SEAN REGAN (NZL)|
| | Nomination |
Capsize your boat
(brutally) one day and
win the next (OK, the
day after but the boat
was ready). The head
of Emirates Team New Zealand shore
operations, Regan led his team in
a typically calm and quiet but still
monumental rebuild of the team’s
single ACC raceboat following their
pitchpole racing Ben Ainslie in the
qualifying rounds. In fact, the broken
carbon was not the biggest problem;
try soaking the most complex (and
effective) control systems in the fleet
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| Why they won |
| An unprecedented vote for the man who led the rebuild of the
America’s Cup challenger after her capsize (plenty of votes too for
Transat winner Andrea Mura). ‘Sean Regan (Dad) worked for days
on end without breaks in order to run ETNZ’s shore operations.
He has put all his blood sweat and tears into Emirates Team New
Zealand and it paid off. The team simply wouldn’t be able to get
by if it wasn’t for all of the work, leadership, pride, time, support
and many more things Dad gives to the team’ – Hailey Regan. |
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