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2014–2015 Volvo Ocean Race

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2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race
Event title
Edition12th
Dates19 Oct 2014 – 27 June 2015
YachtsVolvo Ocean 65
Competitors
Competitors7
Results
WinnerAbu Dhabi Ocean Racing

The 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race was the 12th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started on 19 October 2014 in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in June 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden. After 38,739 nautical miles of ocean racing, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing led by skipper Ian Walker claimed the overall trophy.

Yachts

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For the first time, the race is a one-design event. The Volvo Ocean 65 was designed by Farr Yacht Design in response to concerns about safety and cost. The Volvo Ocean Race ensures a minimum of eight boats are built.[1]

The aim was to reduce participation cost to around 15 million euros per entry.[2]

The boats are maintained by a common team, The Boatyard. They manage the spares, repairs, and maintenance for all the teams.[3]

Onboard reporters

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For this edition of the race, each yacht had an onboard reporter. They are responsible for producing 4 minutes of video, 200 words, and 8 photographs a day.[4] These media assets are sent to the Volvo Ocean Race Media Center in Alicante for editing and wide dissemination. OBRs were allowed to perform additional activities beyond producing content, however, they may not assist in the sailing of the boat.

Participants

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Seven teams are participating in this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. One of them, Team SCA, is a women-only team.[5]

Team Flag and Sail Skipper
Team SCA Sweden SWE 1929 United Kingdom Samantha Davies
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing United Arab Emirates UAE 2 United Kingdom Ian Walker
Dongfeng Race Team China CHN 1969 France Charles Caudrelier
Team Brunel Netherlands NED 1 Netherlands Bouwe Bekking
Team Alvimedica United States Turkey USA 4 United States Charlie Enright
MAPFRE Spain ESP 1 Spain Iker Martinez
Team Vestas Wind Denmark Australia Chris Nicholson
Sailors by nationality[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Country Sailors
 France 12
 United Kingdom 10
 Australia 8
 United States 8
 Spain 7
 China 6
 Netherlands 6
 New Zealand 5
 Denmark 3
 Argentina 2
 Switzerland 2
 Belgium 1
 Brazil 1
 Ireland 1
 Italy 1
 Lithuania 1
 Sweden 1
 United Arab Emirates 1

Route

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Event Start date Finish date Start Finish Distance
In-Port Race 4 October 2014 Spain Alicante
Leg 1 11 October 2014 5 November 2014 Spain Alicante South Africa Cape Town 6,487 nm
In-Port Race 15 November 2014 South Africa Cape Town
Leg 2 19 November 2014 13 December 2014 South Africa Cape Town United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 5,185 nm
In-Port Race 2 January 2015 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
Leg 3 3 January 2015 27 January 2015 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi China Sanya 4,642 nm
In-Port Race 7 February 2015 China Sanya
Leg 4 8 February 2015 28 February 2015 China Sanya New Zealand Auckland 5,264 nm
In-Port Race 14 March 2015 New Zealand Auckland
Leg 5 18 March 20151 5 April 2015 New Zealand Auckland Brazil Itajaí 6,776 nm
In-Port Race 18 April 2015 Brazil Itajaí
Leg 6 19 April 2015 7 May 2015 Brazil Itajaí United States Newport 5,010 nm
In-Port Race 16 May 2015 United States Newport
Leg 7 17 May 2015 27 May 2015 United States Newport Portugal Lisbon 2,800 nm
In-Port Race 6 June 2015 Portugal Lisbon
Leg 8 7 June 2015 11 June 2015 Portugal Lisbon France Lorient 647 nm
In-Port Race 14 June 2015 France Lorient
Leg 9 17 June 2015 22 June 2015 France Lorient Sweden Gothenburg 960 nm
Pit stop 19 June 2015 Netherlands The Hague
In-Port Race 27 June 2015 Sweden Gothenburg

Notes (157 sailing days for race winners and 10 In-port racing days):

  • ^1 Originally scheduled to begin on 15 March 2015, but delayed because of Cyclone Pam.[13]

Results

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The point standings are done via low points. The winner of each leg/in-port race will receive 1 point, runner up will receive 2 points, and so on down to the final finisher who will receive 7 points. Failure to finish a leg is counted as 8 points. The overall winner will be the one the lowest number of leg points, with the in-port points being used for tie-breaking.[14]

Overall Leg standings

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Leg 1
Spain
South Africa
Leg 2
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
Leg 3
United Arab Emirates
China
Leg 4
China
New Zealand
Leg 5
New Zealand
Brazil
Leg 6
Brazil
United States
Leg 7
United States
Portugal
Leg 8
Portugal
France
Leg 9
France
Sweden
Penalty/
Redress
Total
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 1 3 2 2 1 2 5 3 5 24
Team Brunel 3 1 5 5 4 3 1 5 2 29
Dongfeng Race Team 2 2 1 3 DNF2 1 4 7 4 15 33
MAPFRE 7 4 4 1 2 4 2 4 3 34 5 34
Team Alvimedica 5 5 3 4 3 5 3 6 1 -13 34
Team SCA 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 1 7 25 51
Team Vestas Wind 4 DNF1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 6 60

Notes:

  • ^1 - Team Vestas Wind was grounded on the Cargados Carajos Shoals near Mauritius. They re-joined the race for leg 8.[15]
  • ^2 - Dongfeng suffered a broken mast near Cape Horn and had to abandon leg 5.[16]
  • ^3 - Team Alvimedica finished leg 2 in fifth place, but were awarded 1 point redress for standing by the grounded Team Vestas Wind[17]
  • ^4 - MAPFRE finished leg 5 in second position, but were given two points penalty for rules breaches.[18]
  • ^5 - MAPFRE and Dongfeng (1 point each) and SCA (2 points) were handed penalty points after leg 7 for infringing sailing rules.[19]

In-port series

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Ali
Spain
CT
South Africa
AD
United Arab Emirates
San
China
Auc
New Zealand
Ita
Brazil
NP
United States
Lis
Portugal
Lor
France
Got
Sweden
Total
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 2 1 3 2 6 2 3 2 4 6 31
Team Brunel 4 2 2 4 2 1 5 5 6 1 32
Team SCA 6 3 1 5 1 4 4 4 5 2 35
MAPFRE 3 7 6 6 3 5 1 1 2 3 37
Team Alvimedica 1 6 5 3 5 6 2 3 1 5 37
Dongfeng Race Team 5 4 4 1 4 3 6 6 3 4 40
Team Vestas Wind 7 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 7 7 7 73

Overall Results

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Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)
Skipper Points
1 UAE 2 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing-Azzam United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Ian Walker 24
2 NED 1 Team Brunel Netherlands Netherlands Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Bouwe Bekking 29
3 CHN 1969 Dongfeng Race Team China China Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Charles Caudrelier 33
4 ESP 1 MAPFRE Spain Spain Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Iker Martínez 34
5 USA 4 Team Alvimedica United States United States
Turkey Turkey
Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Charlie Enright 34
6 SWE 1929 Team SCA Sweden Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Samantha Davies 51
7 DEN 65 Team Vestas Wind Denmark Denmark Farr Volvo Ocean 65 20.37 Chris Nicholson 60
References:[20][21]

Media

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The race was chronicled in a daily show hosted by Genny Tulloch called Inside Tack - Life at the Extreme, and a weekly show -Life at the Extreme.

References

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  1. ^ All-women's team first to enter 2014-15 Race Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine volvooceanrace.com, 21 August 2012
  2. ^ Volvo Ocean Race due to start from Alicante in 2014 to feature all-female crew thetelegraph.co.uk, 20 August 2012
  3. ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "The Boatyard".
  4. ^ "Grounded". Volvo Ocean Race official website. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Meet the teams". volvooceanrace.com. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  6. ^ "The Team - Dongfeng Race Team".
  7. ^ "Home - Team SCA".
  8. ^ Sailing Team
  9. ^ "THE TEAM - MAPFRE". Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  10. ^ Team/
  11. ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Volvo Ocean Race".
  12. ^ "Meet Team Brunel, personal profiles of all our crew members". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  13. ^ "The start is on!". volvooceanrace.com. 2015-03-16. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  14. ^ "Keeping score". volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  15. ^ "Back in the race". volvooceanrace.com. 2015-01-28. Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  16. ^ "Time to call it quits". volvooceanrace.com. 2015-03-31. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  17. ^ "Time to redress". volvooceanrace.com. 2014-12-30. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  18. ^ "The jury decides". volvooceanrace.com. 2015-04-17. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  19. ^ "Penalty point pain". volvooceanrace.com. 2015-06-03.
  20. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic List".
  21. ^ Volvo Ocean Race. "Volvo Ocean Race 2014/2015 Scoreboard". Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2023-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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