Winning a yacht race: The strategy, quality management
and process optimization
Gurra Krantz
Gurra Krantz is one of Sweden’s most experienced and merited profes-sional skippers, having organized and managed racing projects in two Americas Cups, three Whitbread Round the World Races and one Volvo Ocean Race, as sports director and first Swedish skipper with a podium finish.
Winning a modern top level yacht race takes development in the design of the boat, process management to get the build of the boat optimized and max performance from all team members. Getting the right mix of people, hardware and support system to the right level is the key to success.