Team Telefónica, the Spanish team set to compete in the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race, has officially unveiled her completed crew today with the announcement of two Under-30 crew members. They are Spaniard Antonio Cuervas-Mons and Australian Zane Gills and they will be the Telefónica bowmen.
Under-30 sailor with round the world experience
Antonio Cuervas-Mons (Santander, ...
Time flies! Ok, well that's nothing new, but it certainly is true. It may come as a surprise, but it was two months yesterday since Team Telefónica arrived at Marina Rubicón in Lanzarote, Spain.
There's no doubt that we are in one of the best possible places we can, due ...
Brazil's Joao Signorini (“Joca”) and Spaniard Pablo Arrarte will be Watch Captain and Helmsman of Spain's Team Telefónica, as announced today.
Both started off in Olympic sailing where they coincided in the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, although competing in different classes; Finn in the case of the Brazilian and ...
Team Telefónica is adding two new names to its already potent crew list, still growing in the run up to the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012, the round the world regatta due to set off on the 29th October in Alicante (Spain), taking the teams some 39,000 miles around the planet. ...
One of the world's most respected navigators, Australia's Andrew Cape will be part of the “Telefónica” Volvo Ocean Race crew, as confirmed today. Alongside this announcement, another key name has been revealed: that of Media Crew Member, Spaniard Diego Fructuoso.
Both share a common denominator: they both manage the ...
“Telefónica” continues to train at the Lanzarote base. There are many things to try out and to learn from the boat ahead of the start, and training is not only confined to six hour daily sessions, but also 24-hour sessions. It is widely considered that this type of ...
Following the announcement of Iker Martínez as skipper on "Telefónica”, Xabi Fernández as trimmer and Horacio Carabelli as Technical Director of the Spanish team directed by Pedro Campos, Pepe Ribes has been confirmed as the newest crew member on “Telefónica”. Ribes will bring a large dose of experience with ...
After setting off from Alicante last Tuesday, May 17th, this morning “Telefónica” reached the port at the Marina Rubicón in Lanzarote. In doing so, the Spanish team competing in the next Volvo Ocean Race, the round the world regatta split into legs, is setting up what will be one ...
Today the brand new "Telefónica" has kicked off its ocean training sessions in preparation for the Volvo Ocean Race, which will begin on October 29th in Alicante, with the first coastal race. That will take place just one week before the start of the first leg towards Cape Town ...
With 186 days to go until the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 kicks off in Alicante, “Telefónica” has finally come to life. The brand new Spanish Volvo Open 70 left the King Marine shipyard this morning, where it was built over approximately 40,000 hours with a team of over 28 ...
Following the press conference this morning in which Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández revealed what their sporting futures hold, Pedro Campos, CEO of the Spanish team in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012, has named Iker Martínez skipper on the Volvo Open 70 “Telefónica”. The Spanish sailor is back in the Volvo Ocean Race to ...
Telefónica is back for the third consecutive edition to take part in the Volvo Ocean Race. The company will do so with a boat called “Telefónica” which, at this moment in time is undergoing construction at a shipyard in Valencia, Spain. The Spanish Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12 team ...