Amer Sports Too plans to make Volvo start line

by Nuator Swan media on 11 May 2002 Plans are now been finalised for getting Amer Sports Too to the start line
at La Rochelle by May 25. The yacht will be unloaded from the ship at
Liverpool on May 14, the day the ship arrives from Halifax, Canada. It
will be trans-shipped to
Southampton in South England then motor to the Camper and Nicholson
boatyard
at Gosport. It is due at the yard on May 16.

By this time the new mast, which has been in storage at the Camper and
Nicholson's yard, will have been prepared for stepping on May 17. The
Nautor
Challenge Team is assembling in Gosport at the weekend.

Skipper Lisa MCdonald says she's confident the work can be done in time
and
the yacht prepared for the delivery voyage. 'The crew is on fire -
absolutely determined to get to the start in excellent shape. We expect it
will take four days to sail to La Rochelle, giving us an eta of May 22.
The
full race crew will be on board for the delivery.'

Lisa and shore manager Hervé Le Quilliec are now working on the final
details to ensure Amer Sports Too will be on the starting line for leg
eight of the Volvo Ocean Race.

The Nautor Challenge campaign:

Nautor Challenge is campaigning two boats in the Volvo Ocean Race –
Amer
Sports One skippered by Grant Dalton and Amer Sports Too, skippered by
Lisa
McDonald. Nautor Challenge is a member of Nautor’s Swan, builder of
the
renowned Swan yachts. A Swan 65, Sayula II, won the first Whitbread Round
the World Race in 1973-74.

Partners:

Amer Sports, a leading worldwide supplier of sports equipment with
global brands such as Wilson (racquet sports, golf, team sports), Suunto
(outdoor and sports instruments) and Atomic (winter sports equipment).

UBS, a global investment services firm headquartered in Switzerland. UBS
employs 70,000 people in 50 countries and has more than 7 million
clients. In world markets, the Group has a leading position in private
banking, asset management, investment banking and private equity. UBS is
the
world's largest asset manager and among the 10 largest banks in the world.

The Nautor Challenge yachts are racing under the burgees of Yacht
Club Costa Smeralda, Italy and Nylandska Jaktklubben (NJK), Helsinki,
Finland.