Nikki has been sailing professionally since she was 18, skippering three trans-Atlantic ARC races (twice as youngest skipper in the fleet), and later becoming the youngest-ever skipper of the Clipper Round the World Race, coming 2nd in 2018. Nikki met Andy in the fall of 2020 and first sailed ICEBEAR in Antigua, then raced with us aboard SPICA in Gotland Runt in Sweden, July 2021. Nikki skippered ICEBEAR with Emma for the fall 2021 season, and with Mia for the winter 2022 season.
Kristen Berry is a full-time sailing educator and racing coach. He has lead teams on racing and cruising adventures throughout the US and Caribbean. His work focuses on helping teams and individuals with hard to reach dreams and high performance goals be successful. Over the past 20 years, Kristen has supported community sailing programs in New York, Baltimore and Washington, DC; supported the US Naval Academy's sailing program, operated a sailing school in Annapolis and served as chair of US Sailing’s commercial schools committee. When he isn’t helping sailors reach their goals, he can most often be found with a camera in his hands chasing images of the natural world.
