''team AkzoNobel'' 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 O ...

yacht. She was the only new yacht built for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.

2017-18 crew

Simeon Tienpont Simeon Tienpont (born 20 January 1982) is a Dutch sailor (sport), sailor who has competed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups. He first participated in the 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race, Volvo Ocean Race in 2005-06 aboard ''ABN Amro II'' ...

- skipper *Jules Salter - navigator * Chris Nicholson *

Peter van Niekerk Petrus Reininus Johannes "Peter" van Niekerk (born 30 November 1971 in Hazerswoude) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Dirk ...

*Brad Farrand *António Fontes (loaned from

Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to info ...

) *

Martine Grael Martine Soffiatti Grael (born 12 February 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Kahena Kunze she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics ...

*Luke Molloy *Ross Monson *Emily Nagel *Nicolai Sehested *

Álex Pella Alex Pella (born 2 November 1972) is a Spanish yachtsman. In 2014 he became the first and only Spanish to win a transoceanic single-handed race, the Route du Rhum. Alex Pella made history once again, on the 26th of January 2017, when he broke, wi ...

*Justin Ferris

Leadership dispute

On October 13, the day before the first scoring race, it was announced that, due to a breach of contract by his company, STEAM Racing, Tienpont's contract as skipper was terminated by Team AkzoNobel. Watch captain

Brad Jackson Bradley Michael Jackson (born January 11, 1975) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He grew up in Anaheim, California and Akron, Ohio. He played six seasons in the NFL, from 1998–2003, for the Baltimore Ravens and the ...

was promoted to skipper in the place of Tienpont. Two hours before the start of leg 1, Tienpont was re-instated by an arbitration panel. As a result, Jackson, Jules Salter, Joca Signorini and Rome Kirby opted not to sail in leg 1 of the race.

References

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