Team AkzoNobel
Team AkzoNobel at the Fastnet weekend 2017
Nation Netherlands
ClassVolvo Ocean 65
Racing career
SkippersSimeon Tienpont

team AkzoNobel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She was the only new yacht built for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.[1][2]

2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race

Team

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.[5] Watch captain Brad Jackson was promoted to skipper in the place of Tienpont.[6] Two hours before the start of leg 1, Tienpont was re-instated by an arbitration panel.[7] As a result, Jackson, Jules Salter, Joca Signorini and Rome Kirby opted not to sail in leg 1 of the race.[8]

2021 The Ocean Race Europe

Team [9]

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Volvo Ocean Race (2017-03-08), Team AkzoNobel to race in brand new boat in 2017-18 | Volvo Ocean Race, retrieved 2017-03-08
  2. ↑ "New One-Design for the Volvo Ocean Race". www.sailingworld.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Leg 2 crew lists - veteran faces return - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18". www.volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-04.
  4. ↑ "Leg 3 Crew Lists - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18". www.volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12.
  5. ↑ "Tienpont out as AkzoNobel skipper in Volvo Ocean Race". thenewstribune. Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  6. ↑ "A message from our sailing and shore teams". Team AkzoNobel. 15 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Volvo Ocean Race: Courts settle AkzoNobel nightmare >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 22 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Brad Jackson opts out of first leg of Volvo Ocean Race after arbitration reinstates AkzoNobel predecessor". 22 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Race, The Ocean. "AkzoNobel Ocean Racing". The Ocean Race 2022-23. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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