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2 November 2022

Mark Somerville

Mark Somerville is CTO and Marine Race Director of Persico. Originally from Auckland New Zealand where he studied and sailed competitively before leaving New Zealand

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26 October 2022

Thomas Tison

Thomas Tison is a yacht designer and member of Ineos Britannia’s design team. 4 x America’s Cup involvements, foiling award nominee for the 650PRO in the foiling project category.

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21 October 2022

Mark Jardine

Mark has been managing sailing websites since 1996, always being at the forefront of technology, and now manages the combined Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com network.

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21 October 2022

Ben Hazeldine

With a burning passion for sailing, Ben developed his knowledge and skills through years of competing and coaching at a world class level.

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21 October 2022

Amy Munro

Amy Munro studied oceanography at the University of Southampton before embarking on a career in the sports industry, focusing on sustainability strategy creation and implementation.

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10 October 2022

Imogen Dinham-Price

Imogen specialised in sustainability at the University of Southampton. First taking her learnings to the agricultural sector before jumping across to the marine sector.

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6 October 2022

Kate Cope

Kate Cope is Director of the UK Doublehanded Series, an initiative to bring the UK Doublehanded community together for competitive racing and training.

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28 September 2022

Simon Watin

Simon serves as the team leader for the maritime department at VPLP Design.

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22 September 2022

Jeremy Elliott

After completing a Masters in Naval Architecture at the University of Southampton Jeremy worked with the Wolfson Unit for Marine Technology and several Americas Cup Teams before joining the design team at North Sails UK in 2005. 

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22 September 2022

Mario Caponnetto

Passionate sailor in his youth, takes a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Genova. Starts developing CFD codes for propellers, sails, hulls and wings in the late ’80.

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