July 17, 2009

What Happened After Russia?

The PUMA Ocean Racing team finished the Volvo Ocean Race on June 27th. The arrival into St. Petersburg was amazing and to finish in second place overall was a great accomplishment for our team.

So what happened after Russia? On Monday, just three days after the arrival, a few sailing crew, mixed with shore team members delivered il mostro back to Stockholm, where she is taking a little rest.

Shore team nipper Nick Dana was on the trip and served as our delivery media crew member. There are quite a few photos which document the trip and they'll be posted in a five part series over the next few day.

Delivery Crew List:

Neil Cox (shore team manager)
Sean Healey (shore team- electronics, delivery navigator)
Will Van Cleef (shore team- chief rigger)
Nick Dana (shore team- nipper, delivery media crew member)
Casey Smith (bowman, boat captain, went around Cape Horn naked...)
Rob Salthouse (trimmer, driver)
Michi Mueller (bowman, went around the world without cutting his ponytail off)