Crew line-ups

Old sea dogs brought on board for leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race

There are some noticeable crew changes as the clock ticks down to Monday's start of the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06.

Brasil 1 has taken on two very experienced ocean adventurers for the next leg. Marcel van Trieste (NED) replaces Adrienne Cahalan (AUS) as the navigator and had his first outing on the boat for the in-port race on Boxing Day. Van Trieste brings a wealth of experience to the boat and with three Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Races under his belt he beefs up the ocean experience onboard.

Former Innovations Kvaerner and djuice skipper Norwegian Knut Frostad also joins the Brasil 1 crew for the Southern Ocean legs. Another three times round the world sailor, competing twice alongside Van Triest, Frostad comes onboard as one of the watch captains replacing Horacio Carabelli (BRA) who will remain ashore for this leg.

ABN AMRO One, the lead boat in the Volvo Ocean Race, also sees a crew replacement with British sailor Brian Thompson standing in for an injured Mark Christensen (NZ), who sustained an arm and wrist injury while training in Spain. Thompson is no stranger to the Southern Ocean or sailing around the world having seen victory earlier this year in the non-stop Oryx Quest, aboard a maxi-catamaran. Added to this, Thompson has a wealth of experience in Open 60s and 60ft trimarans.

Other changes include the addition of three times Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Race sailor Matt Humphries to the crew of the newly named ING Real Estate Brunel (formerly Sunergy and Friends). British sailor Humphries will replace Campbell Field (NZ) as the navigator onboard the Australian entry while Gareth Cooke (NZ) replaces Graeme Taylor.

The final two crew changes are within Ericsson Racing Team and Pirates of the Caribbean; Irish sailor Damien Foxall, who competed on board Tyco in the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race, has replaced Tony Kolb (GER) on Ericsson and Anthony Merrington (AUS) replaces Olympic bronze medallist Freddie Loof on The Black Pearl.

Movistar and ABN AMRO TWO are the only two boats not to have made any crew changes on leg two.

While most people recover from their New Year’s over indulgence the crews of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06 will be enjoying their last fresh nutritional meals, final cold beer and warm bed before heading out into the Southern Ocean on Monday 2 January for one of the most challenging and gruelling legs of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Leg two gets underway at 13 00 in Table Bay.

Crew lists for Leg Two
(Cape Town – Melbourne 6,100nm)

ABN AMRO ONE
Mike Sanderson (NZ) – Skipper
Stan Honey (USA) – Navigator
Brad Jackson (NZ)
Brian Thompson (GBR) [replaces Mark Christensen (NZ)]
Tony Mutter (NZ)
Sidney Gavignet (FRA)
David Endean (NZ)
Jan Dekker (RSA)
Robert Greenhalgh (GBR)
Justin Slattery (IRL)

ABN AMRO TWO
Sebastien Josse (FRA) – Skipper
Simon Fisher (GBR) – Navigator
Andrew Lewis (USA)
George Peet (USA)
Gerd Jan Poortman (NED)
Hans Horrevoets (NED)
Luke Molloy (AUS)
Nick Bice (AUS)
Scott Beavis (NZ)
Simeon Tienpont (NED)

Brasil 1
Torben Grael (BRA) – Skipper
Marcel Van Trieste (NED) – Navigator [replaces Adrienne Cahalan (AUS)]
André Fonseca (BRA)
Andy Meiklejohn (NZ)
Henrique Pellicano (BRA)
João Signorini (BRA)
Marcelo Ferreira (BRA)
Roberto Bermudez (ESP)
Stuart Wilson (NZ)
Knut Frostad (NOR) [replaces Horacio Carabelli (BRA)]

Ericsson Racing Team
Neal McDonald (GBR) – Skipper
Steven Hayles (GBR) – Navigator
Damien Foxall (IRL) [replaces Anton Kolb (GER)]
David Rolfe (NZ)
Guillermo Altadill (ESP)
Jason Carrington (GBR)
Magnus Woxen (SWE)
Richard Mason (NZ)
Thomas Braidwood (AUS)
Timothy Powell (GBR)

ING Real Estate Brunel
Grant Wharington (AUS) – Skipper
Matthew Humphries (GBR) – Navigator [replaces Campbell Field (NZ)]
Gareth Cooke (NZ) [replaces Graeme Taylor (AUS)]
Ian Walker (AUS)
Jeffery Scott (NZ)
Mark Bartlett (GBR)
Fraser Brown (NZ)
Adam Hawkins (AUS)
Mark Fullerton (AUS)
Ben Jones (AUS)

movistar
Bouwe Bekking (NED) – Skipper
Andrew Cape (AUS) – Navigator
Chris Nicholson (AUS)
Jonathan Swain (USA)
Mike Joubert (RSA)
Noel Drennan (IRL)
Pepe Ribes (ESP)
Peter Doriean (AUS)
Stu Bannatyne (NZ)
Xabier Fernandez (ESP)
Pirates of the Caribbean

Paul Cayard (USA) – Skipper
Jules Salter (GBR) – Navigator
Craig Satterthwaite (NZ)
Curtis Blewett (CAN)
Erle William (NZ)
Anthony Merrington (AUS) [replaces Fredrik Loof (SWE)]
Justin Clougher (AUS)
Justin Ferris (NZ)
Rodney Ardern (NZ)
Dirk de Ridder (NED)