Victory Challenge recruits two more sailors

[Source: Victory Challenge] A mere four days after the recruitment of three new sailors, the Swedish America's Cup challenger announced that an additional two have joined the team in Valencia. They both have previous experience of the America’s Cup. Additionally, they won the most recent round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race with ABN AMRO ONE.

The New Zealanders, David Endean, 27, and Tony Mutter, 37, are two of Victory Challenge’s new sailors as the team begin their two-boat training.

“They both have a lot of experience, both from the America’s Cup and a number of round-the-world races, where winning the last Volvo Ocean Race is a real triumph. Also, they both have important specialist skills for our continuing development work, David as boat builder and Tony as sailmaker,” says Magnus HolmbergHelmsman and skipper of Victory Challenge

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David Endean was the youngest sailor on board ABN AMRO ONE, which won the Volvo Ocean Race in convincing fashion. It doesn’t mean that he lacks experience. That was his second round-the-world race. He sailed with Team TYCO during the 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race. He was also part of the American One World Challenge during the America’s Cup in Auckland, 2002-2003. David Endean’s position in Victory Challenge: pitman

Tony Mutter did his third round-the-world race when he won with ABN AMRO ONE. He sailed with Swedish Match in the predecessor to the Volvo Ocean Race, the Whitbread Round the World Race, in 1997-1998 and with SEB in 2000-2001. He was a member of the American America’s Cup team Abracadabra, during the America’s Cup in Auckland, 1999-2000. Tony Mutter was New Zealand champion in OK Dinghy in 1989, 1991 and 2000. He has known Victory Challenge since Auckland. He stepped in as trimmer in 2002 when Lars Linger was injured and it is as trimmer that he has now joined.

Therefore there are now five ABN AMRO sailors with Victory Challenge. The other three are Simon Fisher, Andrew Lewis and Luke Molloy, who all sailed with ABN AMRO TWO. They are all part of the recruitment of new sailors ahead of the two-boat training that will soon begin.