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Sponsoring
Ostar and Figaro circuit for Katie Miller
On the 27th of February, at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Katie Miller Yacht Racing unveiled the finance software company bluQube as their Title Sponsor. The partnership will oversee Katie’s entry as the youngest ever female competitor in the 2009 OSTAR single-handed Trans-Atlantic race, and her inauguration into the Figaro European (...) -
Sailing team
The Oman Sail team buys MacArthur’s trimaran
Three years after Dame Ellen MacArthur sailed into the history books by breaking the world record Record #sailingrecord for a solo circumnavigation of the globe, her trimaran is back in action. She joins an Extreme 40 and a F18 in the Oman sailing team. -
Volvo Ocean Race
Ericsson 3 officially named in Barcelona
The Ericsson 3, the first of Ericsson’s two race yachts, has been given its name in an event that lit up the Barcelona night sky. The ceremony invited key guests from the telecom industry and sailing community to get on board the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, with 235 days to go before the racing yachts set sail round the (...) -
Sponsoring
Josse and Moloney for MacArthur’s BT Team Ellen
BT Team Ellen signs a 3-year sailing partnership, bringing together world-class sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR), Sébastien Josse (FRA) and Nick Moloney (AUS) alongside other sailing talent dedicated to success on the water across a number of disciplines, including the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championships and the Extreme 40 (...) -
Sponsoring
Fujifilm sponsors Alex Bennett in the Class 40
Fujifilm today announces the sponsorship of a Class 40 racing yacht skippered by International yachtsman Alex Bennett. The 40-foot boat will have its official naming at the 39th Southampton Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow on the 19th of September 2007 where it will be christened (...) -
Launching
Mike Sanderson first sails new Kouyoumdjian’s Open 60
Leading British print and electronic media Media #media company Pindar this week launched its brand new Open 60 in Auckland, New Zealand. A radical new design, which incorporates many cutting edge features including a rotating wing mast and hydraulically adjustable outriggers, this boat will be capable of breaking boundaries, setting (...) -
Barcelona World Race
Spanish brewer to sponsor Catalan Guillermo Altadill
Estrella Damm, Spain’s most important brewer, has announced today that it will sponsor the first Spanish entry in the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace 2007,and they have chosen the Catalan Guillermo Altadill, one of the most respected and experienced professional sailors in the world, to skipper Estrella (...) -
Sport Cat Circuit
Extreme 40 events to be called ‘The iShares Cup’
At the Collins Stewart London Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow today iShares, the world’s leader in Exchange Traded Funds, confirmed their sponsorship of a new and exciting European sailing series for the Extreme 40 catamaran class. ‘The iShares Cup’ will consist of four premium European grand prix style sailing regattas to (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
Next edition in 2008-09
Organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race today announced a raft of ground-breaking changes to the event format with the most significant being an alteration to the four-year cycle with the next race taking place in 2008-2009. The race route has also changed with port stopovers in Asia, the Middle East and the west coast of the United States under (...)
