Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand

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Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand is a Spanish - New Zealand sailing regatta team that competed in the 2011–2012 Volvo Ocean Race .

Team members

The sailing crew consists of the following members:

Surname	nationality	function
Chris Nicholson	New Zealand	Skipper
Adam Minoprio	New Zealand	Helmsman, trimmer
Andrew McLean	New Zealand	Trimmer
Daryl Wislang	New Zealand	Bowman
Hamish Hooper	New Zealand
Mike Pammenter	South Africa	Fore shipman, watchman
Rob Salthouse	New Zealand	Helmsman, trimmer
Roberto Bermudez de Castro	Spain	Helmsman, trimmer
Stuart Bannatyne	New Zealand
Tony Rae	New Zealand	Helmsman, trimmer
Will Oxley	New Zealand	navigator

boat

According to the regulations, the team's yacht belongs to the VO70 class. She was designed by Marcelino Botin and built at the Cookson Boats shipyard in New Zealand. The maiden voyage in the Hauraki Gulf took place on April 11, 2011 . The mast comes from Southern Spars and is equipped with sails from North Sails .

Sponsors

The main and title sponsor of the team is the Spanish shoe manufacturer Camper . Another partner is Team New Zealand , which is also active in the America's Cup and is supported by the Emirates airline and the tourism and business associations of New Zealand .

Placements

begin	stage	place	time	placement	Points
October 29, 2011	In-port race	Alicante (Spain)	1:10:11	3	4th
October 30, 2011	Pro-Am Race	Alicante (Spain)
November 5, 2011	Stage 1	Alicante - Cape Town
December 9, 2011	Pro-Am Race	Cape Town (South Africa)
December 10, 2011	In-port race	Cape Town (South Africa)
December 11, 2011	Stage 2a	Cape Town - unknown port A 1)
	Stage 2b	unknown port B 1) - Abu Dhabi
January 12, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
January 13, 2012	In-port race	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
January 14, 2012	Stage 3a	Abu Dhabi - unknown port B 1)
	Stage 3b	unknown port A1 ) - Sanya
17th February 2012	Pro-Am Race	Sanya (China)
February 18, 2012	In-port race	Sanya (China)
19th February 2012	Stage 4	Sanya - Auckland
March 16, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Auckland (New Zealand)
March 17, 2012	In-port race	Auckland (New Zealand)
March 18, 2012	Stage 5	Auckland - Itajai
April 20, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Itajai (Brazil)
April 21, 2012	In-port race	Itajai (Brazil)
April 22, 2012	Stage 6	Itajai - Miami
May 18, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Miami (USA)
May 19, 2012	In-port race	Miami (USA)
May 20, 2012	Stage 7	Miami - Lisbon
June 8, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Lisbon (Portugal)
June 9, 2012	In-port race	Lisbon (Portugal)
June 10, 2012	Stage 8	Lisbon - Lorient
June 29, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Lorient (France)
June 30, 2012	In-port race	Lorient (France)
July 1, 2012	Stage 9	Lorient - Galway
July 6, 2012	Pro-Am Race	Galway (Ireland)
July 7, 2012	In-port race	Galway (Ireland)
total				3	4th

¹⁾ instead of Abu Dhabi due to the continuing problem with pirates .

Web links

• Team's website
• Team on the Volvo Ocean Race website ( Memento from August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Homepage of the shipyard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ volvooceanrace.com: Meet the teams. Retrieved July 31, 2011 . 
2. ↑ volvooceanrace.com: CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011 ; Retrieved July 31, 2011 . 
3. ↑ volvooceanrace.com: CAMPER sets sail. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011 ; Retrieved July 31, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Camper.com: The Boat - Construction. Retrieved July 31, 2011 . 
5. ↑ yacht.de: Taboo Dhabi because of piracy? Retrieved September 30, 2011 . 
6. ↑ volvooceanrace.com: Piracy threat forces race route change. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012 ; Retrieved September 30, 2011 .