TOBY HEPPELL reports as the crew of AkzoNobel is plunged into uncertainty
Skipper of AkzoNobel in this year’s Volvo Ocean Race, Simeon Tienpont set o for the first leg of the crewed round the world race with a much-changed team when the fleet left Alicante on Sunday 22 October, following 10 days of confusion and crew changes.
Tienpont was named as skipper of the team in July 2016, with AkzoNobel being first to announce its entry and plumping to pick up the single new boat to be built for this edition – though teams for all eight boats were not found, so one used Volvo Ocean 65 remains (see Boat News page 82).
Tienpont, as is often the case for Volvo skippers, would be in charge of the sailing team, with his management company, Steam Ocean taking on management responsibilities, using the sponsorship money from AkzoNobel to fund training, safety work, crew salaries and so on.
This story is from the December 2017 edition of Yachts & Yachting.
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