What was the state of the equipment when you got involved in the single-handed sailing scene?
The beginning of the story for my ATN spinnaker sleeve was when i got involved with the second BOC. I happend to sail to Newport where the race was going to start from with Bruno Peyron with his big catamaran. There were many French people in Newport working on the BOC boats. Half of the fleet was french of course, offshore sailing was dominated by the French. It s there that I discovered that all the spinnaker sleves that even the top skippers had didn t work at all. Not even the ones made by Doyle, North Sails and such. There was nothing safe on the market and I saw an opportunity there.