Volvo Ocean 65 Turn the Tide on Plastic
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| skip =Chris Nicholson
Dee Caffari
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Turn the Tide on Plastic is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. As Team Vestas Wind, she finished seventh in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Chris Nicholson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/teams.html|title = TEAMS}}
Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race and renamed.{{cite web |url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/9250_Refit-begins.html |title=Refit begins {{!}} Volvo Ocean Race |website=www.volvooceanrace.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008061639/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/9250_Refit-begins.html |archive-date=2016-10-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3476597/mmsi:319081500/vessel:319081500|title = NZ OCEAN RACING (Sailing Vessel) Registered in Cayman is - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 319081500, Call Sign ZGEW6}}
[[2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race]]
- Dee Caffari (skipper)
- Nico Lunven
- Martin Strömberg
- Liz Wardley
- Annalise Murphy
- Francesca Clapcich
- Bianca Cook
- Lucas Chapman
- Bleddyn Mon
- Bernardo Freitas
- Henry Bomby{{cite web |url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10242_Leg-2-crew-lists-veteran-faces-return.html |title=Leg 2 crew lists - veteran faces return - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 |website=www.volvooceanrace.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104234338/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10242_Leg-2-crew-lists-veteran-faces-return.html |archive-date=2017-11-04}}
- Frederico Melo
- Elodie Mettraux{{cite web |url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10522_Leg-3-Crew-Lists.html |title=Leg 3 Crew Lists - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 |website=www.volvooceanrace.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031500/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/10522_Leg-3-Crew-Lists.html |archive-date=2017-12-12}}
[[2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race]]
As Team Vestas Wind, this was the 7th boat to announce it is participation to the race on September 1, 2014, following a press release from Alicante, Spain.
The yacht finished last overall as she only completed 3 of the 9 legs in the race due to the grounding incident.
=Crew=
- Chris Nicholson, Australia. Skipper. 5th Volvo Ocean Race.
- Nicolai Sehested, Denmark. Boat captain.
- Peter Wibroe, Denmark.
- Tony Rae, New Zealand. 5th Volvo Ocean Race
- Simeon Tienpont, Netherlands, crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/teams/49_Team-Vestas-Wind.html |title=Team Vestas Wind {{!}} Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 |website=www.volvooceanrace.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091018/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/teams/49_Team-Vestas-Wind.html |archive-date=2014-08-19}}
- Tom Addis, Australia, Navigator.
- Robert Salthouse, New Zealand, 4th Volvo Ocean Race
- Tom Johnson, Australia, number 1, Coxswain.
- Wouter Verbraak, Netherlands. Navigation. 3rd Volvo Ocean Race
- Maciel Cicchetti, Argentina. Coxswain. 2nd Volvo Ocean Race.
- Brian Carlin, Ireland. Reporter.
=Grounding=
On November 30, 2014, during a night navigation, the yacht grounded on a coral atoll of St. Brandon.{{cite web|title=Grounded|url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8084_Grounded.html|website=Volvo Ocean Race official website|accessdate=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205050556/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8084_Grounded.html|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=dead}} This happened 10 days after leaving Cape Town, on the way to Abu Dhabi. The yacht was damaged and repaired the race for the last 2 legs. The grounding was because the atoll was not visible on the low scale chart. The crew was rescued by the Mauritius coast guard the next morning.{{cite web|title=Grounded|url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8084_Grounded.html|website=Volvo Ocean Race official website|accessdate=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205050556/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8084_Grounded.html|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=dead}} The cause of the grounding was a combination of human error and the features of the navigation software. The software did not show the atoll on the route planning display at low or medium zoom levels, while the atoll would have been shown in the navigation chart display at those zoom levels. The crew on watch did not notice there was a wrong chart display on.{{cite web |url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8171_Report-into-Team-Vestas-Wind-grounding.html |title=Report into Team Vestas Wind grounding {{!}} Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 |website=www.volvooceanrace.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721010425/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/8171_Report-into-Team-Vestas-Wind-grounding.html |archive-date=2015-07-21}}
After the grounding the yacht was salvaged and repaired and managed to compete in the final legs 8 and 9 with a new navigator crew.