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ABOUT  OCEAN BREEZE ( EX - VO 70 SANYA LAN ):

Ocean Breeze is a refitted Volvo 70 and was built in 2008 for the Spanish Challenge team "TELEFONICA BLUE" for the Volvo Ocean Race and as "SANYA LAN" for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011.

After the 2017 / 2018 complete refit and new sails. This is the ideal yacht to do company events and the european and caribbean regattas. 

Don't miss this opportunity to  own a VO70 racer in a better condition that she was originally build.

Contact [email protected] for more information of the latest refit in 2017/2018

When Team Sanya (Chinese entry in the Volvo Ocean Race) formed only 3 months before the race start they quickly engaged Diverse Yacht Services to cover all of their electronic and electrical needs. Rachel Howe has joined the Team Sanya Shore Team on behalf of Diverse Yacht Services for the duration of the race to fulfil this role.

Diverse had a tight window of only 4 weeks to transform Telefonica Blue into Sanya Lan for the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race. A key part of this project was making a quick and accurate assessment of what was essential and realistic to achieve to fit with the goals, time frame and budget requirements of Team Sanya.

“With such a short time frame I knew there was no margin for error so we have focused on putting together as simple and reliable package as possible for Sanya. I have worked closely with the sailing team and primarily Aksel Magdahl (onboard navigator) to build a solution that fits the team’s overall objectives” says Rachel.

The work list has been extensive and covers a Diverse spectrum:

• Rewiring the yacht • Upgrading the DC system and onboard charging • Design and installation of the onboard PC network • Updating and simplifying the instrument system • Load cell servicing

Rachel sums up with “This project pretty much sums up to me why someone would entrust a project to Diverse. Much of what has been achieved has only been possible because of the support and backing of the whole team at Diverse and, as ever, this has been a real team effort. The unsung heros, Sophie and Paul, in the office ensured we had all the parts sourced and delivered on time while Ashton has made considerable input on the tools.”

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OCEAN BREEZE is a second generation Volvo Open 70, started in 2008 as TELEFONICA BLUE, designed by the Farr office and built by King Marine. She entered the following edition of the VO-race as SANYA LAN. Now she is ready for race-charters, incentives and corporate sailing. After a big overhaul she is stored in a heated boat shed 30 minutes from Schiphol, Amsterdam in the Netherlands. INFO AUCTION https://www.bog-auctions.com/en/auction/index/46384

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How It Works - Volvo Open 70 Offshore Sailboat

THE ROUND-THE-GLOBE VOLVO OCEAN RACE pits the world's most advanced sailboats against the world's worst weather -- gale-force storms, mountainous seas and sweltering doldrums. The seven Volvo Open 70s (70-ft. racing sloops) preparing to start the 32,000-mile, nine-leg rally from Spain on Nov. 5 make up the fastest class of monohulls ever built. In Apri 2005, a VO70 sailed a record 530 miles in 24 hours, topping out at 39 knots. For the 11-man crews, speed has risks. "It's like being on a runaway train -- you never know what's in front of you," says Peter Merrington, a watch captain the last time the race was run, in 2001. "You just hope nothing breaks."

1 -- Instruments Masthead pod measures wind speed and direction. LCDs on the mast and on deck display the data. Navigators watch wind, course and boat speed on a wireless tablet PC.

2 -- Sails Kevlar yarns laminated onto Mylar films save weight by placing fibers only along paths of stress. Sails are strong enough to hold shape under load -- and endure months of sunlight, salt spray and mechanical abuse. Full sail area can produce up to 400 hp.

3 -- Rigging Kevlar and PBO (polybenzoxazole) stays supporting the mast are 200 pounds lighter than steel stays. Sail control lines use low-stretch Spectra, Vectran, Kevlar and PBO cores to handle loads over 10,000 pounds -- equal to hoisting two Hummer H3s on one 5/8-in. line.

4 -- Spars Carbon-fiber mast, boom and bowsprit are shaped to reduce drag and increase strength. Every pound at the top of the 100-ft. mast requires an extra 10 pounds of keel bulb weight (see "") to keep the boat upright.

5 -- Deck Safety hood prevents 30-knot rivers of seawater from flooding hatches. At night and in storms, on-deck crew wears harnesses tethered to attachment points spread around the boat.

6 -- Communications 64Kbps voice and data satellite links download weather data, which computers combine with GPS, compass and instrument feeds to plot the fastest course. It's rarely a straight line: Boats have unique performance characteristics, and weather changes, so routes cover more miles, but at higher speeds.

7 -- Twin wheels The helmsman can stand outboard for visibility and a second driver can "ride shotgun" (assist on the spare wheel) in storms.

8 -- Cameras Seven fixed cameras and a wearable head-cam wirelessly transmit a rolling 2-minute video loop to hard drives. Red "panic buttons" on deck save the footage to be uploaded via satellite for TV and Web coverage.

9 -- Crash box Watertight bulkhead 8 ft. behind the bow prevents catastrophic flooding in case of a collision with an iceberg, a whale or one of thousands of shipping containers lost at sea.

10 -- Hull Carbon-fiber, epoxy and Nomex honeycomb core form a hull half the weight of a similar fiberglass hull, yet twice as strong. Thin bow slices through chop; wide, flat stern helps planing.

11 -- Retractable daggerboards Prevent leeway (sideslipping) by providing lateral force (lift) when keel is canted. Bright orange color increases visibility in the event of a capsize.

An aft trim ballast tank (12) helps the boat surf by gulping up to 315 gal. (2600 pounds) of seawater, which raises the bow out of a stormy sea. "You can push the boat hard without doing a nose dive," Merrington says. Accommodations below deck are spartan: 10 berths (13) , galley (kitchen) (14) with a gas stove and a sink, head (toilet) (15) , and navigation and media stations (16) . The crew shares the leftover 400 sq. ft. of space with wet sails, engine and retractable drive unit (17) , fuel tank, water tanks, generator, batteries, and keel and daggerboard hydraulics (18) .

Instead of the fixed, lead fin found on most sailboats, VO70s use a 10,000-pound lead bulb at the end of a 14-ft. blade, to counteract heel -- the boat's tendency to tip over. Hydraulic rams can cant the keel up to 40 degrees from vertical, doubling the effect of the bulb, keeping the boat level, and conserving wind energy otherwise lost off the top of the sail. "It's like driving a Porsche compared to a truck," says Katie Pettibone, a watch captain during the 2001 race.

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Always wanted to be a part of a professional crew on an ocean racer? The Ocean Breeze offers you the opportunity to make a delivery . This means you can sail with the crew from one port to the next port. The Ocean Breeze is available for  Regattas with your own Team (max 12 people). The Ocean Breeze can also be part of a complete Incentive program , we can make a tailor-made program for you together with our partners. In one complete day, you and your guests will be engaged in the sailing race world.

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* Name : Ocean Breeze * Type : Volvo open 70 * Year of construction : 2008 (total refit in 2011 & 2018) * Designer : Farr Yacht Design #634 * ‘Volvo Ocean Race’ participation : 2008-2009 Telefonica Blue overall rating : 3rd. 2011 - 2012 Sanya Lan overall rating : 6th.

Her racing potential is proven by her numerous accolades. She is made to achieve a speed of over 30 knots, and she delivers the most incredible sensations, as one would expect from a sailing machine of her calibre.

Technical specifications

* Length over all : 21,50 m / 70 ft * Draft : 4,5 m / 14,8 ft (canting keel) * Widest width : 4,50 m * Mast Height : 31,50 m * Engine : 75 HP * Number of sails : 25 * Surface largest sail : 675 m2 * Theoretical hull speed : 14 knots * Top speed : 37,0 knots * Maximum sleeping capacity : 14 * Displacement : 14.000 kg / 30.870 lb * Home Town : Scheveningen (NL) * Flag : NL * Yacht Club : Jachtclub Scheveningen (NL)

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Kosatka (VO70)

Design number: year: 2008.

The Volvo Open 70 Kosatka for Russian businessman Oleg Zherebtsov was designed by Humphreys Yacht Design for the Volvo Ocean Race 08/09. Design work commenced in June 2007, leading to an intensive two-month research and development programme before construction commenced in August 2007.

A series of hulls were tank tested with the Wolfson Unit, firstly to investigate the trade-offs between form stability and wetted surface area, before going on to look at more detailed design features such as bow bluffness, spray rails, chine height, etc. Wind tunnel data was also purchased from the aborted Mean Machine project in order to jump start our rig aero modelling, before later doing our own testing at the Auckland Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel with the Team and North Sails UK. A full meteorological study was undertaken by Jure Jurman of the Slovenian Met Office, later joined by French meteorologist Jean Yves-Bernot. Structural Engineering was undertaken by Will Brookes.

The Kosatka VO70 is characterised by her aggressive spray rails, bluff bow and low chines. She has shown evidence of real pace, clocking numerous 500nm-plus 24 hour runs on Legs 1 & 2 as well as a 300nm-plus run in 13 hours during qualifying. Being a relatively small team, the decision from the outset was to build a very strong and robust boat, capable of withstanding the demands of the new Volvo Race course in a more self-sufficient way than some of the better financed teams. This was in the knowledge that with such short stopovers in this race, any serious damage sustained on one leg might render it impossible to get the boat sailing again in time for the start of the next leg. This conservatism has paid its price to a certain extent in terms of reduced bulb weight but the result is a boat that the sailors feel comfortable pushing to the limits without fear of failures.

Sadly Kosatka pulled out of the Volvo Ocean Race in Singapore after the finish of Leg 3 due to the global economic crash. For all concerned it was a disappointing conclusion – the sailors had seemed to be getting to grips with the boat but now we have to wait for another occasion to see the boat rise to its potential.

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The CAMPER project for the Volvo Ocean Race will reach another milestone early next month. CAMPER announced today that construction of the VO70 yacht will start in the first week of August.

Crew selection is also well advanced and CAMPER has announced today that experienced Spanish round-the-world yachtsman Roberto Bermudez de Castro has joined the team.

Grant Dalton, Roberto Bermudez de Castro and Marcelino Botin

It will be his fifth round-the-world race, most recently as skipper of Team Delta Lloyd in 2008-09. He was a watch captain on Brazil 1 in 2004-05 and raced the southern ocean legs on board Assa Abloy in 2001-02.

Known throughout the sailing word as “Chuny”, his first round-the-world experience was as a watch leader and helmsman on board the Spanish entry in the 1993-94 Whitbread.

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Chuny, a member of the Spanish Olympic team at Athens in 2004, has been a regular on the competitive MedCup TP52 circuit and sailed with the Spanish America’s Cup team at San Diego in 1995 and at Auckland in 2000.

He is an industrial engineer, married with three children.

The CAMPER campaign hit the ground running when it was announced in April. The design team – led by principal designer Marcelino Botin of Botin Carkeek Yacht Design based at Santander – had already been working on VO70 design. Emirates Team New Zealand – which will manage the CAMPER project – immediately assigned members of its design team to the project.

The team’s operations manager Kevin Shoebridge said: “We have almost 20 naval architects, structural and mechanical engineers, CFD (computational fluid dynamics) engineers, sail and mast designers and software developers based at Auckland and Santander working on the CAMPER project.

“Multiple hull designs and sail combinations have been run through a CFD    computer program which computes air and water flow. The sail design team has already had two sessions in the Auckland University wind tunnel.

“Marcelino Botin and skipper Chris Nicholson have overseen tank-tests on hull models at Southampton, England, and Liege, Belgium.” The scale models, which were built in England, underwent 300 tests over six days at the high-speed tank at Liege to test computer design projections on the quite different hull forms in scale models of the VO 70 yacht.

Latest addition to the CAMPER crew, Roberto Bermudez de Castro

Results from the tanks tests have allowed designers to assess quickly the position of appendages (rudders and keel) and hull shape. With the yacht build scheduled to start on August 9 at the Cookson Yard at Auckland, the design team will come together next week to make final decisions. Boat builders will start building the mould, the first step in a process that will involve more than 30 tradesmen and over 38,000 hours.

The hull and deck will be constructed from carbon fibre over a nomex honeycomb core, to produce a light but very strong hull capable of standing up to the rigours of the 39,000 nautical mile race.

The yacht – with deck hardware, electrical, electronic and hydraulic systems fitted – will be trucked to the Emirates Team New Zealand base in early April. Keel, bulb and rudders will be fitted before the yacht is rigged.

Three months of sea trials off New Zealand will follow. The sailing crew will be looking for strong winds and big seas to test handling and reliability before shipping the yacht to Europe in July.

Camper, the Spanish-based international footwear brand, is a family-owned company which started making shoes on the Spanish island of Majorca in 1877. Today Camper operates directly 320 stores and “shop-in- shop” locations in 42 countries and distributes its products through 2800 independent retailers. The Volvo Ocean Race starts at Alicante, Spain, in October 2011 and will finish at Galway, Ireland, in June 2012. Stopover ports are Cape Town ( South Africa ), Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates ), Sanya (China), Auckland ( New Zealand ), Itajai (Brazil), Miami (USA), Lisbon (Portugal) and Lorient ( France ).

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Volvo 70 – Green Dragon

Email: [email protected]»   Tel: +1 (268) 721 3456   Green Dragon was specifically built as the Irish entry in the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race, in which she finished 5th. In 2012 she took line honours in the Round Ireland Race. Check out her programme below. We are delighted to have this exciting, pedigree racing yacht in the fleet. She has capacity on deck for 15 race crew plus 5 guests, and accommodation below for up to 12.

The Volvo 70 is the former class of racing yachts designed for the Volvo Ocean Race. It was first used in the 2005–06 race (replacing the Volvo 60 yachts which were first used in 1993) and uses sliding daggerboards and a canting keel which is capable of canting transversely up to an angle of 40 degrees.

To book this yacht for charter please Email us for availability and price.  

Green Dragon Specifications

• Draft: 4.5m / 14.8ft
• Mast: 31.5m / 103.3ft
• Displacement: 14,000kg / 30,870lb
• Depth (canting keel): 4.5m / 14.8ft
• Ballast: 7,400kg / 16,320lb
• Mainsail: 175m² / 1,883sq’
• Storm Jib: 35m² / 376sq’
• Jib: 825,25m²/ 883sq’
• Jib: 94m² / 1,011sq’
• Gennaker: 300m² / 3229sq’
• Spinnaker (Masthead): 500m² / 5,381sq’
• Spinnaker (Fractional Rig): 350m² / 3,767sq’
• Storm Trysail: 41m² / 441sq’

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• 2 familiarisation and training days.
• Clean hull.
• 8 minimum charter crew if experienced, more if not.
• Basic on board accommodation – 12 berths including representative.
• Green Dragon does not add single berth charter crew to whole boat charters.

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• Race prepared yacht
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• Water tanks empty for regattas and full for offshore racing
• All safety gear.
• Discounts: 5% for 2. Increment discount by +0.5% for each crew up to 10% for 12 .

We are open!  Come sail with us in Antigua  either for a day cruise, a weeklong charter or great RYA Sail Training courses.   We can’t wait to have you on board!

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Volvo 70 King Marine

€395,000

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• Reference ID 635
• Builder Volvo
• Farr Yacht Design
• Location Spain
• Engine type Single
• L.O.A. (mtr) 21.50
• Beam (mtr) 5.70
• Draft (mtr) 4.5
• Displacement (Kg) 14500
• Material Carbon
• Engine Volvo Penta

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This Volvo 70 competed in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09 as Telefonica Blue skippered by Bowe Bekking, finishing 3rd and as Sanya Lan skippered by Mike Sanderson in 2011/12.

Owners comments:

Since summer 2020 we did a big general refit bringing her back to top condition. She is one of the fastest Volvo 70 and with the right crew cappable of winning any race. Current home base is Spain

She has a freshly refitted keel with new main bearings and new bushings for the rams. Also the mast is repainted, all 2024

Special features make her outstanding from most other Volvo 70: - She has a unique cockpit design with from the companion way aft all the deck floor of the boat being at the same level which allows the crew to work and stack very efficiently. - The extraordinary cockpit layout also gives plenty of space to move for daysailing with guests or large pro-am crews.

•Future Fibres carbon mast •Future Fibres Carbon boom with lazyjack system •solid Carbon vertival lateral rigging •PBO diagonal lateral rigging •PBO runners •PBO forestay

Sailplan: •Max sail area upwind: 525m² (Mainsail+Code-0) •Max sail area downwind: 900m² approx. (Mainsail+Gennaker+J4+GSS) •Mainsail max.: 175m² •Code-0 max.: 350m² •Genoa 1 max. 200m² •Gennaker max.: 500m²

Sail Inventory: •Main 3Di •Code 0 3Di •FRO Doile •G1 Doile •G2 3Di •J4 3Di •A2 Nylon •A3 Cuben Fibre top down furling •Staysail Doyle •Try Sail Spectra •Storm Jib Spectra

Accommodations

•Electric head •twin flame gimbaled coocker •2 x 'rocket burner' •12 bunks

Deck and Cockpit

•3 x KZ Furlers •2 Dagger Boards

Harken winches: •2 x 1111 Primary with 2 pedestal2 •1 x 990 Main with 1 pedestal •2 x 990 Runners •4 x 65 Halyards Hydraulic trim controlls: •Outhaul •Vang •Check stays •Frac. deflector •G1(G2) Tack •J4 Tack •Cunningham

•24V house system (each 1 x 24V alternator on main and auxiliary engine) •350W 230V inverter •12V charger sockets •230V charger cockets

Electronics and Navigational Gear

•Sailmon E4 processor •2 x Sailmon mast displays •Panasonic Tough Book with most common navigation/tactic programs •Sony gyro compass: •AIS Class B transponder •B&G several MFD displays •Fleet 500 Satcom •Fleet 250 Satcom •Capsat Satcom C •ICOM SSB radio •Sailor VHF radio •Simrad GPS •Raymarine autopilot

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Volvo 70 Green Dragon

€ 2,600.00 – € 5,500.00

Green Dragon competed in the 2008 – 2009 Volvo Ocean Race with Ian Walker, British Olympic silver medallist, making his debut as skipper. Green Dragon finished 5th. Ian Walker later won the 2015 race with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.

Green Dragon is a Volvo 70 Class boat for serious racing, race charter and cruising. She shines in reaching conditions and is an outstanding overall performer in a race like the RORC Caribbean 600.

Her home base is Vigo in Spain, which makes her readily available for sailing in Northern Europe, the UK, and the Mediterranean, and she can also easily cross the Atlantic Ocean for sailing and racing in the Caribbean and North America, for example, in the Newport Bermuda Race.

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There are several features make her unique and different from other Volvo 70’s, such as:

• contemporary Carbon C6 Rigging not having any expiry date like Kevlar or PBO
• engine Saildrive transmission fitted (reliable and safe – no further hassle with retractable shaft)
• no hydraulics for trimming
• thanks to her interior layout and original structure, she is very well suited for cruising

Accommodation

• One burner cocker with a canting system (additional spare cooker)
• Electric head
• Aft ballast tank of approx. 1,000 L, can be used as a freshwater tank
• Water Heater

Accommodation for Cruising to be fitted on request

• Salon with 2 upholstered benches
• 2 removable tables
• A big bed in the bow
• L-shaped Galley with 2 sinks
• 2 refrigerators
• TV HD LCD, connected to board PC
• Media Box Maxell
• Hercules monitor
• Domestic equipment (Nespresso Coffe machine, Toaster, etc., galley fitted with cutlery, pots, pans, etc

Specifications:

Builder: McConaghy Boats Hull Designer: Reichel Puch Model: Volvo 70 Year Built: 2007 LOA: 21.5m / 70.5ft Beam: 5.70m / 18.70ft Draft: 4.50m / 14.76ft Displacement: 14500kg / 31967lbs Engine: 1 Volvo D2 (75hp) Diesel Top speed: +30 knots Sail area: up to 770m2 consisting of a 3Di main and J2

In 2016 the underwater ship was completely stripped down to the original hull filler and was built up with a new system of Veneziani’s Speedy Carbonium. In 2018 she was repainted got new hydro turf in the cockpit and a new mast in 2018. In 2019 she got a new vinyl wrap.

Hull: Carbon composite Superstructure: Carbon composite Deck: Carbon composite Keel: canting keel with hydraulic rams Dagger boards : 2 (+ 2 spares)

Volvo 70 History

The radical Volvo Open 70 Ocean Race Yacht was first used in the 2005 – 2006 Volvo Ocean Race. It was also the first time a boat with a canting keel was used. The Volvo 70’s replaced the Volvo Ocean 60 Yachts, which were first raced in 1993. The canting keel is capable of canting transversely up to an angle of 40 degrees.

Numerous sets of sails

Sail area *upwind: 375 m² *downwind: 675 m² Mainsail max.: 175m² Code-0 max.: 350m² Genoa 1 max. 200m² Gennaker max.: 500m²

Sails inventory

• MN-A main 3Di cars on track
• MH0 masthead Code 0 3Di furled
• FRO fractional Code 0 3Di furled
• G1 Genoa 1 3DL hanks on the forestay
• G2 Genoa 2 3Di hanks on the forestay
• G4 Genoa 4 3Di furled
• G5 Genoa 5 3DL hanks on J5 stay
• SJ Storm Jib Spectra hanks on J5
• TS Trysail Spectra cars on track
• A1 Gennaker Nylon free flying
• A2 Gennaker Nylon free flying
• A3 Gennaker Cuben Fibre furled
• A4 Gennaker Nylon free flying
• A9 Gennaker Cuben Fibre furled

Training, cruising, delivery, spare

• MN-2 main 3Di cars on tack
• MH0 masthead Code 0 3DL furled
• FRO fractional Code 0 3DL furled
• SJ Storm Jib Spectra hanks on J5 stay

The maximum crew for offshore racing is 20 and for inshore racing 25. The boat comes with a professional skipper, and up to 2 or 3 crew members depending on your needs.

The aim is to deliver a great experience to everybody onboard, first-time sailors or more experienced sailors and not too win in spite of everything. Johannes is happy to let you do anything on board and he is there to assist you. You will be an active team member and not just a passenger.

When day racing there will be two days of training. The first day consists of familiarisation with the boat and during the second day, you will go trough sailing manoeuvres and procedures.

For a longer offshore race ideally there are 4 days of training and preparation. On day 1 there is a briefing for half a day. On the second day, you will go through manoeuvres and procedures. On day 3 there will we some serious training and the day before the race there will be no sailing but the boat will be prepared for the race.

While racing we have prepared or freeze-dried food on board so we are suited for all conditions and can focus on performance.

Watch System

During a longer offshore race, there will be a watch system of two watches consisting of 4 hours during the day and 3 hours during the night.

The maximum crew for offshore sailing is 20 and for inshore sailing 25. The boat comes with a professional skipper, and up to 2 or 3 crew members depending on your needs. You will be an active crew member and not just a passenger.

We usually cook onboard unless you want to have the Ocean Race experience with freeze-dried food.

During a longer distance voyage, there will be two watches of 2×6 hours during the day and 3×4 hours during the night. In demanding conditions we switch to a watch system of 3×4 during the day and 3×4 during the night. But we try to avoid demanding conditions and we will use the engine to escape from wind shadows around island capes for example.

Johannes Schwarz

Johannes Schwarz is a very experienced Volvo 60 and 70 skipper and sail trainer and logged more than 250000 NM offshore. He flourishes in guiding and training young talents and is very patient. Johannes is a great motivator for sailors and teams and is leading them safely across oceans and race courses. Johannes is also a promotor of women in sailing. In the first Volvo Legend Race in 2011, he raced on Volvo 60 Cuba Libre with an all-female team consisting of former Volvo Ocean Race competitors.

Johannes logged more than 250.000 offshore miles on 50-footers, Volvo 60’s and Volvo 70s. He started his career running his own sailing and windsurfing school. In 1990 he initiated the first Austrian Whitbread Challenge project and run that for 8 years as technical director. He competed as skipper in the Hongkong Challenge Round the World Race (first participation of an Austrian team at a round-the-world race). From 2006 Johannes owned and skippered several Volvo 60’s and 70’s, starting with VO60 ASSA ABLOY (2005-2008), additionally running and racing VO60 Tokio2 (2007-2010), VO60 Cuba Libre (ex Heineken) (2010-2015), and VO70 Green Dragon from 2015. From 2018 on he is additionally running and racing Volvo 70 E1 ex Ericsson and from 2019 Volvo 70 Monster Project, ex Kosatka.

Skills besides sailing

• Rigging and mechanics, sail repair, splicing, electrics, electronics
• Languages: German, English, Croatian
• Education: 3 Years at the University of Agronomics

R&D Fuel cells, solar systems, biodiesel, general technical consultant, several patents and sailor.

Terms and conditions

• Flights, visas and transfers to and from the yacht
• Your Covid-19 testing
• Your travel and racing insurance
• Accommodation onshore
• Personal sailing gear and wet weather gear
• Food and drinks when racing and training on the boat
• The race entrance fee if there is any
• Marina fees
• Water and Diesel

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR S/Y GREEN DRAGON

An agreement between

The Charterer:                                                (PRINT)

The Charter Company:                                             representing Solvis GmbH

THE PACKAGE

Event or Cruise: Package Dates: Maximum Crew Number: 20 for offshore and 25 for inshore sailing Joining Port: Disembarkation Port: Package Price:

THE BOOKING

The booking is binding and applicable to the Charterer. Transfer of the booking to another person is only possible following written consent of the Charter Company and receipt of a completed Conditions of Booking Contract from the transferee.

A charter is secured upon receipt of a deposit of 50% of the Package Price. The balance due date will be not later than 6 weeks prior to the commencement of the Package.

CANCELLATION

In case of cancellation by the Charterer the following charges are made:

• Up to 6 months prior to the commencement of the Package: 30% of the Package Price
• Less than 10 weeks prior to the commencement of the Package: 50% of the Package Price
• Less than 6 weeks prior to the commencement of the Package: 70% of the Package Price
• Between 6 weeks and 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the Package: 90 % of the Package Price
• Less than 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the Package: 100 % of the Package Price

If the Charterer fails to wholly or partly complete the Package, there is no pro-rata refund given.

Participation in the Package is not possible until all payments have been received.

THE CHARTER COMPANY

Is entitled to withdraw from this agreement if its implementation is impossible by special circumstances, such as unavoidable unavailability of the intended vessel or a replacement vessel, by the unavailability of the planned number of participants of 7 people, strikes, natural disasters, epidemics, war, civil unrest sovereign assemblies, damage, heavy weather or similar serious events. In case of cancellation by the Charter Company for any of these reasons, the Charterer will be refunded a pro-rata daily rate without interest for that proportion of the Package Dates outstanding after the date and time on which the loss or disablement occurred without any deduction of a processing fee.

Further claims against the Charter Company and/or Charter Agent, for whatever reason, are excluded.

The Charter Company has a yacht and P&I insurance and is insured against all liabilities. However, the Charter Company will not accept any liability in case of damage or injury, due to whatever cause. There is no insurance coverage on board for baggage and valuables. The Charterer is required to provide their own insurance for travel and accident (including emergency transport evacuation) that covers yacht racing.

In the case of delay by weather or accident, no liability is assumed by the Charter Company and/or Charter Agent. In departure and arrival ports not specified in the Package, claims against the Charter Company and/or Charter Agent are excluded.

THE CHARTERER

The Charterer may invite up to 18 additional guests to operate as crew for the event.

The Charterer represents their guests as a single entity for the purposes of this agreement and signs on their behalf.

For insurance purposes, each guest is insured for at least 15 minutes with clothing to swim in deep water without a flotation device, providing the Charterer agrees by signing this agreement that they are in good health and do not suffer from contagious diseases, and do not suffer seizures. ALL health conditions MUST BE NOTIFIED in writing to the Charter Company prior to joining the Yacht.

The Charterer is participating in a sporting event and has no agreement for either carriage or a package holiday.

The Charterer’s guests are on board as Crew Members, not passengers and participate at their own risk in all sailing and related activities, and each is fully responsible for himself/herself.

The Charterer’s guests shall take all necessary precautions for his/her own person, for example, putting on the life vest, clipping on above and below deck, transfer from the vessel to shore, etc.

The Charterer commits to comply with all applicable regulations on board and accepts that animals, weapons and illegal substances are not allowed on board. Furthermore, the Charterer agrees that there is no consumption of alcohol on board during navigation, neither the Charterer and his guests may be alcoholised when departing for navigation.

The Charterer’s guests accept that in all ship manoeuvres and the usual work onboard a yacht they will take part to the best of their ability. It is agreed that at all times during the Package they will be helpful and considerate to all Crew Members.

In the event of malfunctions, the Charterer’s guests are obliged to do everything reasonable to help rectify the problem and to minimize possible damages.

All costs and damages arising from the non-observance of passport, visa, customs, currency and health regulations, shall be borne by the Charterer who is advised to establish the implications of local regulations.

Acceptance of the Yacht shall imply the Yacht, its equipment, fixtures and fittings and sail wardrobe are in proper working order.

THE CHARTER COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE

The task of the Representative is to sail the yacht with the help of the Charterers, as well as to take sole responsibility for the navigation and seamanship. The Representative alone has the responsibility to make decisions that affect the safety of the charterers and yacht. The Representative has all rights and obligations in accordance with the valid law of the sea. All Package destinations may be changed due to weather conditions at the discretion of the Representative.

THE PACKAGE PRICE

Is inclusive of:

• The Skipper who does not necessarily have to be the Helmsman
• Two days of yacht familiarization and race training (or the amount of days agreed)

Is not inclusive of:

• Berthing fees
• Food and drinks
• Yacht fuel, water & gas costs

All costs incurred on land are for the account of the Charterer.

THE AGREEMENT

The invalidity of any provision of this Agreement shall not invalidate the entire Agreement. The correction of mistakes, misprints and miscalculations reserved.

Verbal offers or agreements are only valid if confirmed in writing.

Claims under this Agreement must be made within one month of the last day of the Package. Any right to make claims beyond this period is forfeit.

This agreement is governed by the substantive and procedural laws of Austria. I agree to the Conditions of thisAgreement:

The Charterer

(SIGN)                                                          

(PRINT) Name                                              

dated _                                    

For and on behalf of the Charter Company

(SIGN)                                            JOHANNES SCHWARZ, CEO

dated _                                            

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The upcoming twelfth edition of the Volvo Ocean Race will be sailed for the first time on uniform, almost 20 metre long boats. This was announced by the organiser today. The reason for this is the many cancellations during the race and the fact that the costs are apparently still too high.

The new Volvo 65 (V65) will be designed by Farr Yacht Design in the USA. The successful designer Juan Kouyoumdjian, who had designed the winning yachts in the last two editions and is also likely to have designed the winning yacht in the current race, has apparently been booted out.

Four shipyards from France, Italy, Switzerland and the UK are to build the various components. The organisers hope that this will result in uniform boats and a significant reduction in costs, as well as a reduction in the number of crew from ten to eight and the number of permitted sails from ten to seven. A budget of 12 to 15 million euros should therefore be realistic. At least eight teams should be encouraged to take part in 2014.

More security

Safety was an important aspect in the decision in favour of a single class. "Reliability will increase," said Race Director Knut Frostad. This is because competitors will no longer be able to optimise their yachts themselves, which has always led to a reduction in weight at the expense of safety.

Although, with a deck length of 65 feet (19.80 metres), 1.70 metres shorter than the yachts in the current Volvo 70 class, the V65 will have a slightly higher speed potential, according to Frostad. The draught has been increased by 20 centimetres to 4.70 metres, while the overall weight has been reduced by 3.25 tonnes to 10.75 tonnes. With a smaller sail area upwind and downwind, handling and physical strain should become easier so that a female crew with two additional sailors would also have a realistic chance of winning. The construction costs for a ready-to-sail yacht amount to around 4.5 million euros, significantly less than for a VO70, where the customised design was the main factor.

The decision in favour of the Volvo 65 based on a Farr design was reportedly preceded by weeks of consultations with various designers, offshore sailors, sponsors and other stakeholders. A freeze on the design formula of the existing VO70 yachts was rejected, as was a switch to the Imoca Open 60, which is used to sail single-handed and double-handed races around the world, as well as to multihulls. Frostad: "Monohulls are part of the DNA of the Volvo Ocean Race. They have also proven themselves as a TV platform, which we want to expand even further with more live broadcasts." An additional crew member will once again be exclusively responsible for media relations on board.

The boats are to be constructed in such a way that they are ready for the next but one regatta in 2017/18. The various components come from the shipyards "Multiplast" (France), "Persico" (Italy) and "Decision" (Switzerland). Final production is carried out by "Green Marine" in Hythe, England. The first V65 is scheduled to be launched in June 2013 and the last in July 2014, a few months before the next regatta starts. If interest exceeds supply, more than eight boats could be built by next summer. The upcoming route with the ports of call and schedule will be announced in December. A shortening of the route and a more balanced break management are being discussed.

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