| The Star is traditionally the class where many of the most welled capped individuals in our sport go to refresh their skills. For next year's Olympic Games in China, Paul Cayard looks set to be tied up with his new role at Desafio Espanol and Torben Grael will be busy preparing to kick butt around the world at the helm of Ericsson. So one of the few sailing legends left in the class, and confirmed yesterday as definitely having a berth in Qingdao, is Australian Iain Murray.
One hopes Iain Murray needs no introduction to well informed readers of thedailysail. But to refresh our memories, on his sailing CV are six consecutive 18ft skiff world championship wins (1977-1982) and an Etchells World Championship win in 1984. ...more |
