Two more crew for Amer Sport Too

"Katie brings lot of experience to Nautor Challenge. She has vital skills: sail development and trimming. In this area she is the most experienced woman I know. She sailed on EF Education in the last Whitbread race (the predecessor of the Volvo Ocean Race) and has also taken part in two challenges for the America's Cup - America True in Auckland in 1999 - 2000 and America3 in San Diego in 1994-95. Katie will run the sail program and also be a watch leader when racing. Katie will set up the boat and develop sails to capitalise on its performance potential. Katie's racing experience also includes top-level regattas in many parts of the world, the classic Sydney-Hobart race and the Tour de France la Voile."

Emma Westmacott (UK/AUS)
"Emma has been a professional sailor since 1987 and now has 130,000 ocean miles behind her. She joins Nautor Challenge as a watch leader. Emma is another EF Education veteran and she's a proven all-rounder, capable of pushing a race boat to its limits. It's not an understatement to say Emma is a performance-driven sailor. Since 1996, she has been professionally racing in campaigns such as Royal & Sun Alliance, Tracy Edwards' campaign for the Jules Verne Trophy."

Marie-Claude Heys (FRA/UK)
"Marie-Claude almost has more round the world race experience than the rest of the crew put together. She has had many roles on various campaigns including the second southern ocean leg on board EF Education, sail maker and helm on Heineken in 1993-94, helped to prepare Maiden in 1988/89, shore manager for the French entry Charles Jourdan in 1989-90. In 1985 and '86 she was skipper of female crew for the Tour de France Voile. From 1996 Marie-Claude has been importing J Boats and 1720 Sports boats to the UK and she has also has been racing on J/105s, J/92s and J/80s.That's a wealth of experience and as navigator she will bring welcome skills to the Nautor Challenge afterguard."

Keryn Henderson (NZL)
"Keryn sailed with us on EF Education and she will be a great asset on board Nautor Challenge, not only for her sailing skills but also for her sense of humour. And I'm sure we'll need that before we finish the Volvo. Keryn is a good, solid crew member, unflappable, with wide experience inshore and offshore. She's also a registered nurse, a skill we hope we won't need. She is a four-time winner of the New Zealand Women's National Keelboat Championships, won the Australian Women's national match racing championship in 2000, has sailed in the Sydney-Hobart race, the Auckland - Noumea race and she was onboard the first monohull in the 1999 Fastnet."

Anna Drougge (SWE)
"Anna is a full-time sailor with loads of practical experience on the technical side of sails and sail trimming who always gets on with the job. Anna is another crew member with experience on EF Education. Since then she has been match racing. In 1999 she won the Swedish Women's National Match Racing Championships. For the past three years she has been sailing on a 60ft trimaran. Since summer 1999 Anna has been working as trimmer, co-skipper and skipper on board the trimaran Toshiba which won this year's Round Gotland Race."

Bridget Suckling (NZL)
"Bridget is a tough little Kiwi who just loves being on the bow. She knows the job so well, she's brilliant at it. She tackles everything with total enthusiasm and has no worries about going up the mast in any conditions. I know she will be a good coach to future foredeck crew. We sailed round the world on EF Education and she sailed the Fastnet in 1997, Round Gotland Race and NZ Coastal Classic 1996, 1998. Bridget was first in both the 2001 NZ Women's National Match Racing Championships and the 2000 Australian National Women's Match racing Championships."

The Shore crew
Shore Manager - Howard Gibbons, GBR
Fitness - Ben Sheenan, NZL
Meteorologist - Roger Badham, AUS
Assistant meteorologist - Lage Larsson, SWE
Boats Manager - Ilan Greatz, ITA
Boat builder - Chris Gray, NZL
Electronics - Sean Healey USA
Sailmaker - Gerry Moosbrugger, AUT
Food, chef, nutrition - Eloise D´Accardi, ITA
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