Lucas Chapman

🇦🇺 Ocean sailor. Surf. Windsurf. Kitesurf. Engineer.
Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 #TurnTheTideOnPlastic

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

🎥 The night before the final leg of the 2017-18 @volvooceanrace begins, @LucasVChapman looks at what's still to play for in #Leg11 and what he's learned during the race.
#VolvoOceanRace #TurnTheTideOnPlastic
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[The Ocean Race @theoceanrace]

.@LucasVChapman @TurnTidePlastic is at the top of the mast looking wind #Leg10 #VolvoOceanRace

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

Sometimes you've just gotta let your hair down and have a good night out with your buddies 🤪 Well, that's just what the team did and now they are all feeling a under the weather 😉
#VolvoOceanRace #Leg9 #TurnTheTideOnPlastic
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[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

🎵 Surfing away from U.S.A. 🇺🇸
@LucasVChapman uses his surfing feel to catch the waves across the Atlantic 🌊 #Leg9 #VolvoOceanRace #TurnTheTideOnPlastic

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

🎥 WAVES KNOCKS LUCAS OFF THE WHEEL! 😮
Fresh onboard footage of Lucas Chapman getting knocked off the wheel in extreme conditions! 🌊 #Leg9
#TurnTheTideOnPlastic #VolvoOceanRace

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

📝 Team Blog • 5th May 2018 ⛵️
"So, strange things can happen today as we enter the area defining the Bermuda Triangle. It is also @LucasVChapman's birthday today so there has been a slight sugar rush as we all helped him consume his edible presents!" 🤓 Read blog in full 👇

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

Happy birthday to youngest crew member @LucasVChapman who is celebrating his birthday at sea for a 2nd time 🎂. Watch as he is treated to video messages from home. We hope that Lucas' birthday wish for a podium finish in Newport comes to fruition. @volvooceanrace #VolvoOceanRace

[Dee Caffari MBE @deecaffari]

Just woken the birthday ???? boy up for his watch with edible ???? . ???? @lucasvchapman #OceanHero

[Lucas Chapman @LucasVChapman]

Another year older, none the wiser! Some bday treats from the crew onboard. We have also just entered the Bermunda Triangle! Hopefully we do

[Dee Caffari MBE @deecaffari]

When the boy band come on deck, they just can't decide what to wear. Is it all or nothing? Could be the title of their new album! #OceanHero

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

Cool, calm and collected 😎
Get to know our Aussie young gun @LucasVChapman 🇦🇺
(some say he's half fish, half human) #aquaman
#TurnTheTideOnPlastic #VolvoOceanRace
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[Lucas Chapman @LucasVChapman]

Another one of the interesting things we see at sea. We passed a bunch of oil platforms a few days ago. At night they light up the sky for m

[The Ocean Race @theoceanrace]

Go behind-the-scenes as @turntideplastic and @vestas11thhour sailors get stuck into the surf competition and beach clean in Itajaí 👇

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

SURF’S UP! 🏄‍♂️
Turn the Tide on Plastic joined Eco Surf Brazil to catch some waves and clean-up local beach, Praia da Atalaia in #Itajai 🇧🇷
Be an #OceanHero and take the #CleanSeas Pledge @UNEnvironment
📸 Pedro Martinez / @volvooceanrace
#TurnTheTideOnPlastic #CleanSeas

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

🤢Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there! ☝️ At least 51 trillion microplastic particles are already in our oceans 🌊 harming over 600 species! 😰. Be an #OceanHero and #PassOnPlastic 🚯 👊 💙 #TurntheTideonPlastic #CleanSeas #BeachClean

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

☝️"We've got a big job on our hands" @deecaffari @volvooceanrace #EcoSurfBrazil #BeachClean #TurntheTideonPlastic #OceanHero

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

#TurntheTideonPlastic @LucasVChapman and Bleddyn Mon going surfing on recycled plastic surfboards with #EcoSurfBrazil @volvooceanrace #Itajai #OceanHero #CleanSeas

[Lucas Chapman @LucasVChapman]

Slowly but surely wrapping up leg 7. Enjoying one of our final sunrises and another day of champagne sailing!

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

📝 OBR Blog・April 5th ⛵️
"Spirits are light. So much so that at one point in the day the crew decided to try and write a romantic sea poem to pass the time. Here's what they came up with..."
Read the sailor's poem in full 👇
Blog✏️ @_samgreenfield_ @volvooceanrace

[TurnTheTideOnPlastic @TurnTidePlastic]

Our Cape Horn Toast

"To the first timers, to the old timers, to those that have gone before and those that will follow after and to those who have not made it, never to be forgotten. Thank you Neptune."

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