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CONRAD HUMPHREYS - BIOGRAPHY
Age: 34
Status: Married to Vikki and has one daughter
Occupation: Professional Ocean Sailor and Managing Director of CHR Ltd.
Live: Plymouth, Devon
Sailing History: 1989-90 Cadet World Championships. Won the 1989 junior world championships and was a member of the winning British Team in 1990.
1993-04 Whitbread Round the World Race. Debut into full-time ocean racing as the youngest crew member onboard Odessa 200.
1994-97 University of Plymouth, BSc Ocean Science and Meteorology,
1997 World Student Yachting Championships . Lead a team to the National title and to 4th place at the World Championships in Marseilles.
2000-01 BT Global Challenge - Skipper LG FLATRON, Overall Race Winner and youngest Skipper to win the race in its history.
2003 Transat Jacques Vabre . Overall Winner Class 2 - Skipper with Paul Larsen onboard the Open 50 HELLOMOTO, sponsored by Motorola.
2004 Solo Transatlantic Race - The Transat (formerly the OSTAR) Debut solo Open 60 Race, finished 5th overall in the Open 60 HELLOMOTO, sponsored by Motorola.
2004-05 Vendée Globe , finished 7th overall, solo, non-stop round the world yacht race in Open 60 HELLOMOTO, sponsored by Motorola.
2005 IMOCA World Championships, 6th Overall
2005-06 Volvo Extreme 40 Grand Prix Series, 3rd Overall - inshore grand prix team event across 5 countries (Spain, Brazil, US, UK and Netherlands) - sponsored by Motorola
2007 Competed in the Calais Round Britain Race onboard Cheminees Poujoulat II with Swiss Ocean Sailor, Bernard Stamm, were we came 9th overall.
Sponsors: Navico - www.navico.com, Disc Manufacturing Services - www.discmanufacturingservices.com, Corum - www.corum.ch & Musto - www.musto.com.
RYAN CRAWFORD - BIOGRAPHY
Age: 22
Height:
Weight: 67Kg
Status: Single
Occupation: Professional Sailor
Live: Penzance, Cornwall
Sailing History: Sailed small cats since 2002 in Hobie 16s.
3rd UK Nationals 2004
2nd Travemunde week 2004
11th Carnac 2005 out of 144 boats
Tornado Sport 2006 season, 3rd UK boat at Nationals
Hurricane 5.9 National Champions 2006
2007 season formula 18 with Hugh Styles coming 5th at Eurocat
6th at premier edition of raide bleu regatta and winning the Dutch Open championships
Just returned from the F18 European Champs, where we were 2nd overall
Sponsors: Navico - www.navico.com, Disc Manufacturing Services - www.discmanufacturingservices.com, Corum - www.corum.ch & Musto - www.musto.com.