3rd World Yacht Racing Forum Will be in Estoril
Organisers of leading yacht racing business conference announce the 2010 edition of the event to take place in Estoril, Portugal from 14-15 December. Monaco is a strange town. It seems to suit the world of F1, but most of the yachts that adorn have masts only to carry radio signals, not sails. For all the glamour that is regularly associated with sailing, most professional yacht racing people are more at home in places like Perth or Les Sables-d’Olonne than Monaco. Which is perhaps one of the reasons that the 3rd World Yacht Racing Forum will be held in Estoril, Portugal. There will...
Read MoreWorld Yacht Racing Forum Moves To Estoril for 3rd Edition.
Organisers of leading yacht racing business conference announce the 2010 edition of the event to take place in Estoril, Portugal from 14-15 December. Monaco is a strange town. It seems to suit the world of F1, but most of the yachts that adorn have masts only to carry radio signals, not sails. For all the glamour that is regularly associated with sailing, most professional yacht racing people are more at home in places like Perth or Les Sables-d’Olonne than Monaco. Which is perhaps one of the reasons that the 3rd World Yacht Racing Forum will be held in Estoril, Portugal. There will...
Read MoreWorld Yacht Racing Forum 2009 Articles
Over the last few weeks, we have been writing up our insights from the World Yacht Racing Forum. These articles are a combination of notes made during the presentations and other relevant material from our coverage of the Yacht Racing world in 2009. Some of the articles cover an entire session and some have been broken down into smaller pieces. Some of the panel discussions are not covered. LINKS ARE IN BLUE. Welcome and Opening Comments, Peter Gilmour Event Promoter & Pro Sailor Keynote Opening Address, Tom Whidden, President North Marine Group The Commercial Case for Sailing...
Read MoreThe Secret of Galway’s Volvo Ocean Race Success.
Or.. How Galway Won the Volvo Ocean Race. Organisers of the World Yacht Racing Forum promoted the session relating to venues with the following paragraph: Nautical tourism in the new buzz word in sailing sponsorship. More and more cities and ports are enjoying the financial, economic and branding success of hosting major sailing events. Panelists will discuss and debate the critical issues of how to maximise the benefits and mitigate the risks of hosting sailing events. Maria Moynihan Lee, Festival Director City of Galway was obviously pleased with the value that the Volvo Ocean Race stopover...
Read MoreWYRF the Follow Up Album.
Many of sailing’s decision makers and influencers will be in Monaco this week for the second World Yacht Racing Forum. The event is the only one of its kind, focusssing on the commercial aspects of the sport and allowing those in different sailing silos to peek over the fence and see what the others are doing. The topics up for discussion are interesting, but the forum is just a conference, so it will be up to individual promoters to put into practise any outcomes. More often than not in recent times, promoters of the sport of sailing have acted in self interest rather than the good of...
Read MoreCountdown to World Yacht Racing Forum in Monaco.
There’s one week to go to the World Yacht Racing Forum and Pilote Media will be there. We’ll be ‘tweeting’ key messages using the hashtag #WYRF and also tracking down some of the Yacht Racing world’s Who’s Who for video interviews. Organisers expect over 400 delegates for the second World Yacht Racing Forum in Monaco. This year, as well as running alongside the well established Motorsport Forum there will also be a Yacht Racing Design & Technology Symposium and the 1st International Superyacht Coatings Conference. WYRF Chairman and World Champion Sailor...
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