Our Yacht
Azzam - which is Arabic for determination - is a new 65-foot carbon racing yacht in which ADOR will contest the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, led by British double Olympic silver medallist Ian Walker.
Unlike in previous race editions, where each team custom designed and built their own yachts, the 2014-15 teams are racing identical ‘one-design’ Volvo Ocean 65 yachts. The new design has some clever new features which make her an ocean-going flying machine, as our skipper and our Emirati star Adil Khalid explain...