2014–2015 Volvo Ocean Race

2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race File:VOR logo 14-15.jpg Volvo Ocean Race logo 12th 19 Oct 2014 – 27 June 2015 7 Volvo Ocean 65 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 2011–12 2017–18 The 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race was the 12th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started on 19 October 2014 in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in June 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden. After 38,739 nautical miles of ocean racing, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing led by skipper Ian Walker claimed the overall trophy. Yachts Volvo Ocean 65 For the first time, the race is a one-design event. The Volvo Ocean 65 was designed by Farr Yacht Design in response to concerns about safety and cost. The Volvo Ocean Race ensures a minimum of eight boats are built.All-women's team first to enter 2014-15 Race https://web.archive.org/web/20130430052030/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/6799_All-women-s-team-first-to-enter-2014-15-Race.html 2013-04-30 volvooceanrace.com, 21 August 2012 The aim was to reduce participation cost to around 15 million euros per entry.Volvo Ocean Race due to start from Alicante in 2014 to feature all-female crew thetelegraph.co.uk, 20 August 2012 The boats are maintained by a common team, The Boatyard. They manage the spares, repairs, and maintenance for all the teams.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/boat/35_The-Boatyard.html The Boatyard Volvo Ocean Race Onboard reporters For this edition of the race, each yacht had an onboard reporter. They are responsible for producing 4 minutes of video, 200 words, and 8 photographs a day.Grounded http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8084_Grounded.html Volvo Ocean Race official website 30 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205050556/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8084_Grounded.html 5 December 2014 dead These media assets are sent to the Volvo Ocean Race Media Center in Alicante for editing and wide dissemination. OBRs were allowed to perform additional activities beyond producing content, however, they may not assist in the sailing of the boat. Participants Seven teams are participating in this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. One of them, Team SCA, is a women-only team.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/teams.html Meet the teams volvooceanrace.com 2014-11-01 Team Flag and Sail Skipper Team SCA SWE SWE 1929 GBR Samantha Davies Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing UAE UAE 2 GBR Ian Walker Dongfeng Race Team CHN CHN 1969 FRA Charles Caudrelier Team Brunel NED NED 1 NED Bouwe Bekking Team Alvimedica USA TUR USA 4 USA Charlie Enright MAPFRE ESP ESP 1 ESP Iker Martinez Team Vestas Wind DEN AUS Chris Nicholson Sailors by nationalityhttp://www.dongfengraceteam.cn/the-team The Team - Dongfeng Race Teamhttp://www.teamsca.com/ Home - Team SCA 2015-01-06 2015-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20150206235013/http://teamsca.com/ deadhttp://www.teamalvimedica.com/the-team/sailing-team/ Sailing Team 2015-01-13 2015-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150107013319/http://www.teamalvimedica.com/the-team/sailing-team/ dead http://desafiomapfre.com/en/team/ THE TEAM - MAPFRE 2015-01-13 2015-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20150106220341/http://desafiomapfre.com/en/team/ deadhttp://www.teamvestaswind.vestas.com/team Team/ 2015-01-13 2015-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150107001521/http://www.teamvestaswind.vestas.com/team dead http://www.volvooceanraceabudhabi.com/en/jump-aboard-azzam/sailing-team/ Volvo Ocean Race Volvo Ocean Racehttp://www.brunelsailing.net/en_UK/teambrunel Meet Team Brunel, personal profiles of all our crew members 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085239/http://www.brunelsailing.net/en_UK/teambrunel 2015-01-18 dead Country Sailors 12 10 8 8 7 6 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Route EventStart dateFinish dateStartFinishDistanceIn-Port Race4 October 2014ESP AlicanteLeg 111 October 20145 November 2014ESP AlicanteRSA Cape Town6,487 nmIn-Port Race15 November 2014RSA Cape TownLeg 219 November 201413 December 2014RSA Cape TownUAE Abu Dhabi5,185 nmIn-Port Race2 January 2015UAE Abu DhabiLeg 33 January 201527 January 2015UAE Abu DhabiCHN Sanya4,642 nmIn-Port Race7 February 2015CHN SanyaLeg 48 February 201528 February 2015CHN SanyaNZL Auckland5,264 nmIn-Port Race14 March 2015NZL AucklandLeg 5 18 March 2015s1 1 5 April 2015NZL AucklandBRA Itajaí6,776 nmIn-Port Race18 April 2015BRA ItajaíLeg 619 April 20157 May 2015BRA ItajaíUSA Newport5,010 nmIn-Port Race16 May 2015USA NewportLeg 717 May 201527 May 2015USA NewportPRT Lisbon2,800 nmIn-Port Race6 June 2015PRT LisbonLeg 87 June 201511 June 2015PRT LisbonFRA Lorient647 nmIn-Port Race14 June 2015FRA LorientLeg 917 June 201522 June 2015 FRA LorientSWE Gothenburg960 nmPit stop19 June 2015NLD The HagueIn-Port Race27 June 2015SWE Gothenburg Notes (157 sailing days for race winners and 10 In-port racing days): s1 1 Originally scheduled to begin on 15 March 2015, but delayed because of Cyclone Pam.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8569_Cyclone-delays-leg-start.html The start is on! 2015-03-16 volvooceanrace.com 2015-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315053839/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8569_Cyclone-delays-leg-start.html 2015-03-15 dead Results The point standings are done via low points. The winner of each leg/in-port race will receive 1 point, runner up will receive 2 points, and so on down to the final finisher who will receive 7 points. Failure to finish a leg is counted as 8 points. The overall winner will be the one the lowest number of leg points, with the in-port points being used for tie-breaking.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/7586_Keeping-Score-How-To-Win-The-Volvo-Ocean-Race.html Keeping score volvooceanrace.com 2015-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630140933/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/7586_Keeping-Score-How-To-Win-The-Volvo-Ocean-Race.html 2015-06-30 dead Overall Leg standings Leg 1ESPRSA Leg 2RSAUAE Leg 3UAECHN Leg 4CHNNZL Leg 5NZLBRA Leg 6BRAUSA Leg 7USAPOR Leg 8PORFRA Leg 9FRASWE Penalty/Redress Total Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 1 3 2 2 1 2 5 3 5 24 Team Brunel 3 1 5 5 4 3 1 5 2 29 Dongfeng Race Team 2 2 1 3 DNF2 2 1 4 7 4 15 5 33 MAPFRE 7 4 4 1 2 4 2 4 3 34 4 5 5 34 Team Alvimedica 5 5 3 4 3 5 3 6 1 -13 3 34 Team SCA 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 1 7 25 5 51 Team Vestas Wind 4 DNF1 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 6 60 Notes: 1 1 - Team Vestas Wind was grounded on the Cargados Carajos Shoals near Mauritius. They re-joined the race for leg 8.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8934_Back-in-the-race.html Back in the race 2015-01-28 volvooceanrace.com 2015-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150612093132/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8934_Back-in-the-race.html 2015-06-12 dead 2 2 - Dongfeng suffered a broken mast near Cape Horn and had to abandon leg 5.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8687_Time-to-call-it-quits.html Time to call it quits 2015-03-31 volvooceanrace.com 2015-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180330/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8687_Time-to-call-it-quits.html 2015-04-02 dead 3 3 - Team Alvimedica finished leg 2 in fifth place, but were awarded 1 point redress for standing by the grounded Team Vestas Windhttp://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8204_Time-to-redress.html Time to redress 2014-12-30 volvooceanrace.com 2015-01-03 2015-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102192107/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8204_Time-to-redress.html dead 4 4 - MAPFRE finished leg 5 in second position, but were given two points penalty for rules breaches.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8761_The-jury-decides.html The jury decides 2015-04-17 volvooceanrace.com 2015-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20150417232229/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8761_The-jury-decides.html 2015-04-17 dead 5 5 - MAPFRE and Dongfeng (1 point each) and SCA (2 points) were handed penalty points after leg 7 for infringing sailing rules.http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8977_Penalty-point-pain.html Penalty point pain 2015-06-03 volvooceanrace.com In-port series AliESPCTRSAADUAESanCHNAucNZLItaBRANPUSALisPORLorFRAGotSWETotalAbu Dhabi Ocean Racing21326232 4 631Team Brunel4 2 2 4 2 1 5 5 6 132Team SCA6315 1 4 4 4 5 235MAPFRE37663511 2 337Team Alvimedica16535623 1 537Dongfeng Race Team54414 3 6 6 3 440Team Vestas Wind 7 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 7 7 773 Overall Results Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA(Metres) Skipper Points 1 UAE 2 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing-Azzam UAE United Arab Emirates Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Ian Walker 24 2 NED 1 Team Brunel NED Netherlands Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Bouwe Bekking 29 3 CHN 1969 Dongfeng Race Team CHN China Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Charles Caudrelier 33 4 ESP 1 MAPFRE ESP Spain Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Iker Martínez 34 5 USA 4 Team Alvimedica USA United States TUR Turkey Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Charlie Enright 34 6 SWE 1929 Team SCA SWE Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Samantha Davies 51 7 DEN 65 Team Vestas Wind DEN Denmark Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Chris Nicholson 60 References:https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/W%20Liste.htm Histoiredeshalfs WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic Listhttp://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/scoreboard.html Volvo Ocean Race Volvo Ocean Race 2014/2015 Scoreboard 2023-02-04 2016-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160123052200/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/scoreboard.html bot: unknown Media The race was chronicled in a daily show hosted by Genny Tulloch called Inside Tack - Life at the Extreme, and a weekly show -Life at the Extreme. References External links Volvo Ocean Race – Official site Dongfeng https://web.archive.org/web/20150106224958/http://www.dongfengraceteam.cn/ 2015-01-06 Team Page SCA Team Page Alvimedica Team Page MAPFRE https://web.archive.org/web/20150106181513/http://desafiomapfre.com/en/ 2015-01-06 Team Page Vestas Wind https://web.archive.org/web/20150107002129/http://www.teamvestaswind.vestas.com/ 2015-01-07 Team Page Brunel Team Page Abu Dhabi https://web.archive.org/web/20150208145252/http://www.volvooceanraceabudhabi.com/ 2015-02-08 Team Page expanded Category:The Ocean Race Category:2014 in sailing Category:2015 in sailing Category:2014 in Brazilian sport Category:2015 in New Zealand sport Category:2014 in Spanish sport Category:2015 in Brazilian sport Category:2015 in American sports Category:2015 in Swedish sport Category:2014 in Emirati sport Category:2015 in Portuguese sport Category:2015 in Chinese sport Category:2015 in French sport