Nation | Netherlands |
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Class | Volvo Ocean 65 |
Sail no | NED 8 |
Designer(s) | Farr Yacht Design |
Builder | Green Marine LTD, Persico SPA |
Launched | 2014 |
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Specifications | |
Type | Monohull racing yacht |
Length | 20.37 m |
Mast height | 30.30 m |
Sail area | 163 m2 |
Crew | 9 |
Team Brunel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished 3rd in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race[1] skippered by Bouwe Bekking and navigated by Andrew Cape.
She finished second in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, also skippered by Bouwe Bekking. The team is backed by Dutch project management company Brunel International, and sponsored by ACE, Abel Sensors and Embrace Tech Startups. Brunel International are Volvo Ocean Race veterans, having had their first involvement in 1997-98.[citation needed]
For the 2023 The Ocean Race she was renamed Team JAJO.[2]