One of the keys to the success story is the way that Class40 has attracted such a diverse mix of sailors - from the big names and young up-and-coming professionals to enthusiastic and talented amateurs looking for time away from their working lives and to pit themselves in high-level competition against some of the best in the sport.
Each season there is a busy ans well co-ordinated race calendar including one transatlantic event ans other headliners like the annual Normandy Channel Race. The format is a carefully crafted mix of inshore and offshore racing - which is both another big draw as well as an efficient means of controlling more extreme develpment.
No coincidence