volunteers

Volunteers

"The backbone of Earthrace has been an army of volunteers who selflessly dedicate days, weeks, months, and in some cases years of their lives to make this project happen.  These people are legends. Their amazing efforts have turned Earthrace into the wonderful project it is. ". Pete Bethune, skipper, Earthrace

refit / aus tour / antarctica crew wanted

How would you like to crew on board the world's coolest boat?  If you are energetic, like meeting new people, have a good attitude and can handle sleeping in a bunk for a while, then email us here and put your name down.  Our immediate requirement is for volunteers to assist in the refit, and all get the chance to then crew on one or more voyages once Earthrace is back in the water.  We're also on the lookout for crew to head down to Antarctica and hassle the Japanese.  You must be physically and mentally tough, enjoy challenges, and be prepared for some brutal days at sea for this.  So only apply if really think you have what it takes. 

Earthrace pays for food and accomodation, but not cigarettes, alcohol, or mobile phones.  It also doesn't cover your travel costs in meeting up with us or after you leave.  Most volunteers however come away from Earthrace having spent little of their own money, and with some amazing adventures and new friends.  We have the Aus tour (Nov 09), Antarctica (Dec 09 - ?), and then who knows where we'll be going.

past volunteers

A:  Steve Adams – Auckland – NZ, Ken Alchin – Auckland, NZ, Riaan Alers – Cape Town, South Africa, John Allen – Matamata, NZ, Tim Arnold – Scotland, Sven Aerts- Belgium, John E. Atkinson Esq, Big Al Anderson - New Zealand

B:  Carlos Baez – San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mathew Besler – Chicago, IL, USA, Rid Bestwick - Vancouver, Canada, Bazza Bethune – Riverton, NZ, Sharyn Bethune – Auckland, NZ, Danielle Bethune – Auckland, NZ, Alex Blakeley - New Zealand, Alycia Bethune – Auckland, NZ, Graham Bethune – Auckland, NZ
Mark Blackham – Wellington, NZ, Bruce Blackwell - Mississippi, USA, Michelle Bond-Ewart – Hamilton, NZ, Alain Brideson (Buddha) – Auckland, NZ, Deni Brideson – Auckland, NZ, Gregg Brideson – Auckland, NZ, Toby Brocklehurst – Panama City, Panama, Tom Brooks – Opotiki, New Zealand, Harvey Brunt, Auckland, NZ, Jim Burkett – Tampa, FL, USA, Matthew Butler – Houston, TX, USA, Mia Bodet – France, Alain Brideson - New Zealand, Ali Bradshaw – UK. Madlaina Bern - NZ

C:  Commandante Castro, Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; James Cato – Auckland, NZ; Leo Chan – Baltimore, MD, USA Sheila Chandor, San Francisco, CA, USA Ryan Christiansen – San Juan, Puerto Rico Andy Christman – San Diego, CA, USA Martin Conway - UK Chris Coppin – Gisborn, NZ Andy Tim Costar – Auckland, NZ Nigel Cusans – Panama City, Adam Carlson – Sweden, Elaine Couper - British Vigin Islands, Fiona Clarke – England, Aude Catry – France, , Jaz Cairncross - New Zealand, Nick Cairncross - New Zealand

D:  Panama Paul Debenham – Tauranga, NZ Jill DeFelice - Delaware, USA Anthony Destifano – Wilmington, NC, USA Jules Dorian – Melbourne, Australia Adrian Erange – Cork, Ireland

E:  Catherine Erasmus – Australia, Fei Fei Ong – Singapore, Pit, Flash and Jason – Philadelphia, USA Paul Ewart – Hamilton, Adrian Erangey – Ireland, Martin Ernst - Germany, Kat Erasmus Australia,

F:  NZ Paul Farrington - Bermuda Scott Fratcher – USA Jefferey Fredenburgh – Bridgetown, Barbados Liza Fredenburgh – Bridgeton, Barbados Norman – Bridgetown, Barbados Andrew Ferguson – Auckland, NZ Terry Froggly – Auckland, New Zealand, Tania Feldzer – France, Guerric Faure – France, Tino de Freitas – Guyana

G:  Vikki Galloway – Mexico City, Mexico Kate Folchert - Seattle, USA Jeff Gibbs – Fort Lauderdaile, FL, USA Carlos Gonzalez – San Juan, Puerto Rico Joe Grabill – South Bend, IN, USA, Peter Faretra – England, Miah Gregory – Scotland, Norman Gregory - Scotland, Matt Greenwood - Aus, Andy Guerin - Ireland

H:  Keren Harris – Wellington, NZ Richard Hemphill – San Juan, Puerto Rico KC Hardin, Panama City, Panama Claire Hardin – Panama City, Panama KC Hardin – Panama City, Panama Glen Harvey – Nelson, NZ Len Herchen – Calgary, Canada Ove Herlogsen – Gothenburg, Sweden Willie Hetaraka – Tekauwhata, NZ Ryan Heron – Wanganui, NZ Jenna Higgins – Jefferson City, MO, USA Harry and Penelope Hill – San Diego, CA, USA Jason Hoar – San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Chad Hock, Wilmington, SC, USA Matthew Houptman – Auckland, NZ Kerry Hourigan - New York, NY, USA Penelope Hill – San Diego, CA, USA, Fred Holland – Ireland, Eddie Hendry – Scotland, Michael Hultman – Sweden, Owen Hall - Aus, Anna Hofgartner - Netherlands

I:  Dima Ivanov – Auckland, NZ,

J:  Bobbo Jetmundsen – Atlanta, GA, USA Joe Jobe – Jefferson City, MO, USA Rob Jones - Vancouver, Canada Tony Jordan – Vancouver, BC, Canada, Oliver Jones - England, Olly Jones - UK

K:  Sean Kelly – Whangamata - NZ Ryan Kiefer – Nebraska, USA John King – Auckland, New Zealand Jennifer Koseklin (Bud chick) – Koror, Palau Harold Kraus – Kansas, USA Barbara Kriz – Opua, NZ Tina Kula – Maalaia, HI, USA Mark Kupsko – Chicago, IL, USA, Rickard Kähler - Sweden, Rosie Kokshoorn - Aus, Jake Kuchlein - NZ

L:  Adrian Lake – Newcastle – Australia, Marcus Lindstein – Sweden, Amanda Lofquist – Sweden, Daniel Lund - UK, Patrick Lynch - Ireland

M:  Peter Maire – Auckland, NZ Marcel Manders – Auckland, NZ Jose J Marti – San Juan, Puerto Rico Tracy Martin – Hamilton, NZ Mike Matthews - UK Molly McCrackin, San Diego, CA, USA John (Cadillac) McDaniel – Miami, FL, USA Bob McDavitt – Auckland, NZ Jeff McDermott – Charleston, SC, USA Geoff McGlashan – Nelson, NZ Sheryl McGlashan – Nelson, NZ Brian Mead – Auckland, NZ Graeme Mead – Hamilton, NZ Ravvi Mikkelsen – Seattle, WA Jeff McDermott – Charleston, SC, USA Patrick Madden – Majuro, Marshall Islands Tom McNicholl – Auckland, NZ Marty Mead – Orcas Islands, WA, USA Pete Milborn – Maui, HI, USA Meghan Murphy – San Francisco, CA, USA Elio Muller - Tampa, FL, USA Tim Murray – Cessnock, NSW, Australia, Liz Monahon – USA, Iris Maertins - Belgium, Stone Meharry - NZ

N:  Joe Nowak – Auckland, NZ

P:  Elizabeth Paradiso – Maui, HI, USA Hedley Pearce – Dunedin, New Zealand Marta Perez – NY, USA David Perez – NY, USA Edgar Perez – San Francisco, CA, USA Chris Peterson – Los Angeles, CA, USA Wade Peyer – Mobile, AL, USA John Plaza - Seattle, USA, Pia Pson – Sweden, Zé Pedro Pires – Portugal, Dan Pollard - UK, Emily Penn - UK, Paul Martin - NZ

R:  Hemi Rau – Hopuhopu, NZ Naren Raju - Singapore Martin Rees – Auckland, NZ Megan Reeves – Auckland, NZ Wayne Renner – Tauranga, NZ Ngapera Riley - New York, NY, USA George Ritchie – Christchurch, NZ Jesse Rhodes – Charleston, SC, USA Roberto Rush – Panama City, Panama, Karolina Romanek – Hungary, Steve Rodriguez - USA , John Rodriguez – USA, George Robson – England, Mark Russell – England, Carl Revine - USA, Mark Richards - Aus

S:  Grant Saar - Vancouver, Canada Ian Sanchez - Charlston, SC, USA Torsten Sandmark – Dunedin, NZ Michael Sarin – Phoenix, AZ, USA Mat Sarin – San Diego, CA, USA, Rae Sarin – San Diego, CA, USA Guy Sheetz – Charleston, SC, USA Mike Schimann – Ontario, Canada Emanual Siedner – Guatemala City, Guatemala Bruce Sharpe - Bermuda Matt Stein, Portland, OR, USA Mich Stein – Portland, OR, USA Pete Stevens – Panama City, Panama Martin Stroud – Auckland, NZ, Sarala Sharma – UK, Oscar Strom – Sweden, Terry Sampson UK, Graeme Sinclair - NZ, Jason Stewart - NZ

T:  Inia Taylor – Auckland, NZ Vivien Teo - Singapore Allison Thompson – USA Charlene Tighe - Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA Glen Tindall – Sydney, Australia Kylie Travers – Auckland, NZ Peter Trezise – Auckland, NZ

V:  Tom Verry – Jefferson City, MO, US Brian Van Buskirk – Portland, OR, USA Heidi van Buskirk, Portland, OR, USA Robert van Gool – San Francisoc, CA, USA Randall von Wedel Colin Walker - UK Peggy West Stap (the Pegster) – Monterrey, CA, USA, Joan Ducati Rocabert Valles – Spain, Esnault Vincent – France, Daniel van Etten - Ireland

W:  Tom Widdle - Portland, OR, USA Steve Wilkinson – Auckland, NZ John Williams - Seattle, USA Ayla Witehira – Whangarei, NZ Barry Woolsey – Auckland, NZ Lance Wordsworth – Auckland, NZ Nicky Wright – Auckland, NZ, Dylan Williams - Aus, Brad Welchell - USA

Y:  Emad Yacoub – Melbourne, Australia Devann Yata – Oceanside, CA, USA Roy Yen - Vancouver, Canada Rob Yoeman – Auckland, New Zealand

Z:  Elise Zevitz - Wisconsin, USA