VO 65 Vestas

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)