Caffari to become Godmother

Katie Miller to launch OSTAR and Figaro campaign this Friday

On 27 February, at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Katie Miller Yacht Racing will be announcing their title sponsor. The partnership will oversee Katie’s entry as the youngest ever female competitor in the 2009 OSTAR single-handed Trans-Atlantic race, and her inauguration into the Figaro European Championships in 2010.

Dee Caffari MBE, recently returned from her successful Vendée Globe campaign to become the first woman to have sailed solo, non stop around the world in both directions, will be on hand to officially name Katie’s Figaro, and to become Godmother to the boat and project.

On Dee’s involvement, Katie commented, “I am so excited that Dee has agreed to become Hot Socks' Godmother. Dee has been a huge inspiration to me, even more so since she presented me with the Young Sailor of the Year Award in 2007. Her success and determination are key qualities that I hope to take into my own sailing career.”

Katie was awarded the YJA Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year Award at the London Boat Show in 2007 in recognition of her solo circumnavigation of the United Kingdom to raise money for the Ellen MacArthur Trust.

Last year she competed in, and won, her first major single-handed race, the bluQube Solo 1000 which was the official qualifier for the OSTAR.

The event, sponsored by Mount Gay Rum, will be attended by a number of Katie’s sailing mentors including Dame Ellen MacArthur, and the newly branded race boat will be in Ocean Village marina alongside the venue.