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Brad Jackson (sailor)
Brad Jackson is a New Zealand sailor that has sailed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races. Sailing career Jackson first sailed with ''NZ Endeavour'' in the 1993-94 Whitbread Round the World Race. He then sailed on '' Merit Cup'' in the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race before joining ''Team Tyco'' for the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race. He was a member of '' ABN Amro I'' in 2005-06, ''Ericsson 4'' in 2008-09 and '' Mar Mostro'' in 2011-12. He coached ''Team SCA'' in the 2014-15 edition. For the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, Jackson was originally named as a watch captain for ''Team AkzoNobel'' before being promoted to skipper following the sacking of Simeon Tienpont Simeon Tienpont (born 20 January 1982) is a Dutch sailor who has competed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups. He first participated in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2005-06 aboard '' ABN Amro II''. Tienpont joined Oracle Team USA for the .... Tienpont was then reinstated by an arbitration panel, resulting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mar Mostro
''Mar Mostro'' is a Volvo Open 70 yacht. She finished third in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Ken Read. References {{Reflist Volvo Ocean Race yachts Volvo Open 70 yachts Sailing yachts of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Male Sailors (sport)
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Simeon Tienpont
Simeon Tienpont (born 20 January 1982) is a Dutch sailor who has competed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups. He first participated in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2005-06 aboard '' ABN Amro II''. Tienpont joined Oracle Team USA for the 2010 America's Cup and was a grinder during the 2013 America's Cup. He was allegedly involved in the cheating scandal involving Oracle's America's Cup World Series boats, but was never charged with any offence. He was named the 2013 Dutch sailor of the year. He sailed on board ''Team Vestas Wind'' during the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race. Originally a member of Luna Rossa Challenge for the 2017 America's Cup, Tienpont joined Team Japan for the 2017 Louis Vuitton Challenger’s Trophy after Luna Rossa withdrew. For the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, Tienpont was announced skipper of ''Team AkzoNobel''. However, on October 13, the day before the first scoring race, it was announced that, due to a breach of contract by his company, STEAM Raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team AkzoNobel
''team AkzoNobel'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She was the only new yacht built for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race. 2017-18 crew *Simeon Tienpont - skipper *Jules Salter - navigator * Chris Nicholson * Peter van Niekerk *Brad Farrand *António Fontes (loaned from Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag) *Martine Grael *Luke Molloy *Ross Monson *Emily Nagel *Nicolai Sehested * Álex Pella *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 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 Rome Kirby is an American sailor who has competed in the Volvo Ocean Race and multiple America's Cups. Kirby is a native of Newport, Rhode Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team SCA
''Team SCA'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished sixth in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Samantha Davies. Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race but did not compete. The boat was renamed Ambersail II for the 2023 The Ocean Race. 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race Team SCA rotated members for each leg of the race. Crew * Samantha Davies (Skipper) * Libby Greenhalgh (Navigator) * Abby Ehler * Anna-Lena Elled Reserve Onboard Reporter * Annie Lush * Carolijn Brouwer * Elodie-Jane Mettraux * Justine Mettraux (Under 30) * Liz Wardley * Sally Barkow * Sophie Ciszek (Under 30) * Stacey Jackson * Corinna Halloran (Onboard Reporter) * Dee Caffari * Sara Hastreiter * Richard Mason (Shore manager) Libby Greenhalgh won the B&G navigator prize, for best use of navigation equipment. This award is voted on by the other navigators in the race. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Ocean Race
The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, and in 2019 it was renamed The Ocean Race. Though the route changes to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in October, and in recent editions has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover cities. The most recent race, the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race started in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in The Hague, Netherlands, with stopovers in Lisbon, Cape Town, Melbourne, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport, Cardiff, and Gothenburg. Each of the entries has a sailing crew who race day and night for more than 20 days at a time on some of the legs. Since the 2008–2009 race there has also been a dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
