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Road to Gold Q&A Call with Chris Brooks, winning Clipper Race skipper

by Andy Rice 24 Feb 2023 18:00 GMT 27 February 2023
Road to Gold: Q&A Call with Chris Brooks © Road to Gold

Monday, 27 February, 1900 hours UTC: TOPIC - How to create a Cohesive Crew...

Chris Brooks is the winning skipper from the most recent edition of the Clipper Race which finished last year. The 36-year-old British sailor grew up in the east of England crewing on whatever boat he could get his hands on, and 10 years ago completed a solo circumnavigation of the UK on an F18 catamaran.

His attention to detail and passion for tight teamwork were at the core of his success in guiding his team, Qingdao, to victory aboard the Clipper 70 race yacht.

Having already taught and coached thousands of people in sailing, Chris is a firm believer that with the right amount of effort and application, people can achieve anything. He enjoys watching his crew grow in confidence, skill and ability.

Most of us have the luxury of choosing who we sail with. The Clipper Round the World Race doesn't work like that. So Road To Gold is really interested in asking Chris how you create a cohesive team, especially when every Clipper skipper is given no choice about the group of amateur sailors they're expected to lead safely around the world.

Join Road To Gold for a free Zoom call and a 60-minute Q&A session with Chris to learn how to apply his hard-earned experience to your own sailing ventures.

QUESTIONS? SEIZE THE MOMENT!

Road To Gold Q&A calls are free to join live, and offer a rare opportunity to speak directly with some of the best sailors in the world. If you've got questions about training, teamwork, attitude, technical challenges, anything related to making your boat go faster, join these calls live. Road To Gold's Andy Rice and Hamish Willcox will be fielding live questions throughout each 60-minute session.

HERE'S THE LINK FOR THE Q&A CALL WITH CHRIS BROOKS

Join Zoom Meeting with Chris Brooks
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Meeting ID: 834 9168 2634
Passcode: 571877

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It's free the join the call Live, but if you can't make it live you can get downloadable recordings of this session and other Road To Gold Q&As by following the link below and subscribing to the calls at a very favourable rate:

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What is Road To Gold?

In late 2020, Road To Gold started out as a 12-step online programme on how to put together a world-class sailboat racing campaign. Created by one of the world's most renowned sailing coaches, Hamish Willcox, and experienced sailing journalist and commentator Andy Rice, Road To Gold has established itself in the marketplace as the go-to source of proven expertise for developing your racing skills. It has grown into a worldwide community of competitive sailors of all kinds of ability, ranging from weekend club racers to world champions and Olympic medallists.

For more about the 12-step blueprint for a World Class Campaign: www.roadtogold.net

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