Team Alvimedica's VO65. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
Team Alvimedica commence crew trials off Lisbon. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
by Andrea Tagliamacco
Last
week in Lisbon, Portugal, Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) contenders Team
Alvimedica kick off sail practices and the selection of 6 young and
international crew members to join Mark Towill (25) and Charlie
Enright (29) and form the youngest ever Volvo Ocean Race team at the
helm of the medical device company’s brand newand state of the art
Volvo Ocean 65, 20.37 metre, 12.5 ton monohull boat.
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
Two
weeks ago, after receiving their boat in Southampton, UK, Team
Alvimedica set sail forLisbon in order to start crew selection...
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
From
the team’s temporary base in Portugal, they will put themselves
through gruelling in-shore and off-shore training, as well as
assessing candidates sailing skills, physical strength and mental
discipline. Overall try-outs for the crew candidates will go on until
the summer. Following that, the final crew will start to prepare for
the world’s longest and toughest sporting event, the Volvo Ocean
Race.
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
A
total of 16 potential crew candidates including nationalties from the
United States, Turkey, Italy, New Zealand and England, with an
average age of 27 years old have been selected . The final crew
selection is planned to be announced in July.
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
Alvimedica
is a young and agile medical devices company with global ambitions
fitting the scale and spirit of the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race,
starting on 4th of October 2014 in Alicante, Spain and ending in
Gothenburg, Sweden on 27th of June 2015, formerly known at the
“Whitbread Round the World Race”.
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
“Sponsoring
Team Alvimedica in the Volvo Ocean Race truly reflects our ambitions
and values as a company, a team, and a competitor in the medical
devices sector,” said Alvimedica CEO Dr. Cem Bozkurt “We are here
to make our mark and get our name known around the world as
developers of state-of-the art, ground-breaking medical technologies,
and ready to take on the hardest of challenges from our competitors
in our environment.”
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
Alvimedica
develops minimally-invasive technologies for medical professionals
looking for the next level of innovation in the operating room. The
fast growing Europe based company has high ambitions as a challenger
in the interventional cardiology field, with products to rival the
long established North American market leaders.
Team Alvimedica. Image copyright Gilles Martin-Raget/Team Alvimedica
