Ursula Brandt is a teacher at a school in Berlin. In 1979 she started wind surfing and sailing dinghys. In 1992 she switched to larger boats and has enjoyed extensive sailing in the Baltic, Mediterranean and the Atlantic while getting her sailing qualifications. For three years she co-owned a classic wooden 15 meter sailing boat in the Mediterranean.

Len Lewis is an Englishman and an engineer. He started sailing dinghys in 1962 and then progressed to cruising yachts. Since 1987 he holds a RYA Ocean Master certificate. Len has sailed extensively in British waters and the Mediterranean Sea. Since 1996 he has been taking charters out on the Mediterranean, mainly along the Costa del Sol, the Balerics and the North African coast.

Ursula and Len met in 1999 while they were sailing on the Costa Del Sol and decided to join in the 11 meter Endurance cutter rigged ketch named Wego.