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2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race

Field	Value
year	2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race
alt	Volvo Ocean Race logo
edition	9th
dates	5 November 2005 – 17 June 2006
competitors	7
yachts	Volvo Open 70
winner	ABN AMRO I
prev	2001–02
next	2008–09

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.

The 2005–06 race was the first to not begin in the United Kingdom. The course of 31000 nmi 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.

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.

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 back to land. Although a search was carried out for the yacht, it is believed she sank due to the damage sustained.

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

Yacht	Flag & Sail	Designer	Builder
ABN AMRO I	NED NED 1	Juan Kouyoumdjian	Killian Bushe
ABN AMRO II	NED NED 2	Juan Kouyoumdjian	Killian Bushe
Brasil1	BRA BRA 1	Farr Yacht Design	ML Boatworks
Brunel (Sunergy and Friends)	AUS AUS 03	Don Jones	Hart Marine
Ericsson Racing Team	SWE SWE 1876	Farr Yacht Design	Green Marine

movistar	ESP ESP 1	Farr Yacht Design	Boatspeed
Pirates of the Caribbean	USA USA 7706	Farr Yacht Design	Green Marine

Route

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

Leg Results

#	Boat	Leg 1
ESP
ZAF	Leg 2
ZAF
AUS	Leg 3
AUS
NZL	Leg 4
NZL
BRA	Leg 5
BRA
USA	Leg 6
USA
USA	Leg 7
USA
GBR	Leg 8
GBR
NED	Leg 9
NED
SWE	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
ESP	IP2
ZAF	IP3
AUS	IP4
BRA	IP5
USA	IP6
GBR	IP7
NED	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	References:
1	NED 1	ABN AMRO One	NED Netherlands	Juan-K Volvo Open 70	21.49	Mike Sanderson	96
2	USA 7706	Pirates of the Caribbean	USA United States	Farr Volvo Open 70	21.49	Paul Cayard	73
3	BRA 1	Brasil 1	BRA Brazil	Farr Volvo Open 70	21.49	Torben Grael	67
4	NED 2	ABN AMRO Two	NED Netherlands	Juan-K Volvo Open 70	21.49	Sébastien Josse	58.5
5	SWE 1876	Ericsson Racing Team	SWE Sweden	Farr Volvo Open 70	21.49	Neal McDonald
John Kostecki	55
6	ESP 1	Movistar	ESP Spain	Farr Volvo Open 70	21.49	Bouwe Bekking	48
7	AUS 03	Brunel-Sunergy and Friends	AUS Australia	Jones Volvo Open 70	21.49	Grant Wharington	27

References

"Sailing World – The Volvo Ocean 70 Explained".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061231074207/http://www.volvooceanrace.org/news/article/2006/may/mobupdate/index.aspx Volvo Ocean Race: News – ABN AMRO II: Latest Statement]. 18 May 2006
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060613010707/http://www.volvooceanrace.org/news/article/2006/may/abandon/index.aspx Volvo Ocean Race: News – Movistar Abandons Ship]. 21 May 2006
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061023134328/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/news/article/2006/may/needleinahaystack/index.aspx Volvo Ocean Race: News – Needle in a haystack]. 25 May 2006
"Read, Rudiger to Join Ericsson".
Histoiredeshalfs. "WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic List".
Volvo Ocean Race. "Volvo Ocean Race Leaderboard".

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