Sailors and shore crew from Turn the Tide on Plastic, Vestas 11th Hour Racing, Team AkzoNobel and Brunel Sailing were amongst the crowd, as well as notables from Yachting New Zealand and Australian Sailing.
“There is definitely an agenda to have a sustainable sport for 2020, and 2030” said Matt Allen, President of Australian Sailing. . “We are in a unique position because we are using the wind, we are using nature as power, and we can send a really loud message as a sport that we really need to protect our oceans”.
Thanks to Volvo Cars New Zealand for organising the event, and helping to raise awareness and recognition of an issue that we should all have close to our hearts. Whenever you can, do your bit to help create the change that we need to make a difference x
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