PLACE OF BIRTH: Lake Macquarie, Australia
CURRENT HOME TOWN: Lake Macquarie
NICKNAME: Tom
FIRST SAILING MOMENT/WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO SAIL:
Learnt to sail with Dad John Braidwood on Lake Macquarie
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN SAILING: All life
TOP FIVE GREATEST ACHEIVEMENTS IN SAILING:
1) Mini Transat Race 2007
2) 2 America’s Cups
3) 2 Volvo Ocean Races
4) 14 Sydney to Hobart Races
5) 2 Admiral Cups
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP:
Police man
WHITBREAD/VOLVO HISTORY:
Shore crew for Silk Cut
SEB Volvo Ocean race
Ericsson Volvo Ocean race
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY:
95 America’s Cup San Diego
2002/3 America’s Cup New Zealand
HOBBIES/OTHER SPORTS:
Wake Boarding
MY WORST MOMENT (SAILING):
Break downs in Volvo Ocean race on Both SEB and Ericsson
MY BEST MOMENT (SAILING):
Finishing the Mini Transat and seeing my Wife and little girl Yardley
FAVOURITE FOOD:
Meat Pies and lamb Roast dinners
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE LONG AMBITION:
To be a good Dad
To put back into Australian youth programs
WHAT IS YOUR WORST HABIT:
Dreaming as it gets me in to trouble as I end up doing it. Like the Mini Transat
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE MOTTO:
It is not if you can do it, it is how you are going to make it happen
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER:
From my wife: Intense, loyal & loving
STAR SIGN:
Fish one
WHATS YOUR GREATEST FEAR:
Not being a good family man
