Team Brunel
Team Brunel is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished 3rd in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Bouwe Bekking and navigated by Andrew Cape.
She finished second in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, also skippered by Bouwe Bekking. The team is backed by Dutch project management company Brunel International, and sponsored by ACE, Abel Sensors and Embrace Tech Startups. Brunel International are Volvo Ocean Race veterans, having had their first involvement in 1997-98.2017-18
The 2017-18 crew are:Onboard
- Bouwe Bekking, Skipper
- Andrew Cape, Navigator
- Annie Lush, Trimmer
- Abby Ehler, Boat Captain
- Peter Burling, Helmsman, Watch Captain and Trimmer
- Kyle Langford, Trimmer
- Alberto Bolzan, Helmsman, Watch Captain and Trimmer
- Maciel Cicchetti, Helmsman, Watch Captain and Trimmer
- Carlo Huisman, Helmsman, Watch Captain and Trimmer
- Louis Balcaen,
On-shore
- Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel, Team Coach
2014-15
The 2014-15 crew were;
- Bouwe Bekking, skipper
- Adam Minoprio
- Dirk de Ridder
- Andrew Cape, navigator
- Gerd-Jan Poortman
- Jens Dolmer
- Louis Balcaen
- Pablo Arrarte
- Rokas Milevicius
- Stefan Coppers, onboard reporter