2008

The admitted crew will be smaller, instead of the 11 people who admitted of average in the 60 feet, new VO 70 are limited nine crew if all are men, will admit 10 crew if 5 are women and 11 if all the crew are women

   LANDLORD: she is the top person in charge of the boat. One is in charge of the motivation of the equipment, makes the decisions at the difficult moments having the last word. Representative of the expensive equipment to the public is placed in the back part of the boat. Aid in workings of helmsman, navigator or captain of monitoring taking care of the tactical and strategic part.

   NAVIGATOR: one is in charge of the electronic instruments, pending of the meteorological conditionses.

   FORWARD: person in charge of the prow candles: to elevate, to lower and to control. He is placed in the front part of the boat, is the eyes of the boat, kind to the distances. Its function is active exposing itself to the elements.

   HELMSMAN: he is the one that takes the rudder. He must be in continuous contact with the enemy with all the crew to be able to act quickly. Its work in the exits is very important, will have to find the space and to secure a good position in exit that favors the rest of the sleeve.

   TRIMMER: person in charge of the settings of the prow candles. He will decide the navigation strategy: more fitted or of traverse.

   WATCH CAPTAIN: person in charge of which one takes to the practices the instructions of the landlord. It will watch that the crew is in her position, motivated and in good physical training conditionses, one will be in charge to rotate the different positions. Person in charge of the maintenance of the boat.

Crew of 10ª edition - 2.008/2.009

   1. ERICSSON RACING TEAM INTERNATIONAL - 1 - Sweden

Torben Grael	Jules Salter	Brad Jackson	David Endean	Stuart Bannatyne
Skipper	Navigator
Joao Signorini	Ryan Godfrey	Horacio Carabelli	Phil Jameson	Tony Mutter

    2. ERICSSON RACING TEAM NORDIC - 3 - Sweden

Anders Lewander	Aksel Magdahl	Magnus Olsson	Richard Mason	Martin Stomberg
Skipper	Navigator
Thomas Johanson	Martin Krite	Anders Dahlsjo	Stefan Myralf	Jens Dolmer

    3. PUMA OCEAN RACING - THE USA

Ken Read	Andrew Cape	Chris Nicholson	Sidney Gavignet	Jerry Kirby
Skipper	Navigator
Casey Smith	Jonathan McKee	Justin Ferris	Michi Mueller	Rick Deppe
Rob Salthouse

    4. TELEPHONE BLUE - Spain

Bouwe Bekking	Simón Fisher	Iker Martinez	Xavier Fdez Gaztañaga	Jordi Calafat
Skipper Team	Navigator	Landlord	Trimmer Cane	Trimmer Cane
Pablo Arrarte	Laurent Pages	Jonathan Swain	Pepe Ribes	Daryl Wislang
Trimmer	Head of Guard	Head of Guard	Prow	Prow
Pedro Fields
Chief of a main directorate

    5. TELEPHONE BLACK - Spain

Fernando Echávarri	Roger Nilson	David Side	Antonio Mons Crows	Javier of the Place
Skipper	Navigator	Piano	Piano	Trimmer Cane
Gonzalo Araujo	Jaime Arbones	Michael Pammenter	Maciel “Cicho” Cicchetti	Santiago Lange
Head of Guard	Prow	Prow	Trimmer Cane	Head of Guard
Pedro Fields
Chief of a main directorate

    6. TEAM RUSSIA - Russia

Andreas Hanakamp	Wouter Verbraak	Guillermo Altadill	Stig Westergaard	Rodion Luke
Skipper	Navigator	Watch Captain	Watch Captain	Helmsman
Vladimir Kulinichenko	Oleg Zherebtsov	Michael Woods	Tim Dean	Andrea Moegling
Sailmaker	Bowman & Pit	Director RACE Operations	Project Manager	Operations Manager

    7. GREEN DRAGOON TEAM - China/Ireland

Ian Walker	Ian Moore	Damian Foxall	Neal McDonald	Justin Slattery
Skipper	Navigator
Tom Braidwood	Andrew McLean	Phil Harmer	Scott Miller	Freddie Shanks
Anthony Merrington