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Volvo Ocean 65 Team JAJO

Team Brunel

Team Brunel at the Fastnet weekend 2017
Nation	Netherlands
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	Bouwe Bekking (2014-15)(2017-18) Jelmer van Beek (2023)
Specifications
Type	Monohull racing yacht
Length	20.37 m
Mast height	30.30 m
Sail area	163 m2
Crew	9

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.

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[edit]

2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race[edit]

Crew[edit]

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[edit]

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
3	1	5	5	4	3	1	5	2	29

In-port series

Ali	CT	AD	San	Auc	Ita	NP	Lis	Lor	Got	Total
4	2	2	4	2	1	5	5	6	1	32

2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race[edit]

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[edit]

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
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
4	7	2	4	6	3	3	7	5	2	7	50

Team JAJO[edit]

2023 The Ocean Race[edit]

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)

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