Q&A with Fraser Brown

POSITION ON BOAT: Traveller/Mainsheet

AGE: 34

PLACE OF BIRTH: New Zealand

NATIONALITY: Kiwi!

CURRENT HOME TOWN: Cowes, Isle of Wight

HEIGHT: 1.76 m

WEIGHT: 80Kg

HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN SAILING: 25

NICKNAME: Brown Dog

1) FIRST SAILING MOMENT/WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO SAIL: In a Sea Bird dinghy small pond in Napier, Hawkes Bay.

2) MOST EXTREME SAILING EXPERIENCE?: The Jules Verne

3) WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?: Haven’t grown up yet.

4) IF YOU HADN'T BECOME A SAILOR WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?: Porn star

5) MY WORST MOMENT (SAILING): second leg of the Volvo race 05/06

6) MY BEST MOMENT (SAILING): Doing 44knots on a 110ft Catamaran during the 24hr record.

7) FAVOURITE FOOD: Lasagne at the Pier View

8) FIVE THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE?:
1) Get Married
2) Go to Antarctica/Arctic/Alaska
3) Do the Etape stage of the Tour De France.
4) Try and enjoy some cruising on a boat at some stage
5) Own a ski Chalet

9) WHAT IS YOUR WORST HABIT: Being to honest.

10) THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER:
1) Quiet
2) Ambitious
3) Reliable

11) WHATS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?: Failing to do something I said I would do.

12) FAVOURTIE BOAT YOU HAVE RACED ON?: 12ft skiff

13) FAVOURITE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND WHY?: New Zealand because it’s just far enough away.

14) INSHORE OR OFFSHORE?: Inshore now

15) GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD?: U2

16) FAVOURITE SPORTING IDOL? (NON SAILING): Women tennis players