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.
![]() Team Brunel at the Fastnet weekend 2017 | |
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Class | Volvo Ocean 65 |
Sail no | NED 8 |
Designer(s) | Farr Yacht Design |
Builder | Green Marine LTD, Decision SA, Multiplast, Persico SPA |
Launched | 2014 |
Racing career | |
Skippers |
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Specifications | |
Type | Monohull racing yacht |
Length | 20.37 m |
Mast height | 30.30 m |
Sail area | 163 m2 |
Crew | 9 |
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]
Team Brunel
Crew
The 2014-15 crew consisted of:[3]
Bouwe Bekking (skipper)
Adam Minoprio (crew member)
Dirk de Ridder (crew member)
Andrew Cape (navigator)
Gerd-Jan Poortman (crew member)
Jens Dolmer (crew member)
Louis Balcaen (crew member)
Pablo Arrarte (crew member)
Rokas Milevičius (crew member)
Stefan Coppers, (onboard reporter)
Results
Team Brunel finished second in both the overall standings and the in-port series.
- Overall standings
Leg 1![]() ![]() | Leg 2![]() ![]() | Leg 3![]() ![]() | Leg 4![]() ![]() | Leg 5![]() ![]() | Leg 6![]() ![]() | Leg 7![]() ![]() | Leg 8![]() ![]() | Leg 9![]() ![]() | Total |
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3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
- In-port series
Ali![]() | CT![]() | AD![]() | San![]() | Auc![]() | Ita![]() | NP![]() | Lis![]() | Lor![]() | Got![]() | Total |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 32 |
The 2017–18 crew consisted of:
- Onboard
Bouwe Bekking (skipper)[4]
Annie Lush (trimmer)[5]
Abby Ehler (crew member)[6][7]
Andrew Cape (Navigator)[8]
Louis Balcaen (helmsman)[9]
Peter Burling (helmsman, watch captain and trimmer)[10]
Kyle Langford (trimmer)[11]
Carlo Huisman (helmsman, watch captain and trimmer)[12]
Alberto Bolzan (helmsman, watch captain and trimmer)[13]
Maciel Cicchetti (helmsman, watch captain and trimmer)[14]
- On-shore
Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel (team coach)[15]
Results
Team Brunel finished third in both the overall standings and the in-port series.
- Overall standings
Leg 1![]() ![]() | Leg 2![]() ![]() | Leg 3![]() ![]() | Leg 4![]() ![]() | Leg 5![]() ![]() | Leg 6![]() ![]() | Leg 7![]() ![]() | Leg 8![]() ![]() | Leg 9![]() ![]() | Leg 10![]() ![]() | Leg 11![]() ![]() | Bonus | Total |
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2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 69 |
- In-port series
Ali![]() | Lis![]() | CT![]() | HK![]() | Gzu![]() | Auc![]() | Ita![]() | NP![]() | Car![]() | Got![]() | DH![]() | Total |
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4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 50 |
Team JAJO
The 2023 crew are:[16]
Jelmer van Beek (skipper)
Laura van Veen (crew member)
Jorden van Rooijen (bowman)
Rutger Vos (boat captain, trimmer)
Max Deckers (navigator)
Bouwe Bekking (watch leader)
Maja Micińska (trimmer)
Simbad Quiroga (helmsman, trimmer)
Joy Eilish Fitzgerald (crew member)
Gregg Parker (grinder)
Brend Schuil (onboard reporter)