The Optimist Worlds Team from South Africa is a rather multinational combination of young sailors this year. Alex (13) and Ed (12) Lehtinen represent Zeekoe Vlei YC of Cape Town, but they are also members in a Helsinki based HSS yacht club. They both carry Finnish passports and have Finnish-South African parents. Ed's story is even more unusual, as he was born in Thailand and joined the Le... [More]
Zou Inter Marine (ZIM) is a family-owned company founded in 1986 by Zou Chengchuan and his wife, Wang Zhimin. It started as Laoshan Zou's Sailing Club, holding international and domestic sailing events and producing sailboats. Mr. Zou and his wife have many years of sailing experience. Mrs. Wang competed for the Shandong Sailing Sports Team from 1957 to 1962, while Mr. Zou started ... [More]
