Off Watch. Conversation with Tony Rae

Tony Rae has an incredible resume by any standards he s competed in The Ocean Race five times, winning twice, and sailed in The America s Cup seven times. He s also carried the heavy responsibility one being one of the race s trustworthy onboard medics. In this extensive interview Tony relives hitting a reef aboard Team Vestas Wind in 2014, we learn the secrets to good leadership, why New Zealand produces so many topclass sailors and he tells us a littleknown secret about fellow Kiwi sailing legend Grant Dalton.