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Yachtsman Chris Dickson has been appointed to the Sealegs board.
The company also today appointed former managing partner of KPMG in Auckland, James Hill, to the board.
Dickson was the skipper of KZ7, New Zealand's first America's Cup challenger in 1987.
He later caused outcry in New Zealand when he went to sail for other country's challenges.
He was skipper of the United States-backed BMW Oracle Racing at the 2007 America's Cup in Valencia, Spain.
Mr Hill is chairman of Manukau Water Ltd and is on the board of Transit NZ, Seafood Processors Ltd and other private companies.
Simon Vodanovich is retiring from the board on January 1.
Sealegs manufactures a range of amphibious boats.
- NZPA
