The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three years. Originally named after its initiating sponsor, British Whitbread brewing company, it carried the name of its former owner, Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars and Swedish multinational manufacturing company, the Volvo Group from 2001. It has now, in 2019, been renamed The Ocean Race following four months of being known under a working title of "Fully-Crewed Around the World Race (FCAWR)" and is owned by Atlant Sports Group.
Bruce Kenneth Farr, OBE, is a highly successful designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farr‑designed boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, among others.
Wilhelm Gustav "Willi" Illbruck was a German industrialist, the founder and CEO of the Illbruck GmbH, and a notable yachtsman.
Pinta was a series of racing yachts owned by German industrialist and yachtsman Willi Illbruck. Pinta raced for DYC and KYC .
The Volvo Ocean 65 is a class of monohull racing yachts. It is the successor to the Volvo Open 70 yacht used in past editions of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was announced at a conference in Lorient, France, during a stopover in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race. The yacht was used in the 2014–2015 and the 2017–2018 editions. The 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race was the first one-design event.
Petrus Reininus Johannes "Peter" van Niekerk is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Dirk de Ridder as fellow crew member, Van Niekerk took the 4th place in the Soling. In the 2004 Olympics in Athena Van Niekerk made his second Olympic appearance. This time in the Dutch Star with Mark Neeleman as helmsman. They took 14th place.
Richard Clarke is a Canadian former yacht racer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
EF Language is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that won the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.
The 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race was the 13th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in The Hague, Netherlands. GAC Pindar provides logistic support for the race. At the stopovers, teams had premium bases for better fan interaction.
Ramon "Ray" Davies is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups.
Kevin Shoebridge is a New Zealand sailor who has sailed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups.
Chris Nicholson is an Australian sailor who has competed in multiple Summer Olympics and Volvo Ocean Races.
Ross "Rosco" Halcrow is a New Zealand sailor who has won both the America's Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race.
Stu Bannatyne is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in eight Volvo Ocean Races. He has won four of those eight.
Neal McDonald is a British sailor who has competed in seven Volvo Ocean Races.
Jan Dekker is a French/South African sailor who has competed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups.
Jamie Gale is a New Zealand sailor who has sailed in two Summer Olympics, the Volvo Ocean Race and multiple America's Cups.
Joan Vila is a Spanish sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups and Whitbread Round the World Races.
