John was fortunate to get selected for the 1999-2000 Cup in New Zealand having only been an International Umpire for a couple of years but he had a good regatta and, despite only being contracted for the initial stages of the Louis Vuitton Cup he went on to umpire in the Louis Vuitton finals and all the Americas Cup races.
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has announced the names of the Race Officials who have been appointed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.
Melanie Peasey has recently joined the Safety, Rules and Representation team and comes to us with a background in sailing keel boats and off the beach classes.
​​​​​​​On 29 October 2019, the World Sailing Race Officials Committee appointed a number of Australian candidates as World Sailing Race Officials in their respective disciplines.
​​​​​​​Your clubs and classes need your help in helping people become race officials, and Australian Sailing needs your help to mentor and train them.
​​​​​​​Several of World Sailing’s International Race Officials seminars have been planned and to some degree executed in this part of the world.