Team Brunel

Team Brunel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished 3rd in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race[1] skippered by Bouwe Bekking and navigated by Andrew Cape.

Team Brunel
Team Brunel at the Fastnet weekend 2017
Other namesBrunel Sailing
Nation Netherlands
ClassVolvo Ocean 65
Sail noNED 8
Designer(s)Farr Yacht Design
BuilderGreen Marine LTD,

Decision SA,

Multiplast,

Persico SPA
Launched2014
FateSailing in the Volvo Ocean Race
Racing career
SkippersBouwe Bekking
Crew membersAndrew Cape

Annie Lush

Peter Burling
Specifications
TypeMonohull racing yacht
Length20.37 m
Mast height30.30 m
Sail area163 m2
Crew9

She finished second in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, also skippered by Bouwe Bekking. The team is backed by Dutch project management company Brunel International, and sponsored by ACE, Abel Sensors and Embrace Tech Startups. Brunel International are Volvo Ocean Race veterans, having had their first involvement in 1997-98.

2017-18

The 2017-18 crew are:

Onboard

On-shore

2014-15

The 2014-15 crew were;[14]

References
  1. Race, Volvo Ocean. "Meet the teams".
  2. "Seventh Entry for Volvo Ocean Race". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Abby Ehler and Andrew Cape to join Team Brunel". World Sailing. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "Annie Lush joins up with Team Brunel". Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. "Abby Ehler is our boat captain..." Sailing World. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. "Abby Ehler and Andrew Cape to join Team Brunel". World Sailing. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. "Peter Burling joins Dutch Team Brunel and will face Blair Tuke at Volvo Ocean Race". Stuff. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. "Kiwis to the fore as Volvo Ocean Race crews begin their eight-month journey". Stuff. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. "Alberto Bolzan: "I'm back to Cape Horn in the longest sailing race in history"". La Stampa. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  10. "Team Brunel: These are the nine sailors for the first stage". Club Racer. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  11. "Team Brunel in the Netherlands for the Yachtmaster exam". Club Racer. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  12. http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10522_Leg-3-Crew-Lists.html
  13. "Van Boxtel back as coach for Team Brunel". Sail-World. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. Race, Volvo Ocean. "Team Brunel".
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