''Vestas 11th Hour Racing'' was 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 ...

class yacht team competing in the

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. Is was named after 11th Hour Racing, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation and its then title sponsors: a wind turbine manufacturer

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. After the

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pandemic disruption the team changed yacht class to

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and no longer had Vestas as a sponsor. It now competes in the 2023 The Ocean Race as 11th Hour Racing. The team finished fifth in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race and in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, when she was known as ''Team Alvimedica'' and skippered by

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. Between the two races, ''Vestas 11th Hour Racing'' was extensively refitted along with the other Volvo Ocean 65's.

2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race

(skipper) *Simon Fisher *Mark Towill (Team director) *

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*Nick Dana *Tom Johnson *Tony Mutter *Stacey Jackson *Hannah Diamond *Roberto Bermúdez de Castro Muñoz *

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2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race

* Charlie Enright (skipper & team co-founder) * Mark Towill (team co-founder) * Will Oxley (Navigator) * Alberto Bolzan * Nick Dana * Ryan Houston * Dave Swete * Amory Ross (On-Board Reporter) * Sébastien Marsset /

Stu Bannatyne Stu Bannatyne (born 20 April 1971) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in eight Volvo Ocean Races. He has won four of those eight. Born in Christchurch, Bannatyne won the Volvo Ocean Race (then known as the Whitbread Round the World Race) ...

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