The Bermuda Tourism Authority and XL Catlin have teamed up with the
Volvo Ocean Race and Turn the Tide on Plastic to grant an apprenticeship
opportunity to Mustafa Ingham, an aspiring professional sailor from
Bermuda. In joining Turn the Tide on Plastic, one of the seven teams in the
Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, as a Volvo Ocean Race Academy Apprentice,
Ingham has the opportunity to pursue professional sailing with the most
elite offshore sailors in the world.
The goal is for Ingham to gain the necessary qualifications and
experience to have an opportunity to compete as a sailor in a future
round the world Volvo Ocean Race.
"I've joined Turn the Tide on Plastic team as part of the Volvo Ocean Race Academy. In doing this apprenticeship I get to work with the shore team and go out sailing with the sailing team during stopover activities,” Ingham said.
"I've joined Turn the Tide on Plastic team as part of the Volvo Ocean Race Academy. In doing this apprenticeship I get to work with the shore team and go out sailing with the sailing team during stopover activities,” Ingham said.
“I’ve just finished doing the Red Bull Youth Americas Cup in Bermuda
with Team BDA and I decided I might as well keep the ball rolling and
get into this.
“The apprenticeship programme is aimed to help people like myself to
hopefully one day become a Volvo Ocean Race sailor and to get into
offshore sailing."
“This is an awesome opportunity for one of our own,” said Bermuda
Tourism Authority CEO Kevin Dallas. “Building on the legacy of the 35th
America’s Cup, hosted out here this past summer, is a priority of the
Bermuda Tourism Authority and that priority aligns perfectly with the
career aspirations of Mustafa Ingham.
"All of Bermuda is immensely proud of Mustafa’s accomplishments with
Team BDA in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, and as his sailing career
takes shape, the Bermuda Tourism Authority looks forward to working with
him as an ambassador for the sport.”
XL Catlin EVP and Chief Experience Officer Paul Jardine added: “As
the insurance partner of the 35th America’s Cup and an organization that
is committed to youth development as well as advancing ocean education,
it gives us great pleasure to support Mustafa Ingham in his quest to
become a professional youth ocean racing sailor. We are confident that
he will make the most of this opportunity and we will be keeping track
of his progress every step of the way.”
Turn the Tide on Plastic is a mixed, youth focused team with a strong
sustainability message, led by Britain’s Dee Caffari. The campaign,
backed by the principal sustainability partner the Mirpuri Foundation,
and Ocean Family Foundation, is dedicated to the issue of ocean health.
Caffari has built a multinational, 50-50 male-female squad, with the
majority under 30 years of age. Alongside the sustainability focus, the
messages around inclusivity in age and gender will be strong themes of
the campaign, which provides Ingham the opportunity to learn from some
of sailing's most elite athletes.
The Volvo Ocean Race started in Alicante on October 22 and will
conclude in The Hague in June 2018 after 45,000 nautical miles of
sailing.
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