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. She has sailed as guest skipper aboard Maiden, was part of the winning team, "Sail Like a Girl" in the 2019 Race to Alaska, and skippered aboard La Vagabonde with Greta Thunberg aboard.

Nikki met Andy in the fall of 2020 and first sailed ICEBEAR in Antigua, then raced with us aboard SPICA in the 2021 Gotland Runt Race. Nikki skippered ICEBEAR in 2021 and 2022.