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ENGINES | STERN GEAR | FUEL | INSTRUMENTS | FRESH WATER | WASTE WATER | MANOEUVRING | ELECTRICAL | STEERING | HATCHES | VENTILATIONBtactician Sarah Ayton, and New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, have been named 2015 ISAF ritain’s double gold Olympic star turned Extreme 40
Rolex World Sailors of the Year.in the running for the prestigious men’s and women’s award, with Five top British sailors had been
other contenders including Olympic Finn sailor Giles Scott, Volvo Ocean Race-winning skipper Ian Walker, fi ve-time
World Match Racing Champion Ian Williams and Team SCA Volvo Ocean Race skipper Sam Davies. Launched 21 years ago, the ISAF
Rolex World Sailor of the Year award recognises outstanding achievements by sailors at the pinnacle of their chosen sport.
from the fi ve-sailor women’s shortlist at an award ceremony in Sanya, China. The double Olympic Ayton was named as the winner
gold medallist is the sole female sailor racing in the Extreme Sailing
Twill be installed off the coast of Peterhead after the application has been granted a marine licence he world’s largest floffshore wind development oating
by the Scottish Government.park of fiwhich is to be located approximately Statoil propose developing a pilot ve fl oating 6MW turbines
25km off the coast of Peterhead with a generating capacity of 135GWh of electricity each year. It is expected that the Hywind Scotland
development could power up to 19,900 houses. Unlike conventional turbines, Hywind turbines will be attached to the seabed by a
three-point mooring spread and anchoring system. The turbines will be connected by an inter-array of cables and an export cable will
transport electricity from the pilot park to shore at Peterhead.The Carbon Trust believe that
Scotland gives green light to world’s largest fl oating wind project
fl oating wind concepts could reduce generating costs to below £100/MWh in commercial deployments, with the leading concepts such as
Hywind possibly incurring even lower costs of £85-£95MWh.for New Energy Solutions Irene Statoil’s executive vice president
Rummelhoff said: ‘We are proud to develop this project in Scotland, in a region with optimal wind conditions,a strong supply chain within oil and gas and supportive public policies.’taking a keen interest in this and other The Royal Yachting Association is
flparticularly as operational safety zones are being requested by developers and in the case of oating offshore wind developments,
Hywind, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has not supported the developer’s application for them.An RYA spokesman said: ‘We will
continue to work with the maritime community to limit the impact of offshore wind and tidal developments on the navigational rights and safety
of recreational boating.’British sailing star Sarah Ayton scoops World Sailor award
Series flThe Wave, Muscatthem to fi ve wins from seven regattas, with the team now in eet, and as tactician on has guided
touching distance of the series victory when Sydney hosts the fi nale in December. The ISAF Member National Authorities
(MNAs) – the national governing bodies for sailing around the world – voted for the one female nominee and one male nominee
whom they felt deserved the honour of receiving the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award 2015. Attendees at theawards were also able to cast their votes.Blair Tuke, who were also in the New Zealand’s Peter Burling and
running for last year’s World Sailor award, have continued to dominate anything sail-powered. A run of 20 consecutive 49er
Olympic class regattas spearheaded their nomination, including victories at the 2015 Aquece Rio, Olympic Test event,
ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres and Weymouth and Portland as well as Trofeo Princesa Sofi a. ■ http://www.sailing.orgSarah Ayton, one of the 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year