One of Musto’s most enduring and successful partnerships has been with Ellen MacArthur.
Joining forces back in 1995 for Ellen’s round Britain trip in Induna, through to the present day there is plenty of action to recount. No less than in 2005 when Ellen became the fastest solo sailor on the planet breaking the single-handed Round the World record in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds with B&Q. Ellen received the Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her record-breaking, solo circumnavigation. At 28 Ellen is the youngest person ever to receive this award.
At the prestigious Laurens Sports Awards 2005, Ellen was named Alternative Sportsperson of the Year.
Other highlights see Ellen and her 4 man crew on board B&Q finish the Record SNSM establishing a new record for the Maxi class category of 1 day, 3 hours, 23 minutes and 29 seconds.
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Ellen has had a busy time since the beginning of the year and, in her own words, “I don't seem to have stopped moving!”
After taking to the stage at the London Boat Show to give a news update to the assembled public, in the evening she joined Oyster’s 35th Anniversary celebrations in the Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich which raised an amazing £15k for the Ellen MacArthur Trust.
Ellen was on the dock in Brest on 20th January to welcome and congratulate Francis Joyon on taking back his solo non-stop round the world record. This was an understandably emotional time for Ellen as memories of her own round the world record came flooding back, but as she commented, “It could not have gone to anyone better”.
After a successful presentation about her interest in sustainability to BT/Cisco at the Cisco Networkers conference in Barcelona, Ellen visited the BT Tower in London to talk to BT Global Services staff about the importance of good preparation in all of her projects.
Ellen was invited to Derby by E.ON to spend a fascinating day visiting some of their client companies who are actively working to save energy.
To celebrate the end of the CIBSE/E.ON 100 Days of Carbon Clean Up Campaign, Ellen spoke at the Low Carbon Performance Awards Dinner and found it very inspiring to talk to some of the 700 companies that had taken part in the campaign.
Back in Cowes, she met with the Isle of Wight Council to find out more about their green island project and the events they have planned in the coming months. She also had talks with the new owner of Gurnard Pines to discuss their plans for a new, sustainable development.
All these meetings have left Ellen genuinely enthused and energized and have resulted in various planning meetings to develop her project in the area of sustainability ….Watch this space!
For more information about Ellen MacArthur, please visit Ellen's website www.ellenmacarthur.com
