My life in your hands - skipper and crew allocated

Pleased to meet you Chris.

What a responsibility. What an adventure. What a journey we are going to experience together.

I am looking forward to meeting you in person and looking directly at the face of the man who will have my life in his hands for a year from the 1st of September on this race around the world!
But don't worry, I'll take ownership to fully share this responsibility.

Read more about Chris Hollis, our 33 year old Sydney based skipper, who have participated in two editions of the famous Sydney-Hobart Race, which include two podium finishes.

No pressure, but I hope you realise that a few of us round-the-worlders on the crew have already decided that we want to win. I heard from a very reliable source that many have already bet on you to lead the winning team of the Clipper 13/14 race - good! ;-)

Apart from that, I hope you are prepared with a lot of patience and good sense of humour. I am convinced that you will need plenty of that to deal with a mostly novice racing crew. Like most of the others I still can't comfortably tie a bowline, but I get excited by stormy seas, and I am a very willing learner. We'll start the race a bit clumsy and uncoordinated, but I'm sure after 40,000 sea miles we'll handle that boat like seasoned athletes on an Olympic sailing team.

Thanks for being so brave, and for your confidence in us. This is going to be epic! I can't wait!