Welcome to Cayard Sailing.

2010 is shaping up to be a very busy year. I will be competing on the RC 44 Championship Tour onboard Katusha, the Audi MedCup with the TP52 Artemis and then in the four Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas in Auckland, Sardinia, Dubai and Hong Kong. I had hoped to race my Star a bit but I really won’t have time.

Apart from the racing which amounts to 200 days, I am also the Chairman of the World Sailing Teams Association (WSTA) which is the association of team owners who race in the Louis Vuitton regattas.

While a two year feud between Bertarelli and Ellison had stopped the America’s Cup for all other competitors and their sponsors, the WSTA took the initiative to get the teams back on the water by organizing events using the 2007 America’s Cup boats. These events are economical as the boats are provided by the WSTA; they are exciting with short courses in equalized boats and spectator friendly as we race close to shore. Our main partner Louis Vuitton has consistently shown leadership in supporting the America’s Cup and their style and elegance is a big part of these regattas.

With BMW Oracle having won the 33rd America’s Cup in February in Valencia, most of the WSTA teams can now focus on the possibility of competing in the next multi-challenger America’s Cup.

Paul