On the market : sail racing moves #14

• CDK is hiring builders/laminators /composite technicians (man or woman); 6-month contract (which may become permanent) based in Lorient or Port-la-Forêt (France).
• MULTIPLAST is hiring a technician for its design team, as well as five laminators, three carpenters and a painter. The jobs based in Vannes are on a one year contract, which may be extended to become permanent.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS & PARTNERSHIPS]

• TIP & SHAFT/CONNECT: the third edition of the sail racing business meeting organised by Tip & Shaft will take place in Nantes on Thursday 21st March. You can now reserve your place at the special reduced price of 90 € excl. tax until 28th February.
• JÉRÉMIE BEYOU will be the guest on the 4th edition of INTO THE WIND, the podcast of Tip & Shaft. You can find Into The Wind on all platforms: iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, SoundCloud. The first three episodes have been downloaded over 20,000 times.
• The 2019 TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE will not be open to Ultims. The organisers confirmed this on Tuesday believing that they are “not able to welcome them in a satisfactory and safe manner.”
• The SAILING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE unveiled its 2019 calendar with three qualifying events in which 95 clubs will compete (Palma de Majorca and Porto Cervo in May, Saint-Petersburg in July), with the finals bringing together 24 teams in St-Moritz (Switzerland) from 15th to 18th August.
• EUROSAIL NEWS is the new name for Scuttlebutt Europe, which is now produced in association with Seahorse and YachtScoring.com
• MARLOW ROPES has signed up to become the official supplier for the British Challenger, Ineos Team UK.
• The MATCH RACE SUPER LEAGUE presented its 2019 programme announcing 10 events for the moment, including the French Internationals in Pornichet from 25th to 28th July.

[LAUNCHES]

• SQUID has launched some new forecasting models in the framework of its Hires and Hires Europe offers.1