Paul Cayard Giving Wednesday Luncheon Presentation Today

Enjoy lunch in your home office today while watching a presentation by US Sailing’s new Olympic Executive Director Paul Cayard, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club Wednesday Yachting Luncheon. Paul has been named to lead the US Sailing team and organization just four months ahead of this year’s summer Olympic games in Japan, but with a longer runway before summer Olympic sailing returns to Long Beach in 2028.

The Games will begin on July 25, 2021, in Enoshima, Japan. With the whole world watching, America’s reputation will be on the line. Ask Paul, “Why accept such a giant challenge?” and he answers, “Being an American and part of a movement to support American sailors taking their rightful place amongst world class competition is my strongest motivation.”

Paul is a two-time Olympian, a Whitbread Round the World Race winner, seven-time world champion and seven-time America’s Cup competitor, and is well suited for the challenge. After decades of managing multimillion-dollar design, engineering, building and racing programs, with hundreds of employees, Paul has the temperament and skills to direct US Olympic Sailing staff, technology, and the brightest young sailors in the biggest regatta of their lives.

To view today’s lunchtime presentation click here. To read more about Paul’s plans for the Olympic team, see Michelle Slade’s story in the current Latitude 38.