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
Edition	9th
Dates	5 November 2005 – 17 June 2006
Yachts	Volvo Open 70
Competitors
Competitors	7
Results
Winner	ABN AMRO I
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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

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

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

#	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

#	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

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

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)

External links

• Ocean Race Chesapeake
• QTVR fullscreen panoramas of VO70 Ericsson Racing Team boat
• Race results
• 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race official film