![]() Hannah Brewis (26, Grantham) has sailed competitively since her school years and completed the re-started Clipper 2019-20 Race as a First Mate, and Ineke Van Der Weijden (49, The Netherlands), completed the Clipper 2017-18 Race as a crew member, before going on to be AQP on WTC Logistics for the second half of the last edition. ![]() ![]() Having impressed the Clipper Race Officials with their growth and racing expertise, six of the eleven Skippers selected were AQPs (Additional Qualified Person, also known as First Mates) in the 2019-20 edition. Huge conditions on the Clipper 2019-20 Race - photo © Clipper Raceīecoming a Clipper Race Skipper is one of the highest accolades in professional sailing, and certainly one of the toughest jobs, as Race Skippers not only need the expertise to race across an ocean safely, but must possess the right combination of mentorship, coaching and people management skills to create a team of ocean racers from a group of diverse non-professional sailors. ![]()
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