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Seahorse Sailor of the Month

APRIL'S NOMINEES
Sailor of the Month GRZEGORZ BARANOWSKI (POL)
When Baranowski’s young crew crossed the finish of the 2023 Transatlantic Race they took both line honours and the IMA Maxi Trophy, the culmination of a proudly all-Polish programme that has been improving with every season. Led by Baranowski and run within the framework of the Polish National Sailing Foundation, the I Love Poland programme is already making a real impact at home, bringing on a new generation of Polish offshore racers

Sailor of the Month ED WRIGHT (GBR)
It’s easy to make a case that in terms of pure talent Ed Wright might be the greatest of all of Great Britain’s quite extraordinary 25-year run of Finn champions. Wright seems to drop in and out of the class at will yet big titles keep coming (he is surely the worst nightmare for any full-time Finn campaigner). Among his titles Wright has twice won the Finn Gold Cup (medalling 7 times), most recently in January in Miami. Ed Wright is 45. Runner up Domonkos Nemeth of Hungary is 20…

 

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MARCH'S WINNER
Sailor of the Month Winner JOHN WINNING (AUS)
‘Racing skiffs hard at 70, an inspiration to all of us getting on a bit!’ – Dick Roe; ‘A low-key, honest person, the salt of Sydney Harbour and a great Australian’ – Len Burke; ‘Woody has done more for Australian sailing than any other person or organisation I know of’ – Joe Akacich; ‘A great competitor and an even greater supporter of sailing – the 18-footers would struggle to survive without his support and the historic 18s would never have got going at all’ – Simon Nelson.
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