Sponsors
Title sponsor
Paul is a member of Volvo Car (UK)’s sponsorship initiative, ‘Team Volvo for Life’, an inspirational team of individuals who represent the very best of British sailing talent. Their wealth of experience covers everything from Gold Medalists to Round the World Sailors. ‘Team Volvo for Life’ is supported by Volvo Car UK to attain their ultimate sailing goals, and will also help future sailing stars to hone their own talents in the Volvo RYA Keelboat Sailing programme and Volvo’s grass roots activities with Volvo RYA Champion Clubs and Volvo Musto Optimist Sailing programme.
Volvo has been involved in sailing since 1997 with the pinnacle of Volvo’s global sponsorship being the Volvo Ocean Race. For more information on Team Volvo for Life and the Ocean Race visit
Other sponsors
The RYA, through the funding they receive from UK Sport and the team sponsors, support my campaign with programme funding enabling me to attend regattas and training. They also help out with equipment costs. For more information on Skandia Team GBR and the RYA please visit www.rya.org.uk
Sixteen of the country’s most talented athletes have been selected by Sir Steve Redgrave and Dame Tanni Grey Thompson to join an exclusive Visa sponsorship programme, designed to help them prepare for the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Laser and Dart products offer the most complete and comprehensive range of small sailing boats and catamarans. If you are looking for fun and excitement afloat with the re-assurance that your decision is backed by the largest dinghy manufacturer in the World, make the choice so many others before you have made – buy a Laser and join the Worlds largest sailing fraternity.
Richard Butcher, former World and five-times British National Dinghy Sailing Champion, is proud to be Paul’s legal advisor.
Richard has a unique marine practice, advising sailors and businesses on matters such as America’s Cup challenges, sponsorship agreements and round-the-world races. He represents Dame Ellen MacArthur and fourteen British Olympic sailing medallists including Ben Ainslie, Shirley Robertson, Sarah Ayton, Nick Dempsey, Iain Percy and Nick Rogers.
He is a Trustee of the charity The Ellen MacArthur Trust which takes children suffering from cancer and other serious illnesses on sailing trips.
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