Month: January 2016

RORC Transatlantic Race overall winner Nomad IV

January 10, 2016 Sailing
The French Pogo 1250 of Maurice Benzaquen – Aloha crossed the end-line of the 2015 RORC Transatlantic Race at twenty-two hours twenty-three minutes and seven seconds UTC on Sunday 13th December, 2015, to take the 2nd spot overall in IRC. After well over fifteen days at sea, the crew of…

World Sailing to have new chief executive

January 4, 2016 Sailing
Peter Sowrey, who was earlier the director of business process outsourcing as well as sales for Accenture, was named by the International Sailing Federation as their chief executive on 1st July. The organization was later rebranded as World Sailing. And, after five months, he was gone. Peter had replaced Jerome…