| September 2009 | The Dorchester and Springboard - Major Winners at the Profile Sailing Cup 2009
The Dorchester won the 3rd annual staging of the Profile Sailing Cup, with the boutique hotel group The Eton Collection taking the runner’s up spot after two days of highly competitive racing on the Solent and a fantastic networking programme that included dinner at the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. The regatta also raised in excess of £6,000 during the gala dinner for the regatta’s official charity, The Springboard Charitable Trust. Read More >>>> |
| August 2009 | Join Springboard this year in the Profile Sailing Cup This is an opportunity to join the Springboard team in this year’s award winning Profile Sailing Cup which will take place on 22nd & 23rd September. The event has attracted some of the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel & Tourism Industries top names over the last two years including The Dorchester, Mandarin Oriental, The Berkeley, Claridge's, The Royal Automobile Club, The Eton Group, Jumeirah, The Langham, Small Luxury Hotels and the 2009 event promises to be equally prestigious. Up to 10 places on board the Springboard boat are available at £550 + VAT (excluding accommodation) each based on a minimum of 8 in the team & we will be making a 20% charitable donation to Springboard. We are confident that all those participating in the Profile Sailing Cup will find it a valuable way to raise their awareness and network within the industry, entertain clients and reward employees - and we are particularly pleased to have the Dorchester Hotel as our lifestyle partner. The networking and social programme is combined with a comprehensive, yet accessible, race series staged in Hamble, Cowes and on the Solent. Previous sailing experience is not essential! The entry list for a full team is also still open – for further information call Simon Boulding at Britannia Corporate Events on 02380 458900 SPRINGBOARD Charitable Trust |
| July 2006 | PROFILE GBR 9885T shows winning form in 2009 We are delighted to have the commitment of Tim Thubron as our lead skipper on Profile GBR 9885T for 2009 and the results are already beginning to show! Tim has been a class-winner as skipper/tactician in the Fastnet Race, Cowes Week, Cork Week, Antigua Sailing Week and the Round the Island Race and is recognised as one of the most talented 40.7 sailors on the circuit. Here are some of our highlights year-to-date… June 2009 - PPI/PFI Challenge Regatta with “Team Skanska” – 1st in Class with five 1sts and one 2nd June 2009 – Lutine Lineslip Regatta (Insurance Sector) – 3rd overall May 2009 - Mace Regatta on 29th May - 1st overall Congratulations! |
| September 2008 | Profile sailing Cup 2008
Our 2008 event for the Hospitality and Tourism Sector staged on the 16th and 17th of September with two great days sailing racing and dinner at the Royal Yacht Squadron was the highlight of our sailing the year. Dates for 2008 have been provisionally set for the 22nd and 23rd September and details of the Profile Sailing Asia Cup in Hong Kong are due to be released shortly. Full details of the event including results and professional photography by Paul Weyth are available buy going to the Profile Sailing Cup section of this website. Congratulations to winners Jumeriah and thank you to everyone involved for raising over £6,500 for Sail4Cancer and Hospitality Action and a further £2,000 raised for the Silicon Cup Charities thanks to a generous donation from Paul Kerr of Small Luxury Hotels.
 Blessed on the whole with much more favorable weather conditions, September proved
to be an exceptionally busy month for us with a blue chip line up of clients including Gleeds during Little Britain 2008, Marketing Week for the Media Week for the Advertising and Brands Cup and Attenda in
the Silicon Cup |
| August 2008 | BENETEAU CUP It was time to get a team from Profile’s London office our on the water with 3 thoroughly enjoyable day’s racing in the Beneteau Cup. Even with the added expertise of Olympiad Robin Aisher on board as our helm in day one a placing in single figures proved quite a challenge in the uber-competitive 40.7 fleet! Congratulations to our partners at Britannia Corporate Events for the brilliant organization. COWES WEEK We are told by insider Olly Norris who was crewing on PROFILE GBR9885T with Julian Pearson as skipper that a good deal of fun was had on board this year with client BAT. Guests included some rather enchanting pole dancers we are told! (Congratulations to Olly on passing his Yachtmaster’s Exams by the way!) |
June 2008 |
GOOD LUCK to all the team from JPMorgan Asset Management on PROFILE GBR 9885T on Saturday 28th June racing in Round the Island Race |
May 2008 |
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Team take to the water!
Six teams from Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London on matched 40.7s were blessed with fabulous sailing conditions for two days on the Solent organised by our partners at Britannia Corporate Events - with a prize giving dinner at the Royal Corinthian in Cowes. We are thrilled that the event was such a success and with the feedback from MOHP Human Resources Director, Keith Edwards who rated the event as “EXCELLENT”. |
4th for PROFILE in the MANCHES CUP
Congratulations to Collas Day for 4th place in the 2008 Manches Cup just seconds off a podium position! |
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GETTING SHIP-SHAPE Following an extensive winter refit which Sam and the team at Britannia have kept themselves very busy with, PROFILE was back in business for a day’s sailing with Diamond Advertising and Preferred Hotels in support of Hospitality Action. This kind generosity from Piers Bracher and Peter Haig is much appreciated and they we justly rewarded with beautiful weather! |
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| September 2007 |
Profile GBR 9885T leads the pack! We hope the team on board Profile GBT 9885T from SWIFT HORSMAN had a fabulous time at the 2007 Little Britain Challenge Cup! A record breaking 250 boats took part in this year's regatta, and 3rd overall in the Beneteau 40.7 Class was an impressive result for Profile. For information on Swift Horsman Limited and the Little Britain Challenge Cup: • http://www.swifthorsman.co.uk/projects/index.cfm?item=3 |
| August 2007 |
Profile GBR 9885T busy in action in Cowes Week under charter to Skandia Investment Management |
| July 2007 | The Profile Sailing Cup |
Following a terrific day's racing on the Solent in a matched fleet of Benetau First 40.7s, teams from The Dorchester, Mandarin Oriental, The Berkeley, Jumeirah, Small Luxury Hotels, The Eton Collection and Profile raised over £3000 for www.sail4cancer.org and everyone’s generosity is hugely appreciated. |
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| June 2007 | JP Morgan Round the Island Race 2007
Great team work achieves a charitable donation of £1000 for the race’s partner charities with first place for PROFILE in the consultant’s division of Britannia fleet of 40.7's, exclusively supplied to the Race Sponsors! Well done Chris Jackson and the team from LCP Consulting on Profile - 15th Overall in IRC 1B was another good result. The photograph shows Profile approaching the finishing line but in future no lines over the side please chaps!!!!
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| Manches Cup | |
Congratulations to the skipper and crew on a great result in very tough racing conditions! |
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| April 2007 |
Congratulations to the PWC team sailing on Profile GBR 9885T for 2nd place in Race 9 of the Raymarine® Warsash Spring Series, just 20 seconds behind Skandia on Parallel Blue GBR 1602R and closely followed by fellow Britannia stable mate Combat GBR 9905T – an encouraging start to the racing season! |
| February 2007: | Profile - Skipper: Chris Jackson
Profile takes to the water…
Profile Sailing’s founder Mark Norris, thanked everyone involved in the building process and shared his future vision the project, introducing Connie Carroll who talked with passion about Sail4Cancer’s work. Further good news came from Simon Boulding, Marketing Manager of Britannia Corporate Events who announced that Corum Watches had been confirmed at the official timekeeping sponsor for the Profile Sailing Cup together with The Dorchester as our 'Lifestyle Partner' Before the official naming ceremony was conducted by Mark’s wife Gail, he explained the tradition of Champagne being poured over the bow to appease King Neptune and a branch with green leaves on the deck, was to ensure a safe return each time the boat sails.; also the hope that Profile would be a happy ship, to be cared for by good fortune, to be a proud yet modest winner, and to sail safely at all times. Naming 'PROFILE', Gail added '“May God bless her & all who sail in her'. |
| January 2007: |  Sir Keith MILLS, the British businessman who ran London’s victorious bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, has announced he is to create a new British America’s Cup sailing team. The team, to be named ORIGIN, will comprise some of the world’s leading sailors and boat designers from Great Britain and beyond. The name ORIGIN is a reference to Britain’s involvement in the creation of the America’s Cup in 1851. Rod CARR, Chief Executive of the Royal Yachting Association, commented, 'British sailing has never been more successful than it is today. We are the world’s strongest sailing nation; our Olympic medal count is higher than any other British sport, whilst ocean racing heroes such as Dame Ellen MACARTHUR and Dee CAFFARI have ruled the waves. In my view there are three peaks in competitive racing. Britain has already scaled the heights in the Olympic and offshore arena and I believe we have the talent and expertise to create a winning America’s Cup team.' |
| January 2007: | Dorchester Hotel London signs with Britannia Events as life style partner helping us to promote a series a major regattas including JPMorgan round the Island Race, The Beneteau Cup, Skandia Cowes Week & the Rolex Fastnet Race, Little Britain Challenge Cup and of course our own Profile Sailing Cup for the Hospitality, Tourism and Travel industries. |
| December 2006: | Profile Sailing establishes our partnership with Britannia Events and signs with sail4cancer as a nominated charity |
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