Mapfre (yacht)

MAPFRE is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished fourth in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Iker Martínez and by Xabi Fernández in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.[1]

MAPFRE
Mapfre in 2015.
Nation Spain
ClassVolvo Ocean 65
Designer(s)Farr Yacht Design
Racing career
SkippersIker Martínez (2014-2015),
Xabi Fernández (Co-skipper 2014-15, skipper 2017-2018)

The CEO of the team is Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo and Neal McDonald is the Sports and Performance Director.[2][3]

2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race
Crew
PositionSailor
CaptainXabi Fernández[4]
NavigatorJoan Vila[5]
Watch captainPablo Arrarte[4]
Trimmer/helmsmanBlair Tuke[6]
Robert Greenhalgh[7]
Antonio "Ñeti" Cuervas-Mons[7]
Willy Altadill[7]
Sophie Ciszek[7]
Támara Echegoyen[7]
Louis Sinclair[8]

2014-15 crew
  • Iker Martínez,skipper[9]
  • Xabi Fernández, watch captain, stand-in skipper legs 3[10],4[11],8[12]
  • Jean-Luc Nélias, navigator
  • André Fonseca “Bochecha”, watch captain
  • Antonio Cuervas-Mons, bowman
  • Rob Greenhalgh, watch captain
  • Carlos Hernández, trimmer/helmsman
  • "Rafa" Rafael Trujillo Villar, trimmer/helmsman
  • Willy Altadill, trimmer
  • "Willy" Guillermo Altadill Fisher, trimmer
  • Francisco Vignale, onboard reporter
  • Anthony Marchand, trimmer/helmsman
  • Sam Goodchild, trimmer/helmsman
  • Nico Lunven, navigator, leg 1
  • Michel Desjoyeaux, watch captain, leg 1
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gollark: You can't really do that.
gollark: Why? They're annoying. People do wrong things all the time.
gollark: This would only require 80 minutes.
gollark: Just watch at 1.25x speed.

References
  1. Race, Volvo Ocean. "Meet the teams". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. "Pedro Campos". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Race, Volvo Ocean. "Pablo Arrarte joins MAPFRE". Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  5. "Spanish navigator Juan Vila returns to the Volvo Ocean Race with MAPFRE - MySailing.com.au". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. "Blair Tuke signs with Spanish team for Volvo Ocean Race". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10115_Updated-Leg-1-crew-lists.html
  8. http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10522_Leg-3-Crew-Lists.html
  9. "The Team". MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. "From Iker to Xabi". Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  11. "Spain's Xabi Fernández to skipper MAPFRE in Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18".
  12. "Xabi back at the helm as MAPFRE skipper for Leg 8".
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