Stuart Jardine (GBR)|
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75 years young, in August this former Olympic sailor and tireless supporter of sailing at all levels won the fiercely contested Cowes Week XOD title for a record 7th time. Jardine sealed his 2008 series with a blazing 3rd in a windy and carnage-strewn final race from a fleet of 81 entries, including champions past and present (among them recent XOD recruit and Laser Radial World Champion Ben Paton)
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| Why they won |
| Like Jim Saltonstall (right) many of Britain’s best sailors owe a great deal to this two-time Olympian, who has put far more into the sport than he could ever take out. The postbag was bursting from around the world; one gentleman being ‘very proud to have raced – and usually been beaten by – Stuart for over 52 years!’ ‘Legend’, ‘mentor’, ‘friend’, ‘selfless’, ‘inspiration’, ‘bloody good…’ |
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