WTH?

In order to attract attention to the "Tullett Prebon London Boat Show at ExCeL", which runs from today till January 10, organizers brought in Tamara Ecclestone, she in the brownish number, and a number of other young women decked out in tuxedo-themed bathing suits and retro bathing caps that look as if they’d be ideal for lightly cleaning dirty boat bottoms. For the industry’s sake, let’s hope the boats in the show appear more modern and chic.

Who the heck is Tamara Ecclestone? If you’re a Californian, you might associate the Ecclestone name with the purchase of Candy Spelling’s $80 million house in Beverly Hills. But that would be Petra Ecclestone, Tamara’s 22-year-old sister. While the 27-year-old Tamara says she’d like to move to L.A. also, she denies reports that she’d like to buy a residence that would make her sister’s "look like a guest house."

The gals are the daughters of Bernie Ecclestone, one-time London used car dealer who, as a result of becoming the "Formula 1 Supremo," is now worth several billion, and Slavica, a former Armani model from Croatia. Tamara dropped out of the London School of Economics, but thanks to being what the Brits call a ‘presenter’ — a spokesperson for Ultimo push-up bras and other products — and a member of the lucky sperm club, it apparently wasn’t that important that Tamara stick it out to get her degree.

The talk on Northern California docks is that the folks at Strictly Sail Pacific, to be held at Jack London Square April 12-15, are hoping to land both Tamara and Petra to open the show, and thus eclipse the boat show in London. Keep your fingers crossed.