''Dongfeng Race Team'' was a Chinese sponsored

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 finished third in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by

Charles Caudrelier Charles Caudrelier (born 26 February 1974) is a French sailor who has sailed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races. Born in Paris and raised in Brittany, Caudrelier is a merchant navy officer. He won the Solitaire du Figaro, a solo race, in 2004 and als ...

and then went on to win the 2017-2018 edition, which started in Alicante, Spain, and ended in The Hague, in the Netherlands.

2017-18 crew

(skipper) *

Carolijn Brouwer Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented this country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with Alexandra Verbeek as crew ...

* Chen Jinhao (Horace) * Daryl Wislang * Fabien Delahaye *

Franck Cammas Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, ...

(navigator in replacement of an injured Pascal Bidégorry on Leg 4) * Jackson Bouttell *

Jérémie Beyou Jérémie Beyou is a French professional Offshore sailor born on 27 June 1976 in Landivisiau (Finistère). He is a member of C N Lorient Sailing Club. He won the Solitaire du Figaro three times in 2005, 2011 and 2014 and was crowned French cham ...

* Justine Mettraux * Kevin Escoffier *

Marie Riou Marie Riou (born 21 August 1981) is a French sailor who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m, Elliott 6m class with Claire Leroy and Élodie Bertrand coming 6th overall. In the 20 ...

Pascal Bidégorry Pascal Bidegorry (born 15 January 1968, in Bayonne) is a French sailor. Life He has raced across the Atlantic Ocean over 30 times and has set records in many classes. He has won the Solitaire du Figaro and the Transat Jacques Vabre; apart from ...

(navigator) * Stuart Bannatyne * Xue Liu (Black)

2014-15 crew

*Charles Caudrelier (skipper ) *

Eric Peron The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

* Horace ( Chen Jin Hao) * Kevin Escoffier *

Martin Strömberg Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austra ...

Thomas Rouxel Thomas Rouxel (born 26 May 1991) is a French badminton player affiliated with Chambly Oise club. In 2016, he won the silver medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Kazan, Russia. Career Rouxel helped the team to win silver in the E ...

* Wolf ( Yang Jiru) * Yann Riou (on board reporter)

References

{{Reflist Volvo Ocean Race yachts Volvo Ocean 65 yachts Sailing yachts of China 2010s sailing yachts Sailing yachts designed by Farr Yacht Design