht built for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.^[1]

2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race

Team

• Simeon Tienpont - skipper
• Jules Salter - navigator^[2]
• Chris Nicholson
• Peter van Niekerk
• Brad Farrand
• António Fontes (loaned from Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag)
• Martine Grael
• Luke Molloy
• Ross Monson
• Emily Nagel
• Nicolai Sehested
• Álex Pella^[3]
• Justin Ferris

Leadership dispute

On October 13, the day before the first scoring race, it was announced that, due to a breach of contract by his company, STEAM Racing, Tienpont's contract as skipper was terminated by Team AkzoNobel.^[4] Watch captain Brad Jackson was promoted to skipper in the place of Tienpont.^[5] Two hours before the start of leg 1, Tienpont was re-instated by an arbitration panel.^[6] As a result, Jackson, Jules Salter, Joca Signorini and Rome Kirby opted not to sail in leg 1 of the race.^[7]

2021 The Ocean Race Europe

Team ^[8]

• Chris Nicholson - Skipper
• Lucas Chapman - Watch leader
• Trystan - Seal Bowman
• Rosalin Kuiper - Sail trimmer / Onboard Reporter
• Rory Hunter - Trimmer / helmsman
• Charlie Wyatt - Trimmer / helmsman
• Giulio Bertelli - Trimmer / helmsman
• Liz Wardley - Boat captain
• Will Harris - Navigator

Notes and References

1. Web site: New One-Design for the Volvo Ocean Race. www.sailingworld.com. 7 April 2017. en. 2017-04-11.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. News: Tienpont out as AkzoNobel skipper in Volvo Ocean Race. thenewstribune. 2017-10-15. en. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150509/http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article178811991.html. 2017-10-15.
5. Web site: A message from our sailing and shore teams. Team AkzoNobel. 15 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016011339/https://www.teamakzonobel.com/media/a-message-from-our-sailing-and-shore-teams. 16 October 2017.
6. Web site: Volvo Ocean Race: Courts settle AkzoNobel nightmare >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 22 October 2017.
7. Web site: Brad Jackson opts out of first leg of Volvo Ocean Race after arbitration reinstates AkzoNobel predecessor. 22 October 2017.
8. Web site: Race . The Ocean . AkzoNobel Ocean Racing . 2023-12-31 . The Ocean Race 2022-23 . en.