Boat Plans Wood | Volvo Ocean Race

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Wouldn’t it be great to find yourself aboard a Volvo Ocean 65 racing yacht on a fine summer’s day for a jolly on the Solent! You have been invited to spend a few hours with the crew of Team Brunel. She came second overall in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race series. Veteran sailor and skipper, Bouwe Bekking, shakes your hand and introduces you to the crew. You are shown around the boat and briefed as to the schedule and emergency procedures in the event of something untoward happening - not that it was likely, but you never know - the yacht draws 4.7 metres, sails very fast (can average of 22 knots over 24 hours), and there are a number of hazards, both under the water and on it.

The yacht gets underway. Sail is made, and she inclines to the wind as you leave Cowes en route for the Needles Channel. Only then do you imagine yourself racing day after day, being soaked to the skin, cold and very tired. You imagine being swept off your feet by a gigantic wave, and the only reason you did not end up in the drink was because you remembered to attach your safety harness. Thankful that your watch has ended, you go below and try to regain your circulation. You try getting some rest, but the noise and movement does not allow you to sleep. Then you think of your family at home and wish you were there. Instead, you find yourself retching and you have this awful pain in the pit of your stomach. You wish the world would come to an end.

All of a sudden you look around, and there ahead is the Needles lighthouse. The sun is shining.  All is fine; all is well. At the end of the day after sailing around the Island and returning to Cowes, you thank the team for their hospitality. You admire them for their achievement, and wonder how they did it. They are made of sterner stuff than you. 

Links

Volvo Ocean Race

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html 

Volvo Ocean 65

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/boat.html 

Volvo Ocean Race

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Ocean_Race 

Team Brunel

http://www.brunelsailing.net/en_UK/

Bouwe Bekking

http://www.brunelsailing.net/en_UK/teambrunel/member/bouwebekking

Volvo Ocean Race:Already planning for the next edition

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/05/13/volvo-ocean-race-already-planning-for-the-next-edition/ 

Volvo Ocean Race Videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/volvooceanracevideos

Volvo Group Volvo

http://www.volvogroup.com/group/global/en-gb/volvo%20group/sponsorships/volvo_ocean_race/Pages/volvooceanrace.aspx 

Volvo Ocean Race Newport Exceeds Expectations with approximately 125,000 visitors

http://www.volvooceanracenewport.com/en/news/131_Volvo-Ocean-Race-Newport-Exceeds-Expectations-With-Approximately-125-000-Visitors.html

Volvo Ocean Race Independent Report into the Stranding of Vestas Wind

http://cdn.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/m36616_team-vestas-wind-inquiry-report-released-on-9-march-2015.pdf

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Boat Plans Aluminium | Volvo Ocean Race 2012

Boat Plans Aluminium

Its over. Nine months, 39000 miles and one winner. The talented Franck Cammas and his crew aboard one of the Juan K. boats. I also have a few observations about this latest edition of the Volvo Ocean race.

Each one of the boats with the exception of Sanya won at least one Ocean leg, winning from a tactical decision and position, not necessarily from boat speed.
Inshore races, again with the exception of Sanya, each one of the boats won at least one race where tactics and decisions came into play. It seems to me that the Box Rule in effect does a pretty good job in the design of the boats and that where you go is still the deciding factor.
Breakage. There was material failure in various degrees for all of them. The construction of the boat can be reviewed to include modifications to the scantlings. Ought to be not too difficult with the amount of feed back and observations gathered over the past few months. Keep the performance high, the drama low.

Now comes the unfortunate changes for the next venue of the VOR. The new One Design Class.
From an independent yacht designer, any notion of a O.D class is heresy, unless it is your own of course. But it is also a blow to the competitive aspect of Yachting, between the shipyards, the equipment manufacturers, the media, the countries; an entire worldwide industry. That is too bad, this is a theme I touched upon on the previous Americas Cup post. But Volvo is Volvo and owns the production. My views are that the present class is a superb platform to build upon and with the creation of two divisions made of Protos and New boats the number of eight boats could be achieved without sending the thoroughbreds to the farm.

 

 

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