''Turn the Tide on Plastic'' is a
Volvo Ocean 65
The Volvo Ocean 65 is a class of monohull racing yachts. It is the successor to the Volvo Open 70 yacht used in past editions of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was announced at a conference in Lorient, France, during a stopover in the 2011–12 Volvo ...
yacht. As ''Team Vestas Wind'', she finished seventh in the
2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by
Chris Nicholson.
Following the race, the boat was refitted for the
2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race and renamed.
2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race
The crew was:
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Dee Caffari
Denise "Dee" Caffari MBE (born 23 January 1973) is a British sailor, and in 2006 became the first woman to sail single-handedly and non-stop around the world "the wrong way"; westward against the prevailing winds and currents. In February 200 ...
(skipper)
*Nico Lunven
*Martin Strömberg
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Liz Wardley
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Annalise Murphy
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Francesca Clapcich
*Bianca Cook
*Lucas Chapman
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Bleddyn Mon
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Bernardo Freitas
*Henry Bomby
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Frederico Melo
*Elodie Mettraux
2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race
As ''Team Vestas Wind'' this was the 7th boat to announce it is participation to the race on September 1, 2014 following a press release from Alicante, Spain.
The yacht finished last overall as she only completed 3 of the 9 legs in the race due to the grounding incident.
The crew was:
Crew
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Chris Nicholson, Australia. Skipper. 5th Volvo Ocean Race.
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Nicolai Sehested, Denmark. Boat captain.
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Peter Wibroe, Denmark.
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Tony Rae, New Zealand. 5th Volvo Ocean Race
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Simeon Tienpont, Netherlands, crew member.
*Tom Addis, Australia, Navigator.
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Robert Salthouse, New Zealand, 4th Volvo Ocean Race
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Tom Johnson, Australia, number 1, Coxswain.
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Wouter Verbraak, Netherlands. Navigation. 3rd Volvo Ocean Race
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People
* Maciel (surname), a Portuguese surname
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, Argentina. Coxswain. 2nd Volvo Ocean Race.
* Brian Carlin, Ireland. Reporter.
Grounding
On November 30, 2014, during a night navigation, the yacht grounded on a coral atoll of
St. Brandon. This happened 10 days after leaving Cape Town, on the way to Abu Dhabi. The yacht was damaged and repaired the race for the last 2 legs. The grounding was because the atoll was not visible on the low scale chart. The crew was rescued by the Mauritius coast guard the next morning. The cause of the grounding was a combination of human error and the features of the navigation software. The software did not show the atoll on the route planning display at low or medium zoom levels, while the atoll would have been shown in the navigation chart display at those zoom levels. The crew on watch did not notice there was a wrong chart display on.
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After the grounding the yacht was salvaged and repaired and managed to compete in the final legs 8 and 9 with a new navigator crew.
References
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Volvo Ocean Race yachts
Volvo Ocean 65 yachts
Sailing yachts of Denmark
2010s sailing yachts
Sailing yachts designed by Farr Yacht Design