MR360° News: US Rolex Yachtsman Of The Year 2011
Master Tactician
Bill Hardesty, who was the tactician behind Team GAC Pindar’s
victory at the 2011 Monsoon Cup and their ISAF Match Racing World championship winning season, was named United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year 2011 recently. During the ceremony, Hardesty remembered a promise he made to his father in 1990. “After winning the Bemis Trophy, I was named to the Rolex Junior
Sailing Team. Well, obviously we didn’t get a Rolex. And when I saw my dad, he said, ‘Okay, let’s make a deal. You can go to whatever sailing events you want, but when you win a Rolex, you have to give it to me.’ I thought, okay, seemed like a fair deal. “So dad, why don’t you come on up and get your Rolex,” said Hardesty,
who then presented his watch to the man who has supported his career. Hardesty’s notable performances as tactician included winning
GOOD MEMORY: Hardesty kept a promise he made in 1990. Photo by Rolex / Kurt Arrigo
the 47th Congressional Cup in Catalina 37s and the CMRC Grade 2 Invitational in Tom 28s, along with top finishes at the Rolex Big Boat Series in Express 37s (second) and the Farr 40 World Championships (fourth).
MR360° News: ISAF Rolex World Male Sailor Of The Year
Third Time Lucky
Iker Martínez and Xabier Fernández finally won the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Awards in their third attempt. In 2002, they missed out to three-time winner Ben Ainslie, before
Brazilian Robert Scheidt took the plaudits in 2004. Eleven years on from their first nomination, these sailing legends may now, deservedly, see their names inscribed in the list of the sport’s greats. It is the second time a Spanish crew has won the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Award following Tornado World Champions Fernando Echavarri and Antón Paz back in 2005. Te Spanish duo were unable to attend the Award ceremony as
they were competing for Team Telefónica in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.
DYNAMIC DUO: Iker (right) and Xabier deserve their win. Photo by Rolex / Maria Muna and Daniel Forster
MATCH RACING 360° | page 23 | March 2012
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