Team VESTAS - Olympian and World Champion sailor Chris Nicholson will skipper the new one-design Volvo Ocean 65 boat, teaming up with Shore Manager Neil Cox to lead Team Vestas Wind. Moreover, two Danish sailors, Peter Wibroe and Nicolai Sehested - the youngest Dane ever to participate in the Volvo Ocean Race - will make up part of the eight-man crew who will set sail from Alicante, Spain on the 4th October.
Supplied by Volvo Ocean:
Rig hardware
- 2:1 main halyard block
Supplied by Equiplite Europe:
Deck hardware
- barberhaul blocks
- Lead blocks
Technical Data
| Hull length | 20.40 m (67 ft) |
| Length on deck: | 19.8 m (65 ft) |
| Length overall: | 21.95 m (72 ft) |
| Hull Beam: | 5.60 m (18.4 ft) |
| Max Draft: | 4.70 m (15.4 ft) |
| Keel arrangement: | Canting keel to +/- 40 degrees with 3 degrees of incline at axis |
| Rig Height: | 30.30 m (99.4 ft) |
| Rig Arrangement: | Deck stepped, twin backstays with deflectors |
| Mainsail Area: | 151 m2 |
| Working Headsail Area: | 135 m2 (permanently hoisted furling jib) |
| Upwind Sail Area: | 451 m2 (Mainsail and Masthead Code 0) |
| Downwind Sail Area: | 550 m2 (Mainsail and A3) |
Team:
Team Vestas
Naval Architect:
Farr Yacht Design
Yacht Builder:
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