VOR: Ericsson ring the changes – again

Neal McDonald returns to the position he was ousted from in Rio, taking back the role of skipper from John Kostecki, who returns to his TP 52 campaign, while Steve Hayles makes his long expected departure, resigning from the team and opening up a vacancy for 1998 winning navigator Mark Rudiger. Barney Walker, who sailed the first two legs of the race for Brunel, becomes watch captain and American Ken Read takes Ross Halcrow