Wednesday, April 8, 2015

VOLVO OCEAN RACE TEAMS


VOLVO OCEAN RACE TEAMS


The Volvo Ocean Race Teams each consisting of 9 crew members each. The 9 crew is made up of 7 sailors and 1 photographer / journalist who doubles up as the cook. However, Team SCA is an all women's team and consist of 12 crew, 11 sailors and 1 photographer / journalist who doubles up as the cook. There are seven teams, hence 7 yachts as can be seen in the photograph below. They are Abu Dhabi, Dongfeng, Brunel, Vista Winds, Alvimedica, SCA and Mapfre each of them colour coded in order to be tracked throughout the race. Abu Dhabi is the Yellow, Dongfeng is red, Brunel is lime green, Vesta Winds is blue, Alvimedica is orange, SCA is magenta and Mapfre is also red.








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