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Shipwrights’ Lectures to focus on America’s Cup

28 Sep 2017

Last year’s lectures saw Pendennis apprentices share their stories

The next Shipwrights’ Lectures aimed at young people in the industry will focus on how cutting-edge technology is adopted to deliver world beating performance in the America’s Cup.

This follows the 35th America’s Cup held in Bermuda this summer, which exhibited some of the highest level of advanced sailing technology seen in international yacht racing since the cup began.

Innovation will be the theme of the panel discussion chaired by Matt Sheahan, head of performance Sailing Sunset+Vine PLC, with experts from Land Rover BAR covering all aspects of design, build and hydraulic power generation.

For the first time the Shipwrights’ Lectures will also coincide with the London Boat Show and British Marine will again be offering apprentices free entry to the show on Thursday 11 January 2018.

Employers will be able to obtain tickets for their apprentices through their training providers. Further details will be published in November together with the availability to visit the Land Rover BAR ‘Tech Deck and Education Centre’ at its Portsmouth team base.

The next Shipwrights’ Lectures will be on January 10 2018 at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.

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