2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race

The 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race was held between 5 November 2005 and 17 June 2006. Seven boats took part in the race and made ten stops in nine countries.

2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race
Event title
Edition9th
Dates5 November 2005 – 17 June 2006
YachtsVolvo Open 70
Competitors
Competitors7
Results
WinnerABN AMRO I
Pirates wins the final leg

The 2005–06 race was the first to not begin in the United Kingdom. The course of 31,000 nautical miles (57,000 km) was divided into 9 legs, and would take over 8 months to complete. A new class of boat, the Volvo Open 70 was introduced: The new boats were 2m longer and about 1,000 kg lighter than the VO60's used in the previous race. They were also allowed to have more sail area and include the use of canting keels.[1]

During Leg 7 of the race, Hans Horrevoets, 32, of the Netherlands was swept overboard from ABN AMRO II. Although he was recovered from the water, attempts to resuscitate him were not successful. CPR was stopped at 0420GMT, 18 May 2006.[2]

The crew of Movistar abandoned ship after the aft end of their keel pivot broke away from their hull in the night of 20 May 2006, and transferred to ABN AMRO II which had been standing by and was escorted by HMS Mersey back to land.[3] Although a search was carried out for the yacht, it is believed she sank due to the damage sustained.[4]

The 2005–06 race had tighter restrictions on the number of crewmembers allowed than previous races. An all-male crew was restricted to ten, while a crew with at least 5 women could have eleven members, and an all-female crew, (of which there were none in the race), could have twelve. The only woman who served as crew was Adrienne Cahalan of Brasil 1, who was replaced after the first leg. The skipper of each team could nominate one additional person for the in-port races.

Volvo XC90 Ocean Race with the 2005 VOR route displayed in the background

In early 2005 Volvo released a limited model called the V70 Ocean Race Edition and the XC90 Ocean Race Edition.

Participants

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The competitors at port in Annapolis.
 
Brunel finishing the New York leg
Yacht Flag & Sail Designer Builder Skipper
ABN AMRO I   NED 1 Juan Kouyoumdjian Killian Bushe Mike Sanderson
ABN AMRO II   NED 2 Juan Kouyoumdjian Killian Bushe Sébastien Josse
Brasil1   BRA 1 Farr Yacht Design ML Boatworks Torben Grael
Brunel (Sunergy and Friends)   AUS 03 Don Jones Hart Marine Grant Warington
Ericsson Racing Team   SWE 1876 Farr Yacht Design Green Marine Neal MacDonald
John Kostecki[5]
movistar   ESP 1 Farr Yacht Design Boatspeed Bouwe Bekking
Pirates of the Caribbean   USA 7706 Farr Yacht Design Green Marine Paul Cayard

Route

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Event Starting date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Race 1 5 November 2005   Sanxenxo In-Port Race Ericsson Racing Team
Leg 1 12 November 2005   Vigo   Cape Town 6,400 ABN AMRO I
Race 2 26 December 2005   Cape Town In-Port Race ABN AMRO I
Leg 2 2 January 2006   Cape Town   Melbourne 6,100 ABN AMRO I
Race 3 4 February 2006   Melbourne In-Port Race ABN AMRO I
Leg 3 12 February 2006   Melbourne   Wellington 1,450 movistar
Leg 4 19 February 2006   Wellington   Rio de Janeiro 6,700 ABN AMRO I
Race 4 25 March 2006   Rio de Janeiro In-Port Race ABN AMRO I
Leg 5 2 April 2006   Rio de Janeiro   Baltimore 5,000 ABN AMRO I
Race 5 29 April 2006   Baltimore In-Port Race movistar
Leg 6 2 May 2006   Annapolis   New York City 400 ABN AMRO I
Leg 7 11 May 2006   New York City   Portsmouth 3,200 ABN AMRO I
Race 6 29 May 2006   Portsmouth In-Port Race ABN AMRO I
Leg 8 2 June 2006   Portsmouth   Rotterdam 1,500 Brasil1
Race 7 11 June 2006   Rotterdam In-Port Race ABN AMRO I
Leg 9 15 June 2006   Rotterdam   Gothenburg 500 Pirates of the Caribbean

Leg Results

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# Boat Leg 1
 
 
Leg 2
 
 
Leg 3
 
 
Leg 4
 
 
Leg 5
 
 
Leg 6
 
 
Leg 7
 
 
Leg 8
 
 
Leg 9
 
 
Total
1 ABN AMRO I 10.5 14 6 10.5 10 7 10.5 6 2 76.5
2 Pirates of the Caribbean 1
DNF
8.5 5 9 7.5 6 9 4 7 57
3 Brasil1 7.5 2
DNF
4 6.5 5.5 5 7.5 7 5 50
4 ABN AMRO II 8 12 3 7 3 1 4.5 3 6 47.5
5 Ericsson Racing Team 7 1
DNF
2 4.5 5 4 9 5 3 40.5
6 Movistar 1
DNF
9.5 7 3 9.5 3 1
DNF
0
DNS
0
DNS
34
7 Brunel-Sunergy and Friends 4.5 6 0
DNS
0
DNS
0
DNS
2 4.5 2 4 23

In-Port Race Results

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# Boat IP1
 
IP2
 
IP3
 
IP4
 
IP5
 
IP6
 
IP7
 
Total
1 ABN AMRO I 1 3.5 3.5 3.5 1 3.5 3.5 19.5
2 Brasil1 3 2 1.5 2 3 2.5 3 17
3 Pirates of the Caribbean 2.5 1.5 3 1 2.5 3 2.5 16
4 Ericsson Racing Team 3.5 1 2 2.5 2 1.5 2 14.5
5 Movistar 2 3 2.5 3 3.5 0
DNS
0
DNS
14
6 ABN AMRO II 1.5 2.5 1 1.5 1.5 2 1 11
7 Brunel-Sunergy and Friends 0
DNS
0.5 0.5 0
DNS
0.5 1 1.5 4

Overall Results

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Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)
Skipper Points
1 NED 1 ABN AMRO One   Netherlands Juan-K Volvo Open 70 21.49 Mike Sanderson 96
2 USA 7706 Pirates of the Caribbean   United States Farr Volvo Open 70 21.49 Paul Cayard 73
3 BRA 1 Brasil 1   Brazil Farr Volvo Open 70 21.49 Torben Grael 67
4 NED 2 ABN AMRO Two   Netherlands Juan-K Volvo Open 70 21.49 Sébastien Josse 58.5
5 SWE 1876 Ericsson Racing Team   Sweden Farr Volvo Open 70 21.49 Neal McDonald
John Kostecki
55
6 ESP 1 Movistar   Spain Farr Volvo Open 70 21.49 Bouwe Bekking 48
7 AUS 03 Brunel-Sunergy and Friends   Australia Jones Volvo Open 70 21.49 Grant Wharington 27
References:[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Sailing World – The Volvo Ocean 70 Explained". Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  2. ^ Volvo Ocean Race: News – ABN AMRO II: Latest Statement. 18 May 2006
  3. ^ Volvo Ocean Race: News – Movistar Abandons Ship. 21 May 2006
  4. ^ Volvo Ocean Race: News – Needle in a haystack. 25 May 2006
  5. ^ "Read, Rudiger to Join Ericsson". www.sailingworld.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic List". Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ Volvo Ocean Race. "Volvo Ocean Race Leaderboard". Archived from the original on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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