Vestas 11th Hour Racing
Vestas 11th Hour Racing in June 2018
ClassVolvo Ocean 65
Racing career
SkippersCharlie Enright
Specifications
Length65 feet

Vestas 11th Hour Racing[1] was a Volvo Ocean 65 class yacht team competing in the 2017–2018 Volvo Ocean Race. It was named after 11th Hour Racing, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation[2] and its then title sponsors: a wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S. After the COVID-19 pandemic disruption the team changed yacht class to IMOCA 60 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 Charlie Enright.[3]

Between the two races, Vestas 11th Hour Racing was extensively refitted along with the other Volvo Ocean 65's.[4][5]

2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race

2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race

  • Charlie Enright (skipper & team co-founder)[7]
  • 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[8]

References

  1. ↑ "11th Hour Racing".
  2. ↑ "About Us". 11th Hour Racing.
  3. ↑ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Meet the teams". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "In It to Win It! Vestas 11th Hour Racing's Charlie Enright & Mark Towill on the Volvo Ocean Race".
  5. ↑ "Charlie Enright: The Grizzled Kid >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 19 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Leg 2 crew lists - veteran faces return - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18". www.volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-04.
  7. ↑ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Team Alvimedica - Volvo Ocean Race". Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Stu Bannatyne". Volvo Ocean Race. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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