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For me this is a great opportunity, and I couldn’t wait to get back to Lanzarote and join the training program. I hope that my Mini Transat experience will stand me in good stead and it is great to be sailing with such a strong team of women

Justine Mettraux

This is definitely really exciting. I feel that we have an incredible opportunity here to compete on an equal level with the other teams in this race. There are only nine months left to the start, so we are really now on the home straight and have everything to train and play for

Sally Barkow

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SCA Announces New Crew For All-Female Team

Wed, Jan 08, 2014 13:00 CET

SCA has today confirmed that Sally Barkow (USA) and Justine Mettraux (SUI) will be joining the all-female team for the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race.Both sailors come with a strong pedigree and join a growing squad of international sailing champions. Team SCA crew to date includes Carolijn Brouwer (NED); Sam Davies, Abby Ehler, and Annie Lush (GBR), and Liz Wardley, Sophie Ciszek and Stacey Jackson (AUS). From hundreds of applications some 35 women have been invited to take part in month-long trials at the team’s base in Lanzarote, Spain. Each candidate has to go through a rigorous training

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SCA Announces New Crew For All-Female Team