''Camper Lifelovers'' is a

Volvo Open 70 The Volvo Open 70 (sometimes referred to as a Volvo Ocean 70) is the former class of racing yachts designed for the Volvo Ocean Race. It was first used in the 2005–06 race (replacing the Volvo Ocean 60 yachts which were first used in 1993). A ...

yacht. She finished second in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Chris Nicholson.

Career

The

Emirates Team New Zealand Team New Zealand or TNZ is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Team New Zealand became a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup i ...

design team joined with Camper sports company of Spain to develop and build ''Camper Lifelovers'' at Cookson Boats in New Zealand. The graphic elements of the boat was designed by

Mark Farrow Mark Farrow was named Designer of the Year in the Creative Review Peer Poll in 2004, voting him ‘the most important graphic designer working today’. His career began in the early 1980s designing experimental sleeves and posters for Factory Recor ...

. The yacht competed in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Australian Chris Nicholson, where she finished second after ''

Groupama 4 ''Groupama 4'' (also ''Giacomo'' and ''Wizard'') is a Volvo Open 70 yacht designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian. She won the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Franck Cammas Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French ya ...

''.

References

{{Reflist Volvo Ocean Race yachts Volvo Open 70 yachts Sailing yachts of New Zealand Sailing yachts built in New Zealand 2010s sailing yachts Fastnet Race yachts