| Age | 40 (5/7/81) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | |
| Joined Imoca on | 2019 |
| Team | Offshore Team Germany |
| Base | Berlin |
| Partners | Helly Hansen, Oralfol, Liros, End Armaturen, Kiel Sailing City, Deutscher Segler-Verband |
Starboat world champion Robert Stanjek, born in 1981, is one of Germany’s most successful sailors.
He has won numerous national and international titles and landed sixth place at the 2012 Olympic Games (Star). The young skipper first gained recognition when he won the Fastnet Race in 2013. One year later, Stanjek completed his training for the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race with the Dutch “Team Brunel”. Shortly thereafter, German sailing legend Jochen Schümann nominated Stanjek as helmsman of the 30-meter-long maxi yacht “Esimit Europa 2”. In 2015, Stanjek won the Fastnet Race for the second time at the helm of the Mini-Maxi “Momo”.
| Name | OFFSHORE TEAM GERMANY |
|---|---|
| Sail number | GER 21 |
| Architect | Owen Clarke Design |
| Construction | 2011, Southern Ocean Marine |
| Former names | Acciona, Acciona 100% Ecopowered |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,85 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 8 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Classic mast |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 330 m² |
| Downwind | 620 m² |
In the end it came down to the wire, as the podium in the IMOCA Class in the inaugural staging of The Ocean Race Europe was settled by just one boatlength in favour of Offshore Team Germany.
•••The celebrations are still on hold because the final podium has yet to be decided in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe, but Robert Stanjek’s Offshore Team Germany crew have one hand on the trophy after a mas…
•••It’s a tense time for the sailors in The Ocean Race Europe as they close in on the finish line with final hurdles ahead.
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