Tall ships organiser takes international roles

A PROMINENT Waterford businessman who won admiration for his involvement in the city’s hosting of the Tall Ships’ Race in 2005 is to take a wider role in the promotion of sail training.

Architect and chairman of Waterford Airport Nicky Fewer has been appointed a trustee of the Sail Training International charity and deputy chairman of Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge.

As a result, Mr Fewer will be centrally involved in preparatory work on the 2009 Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge which will see ships from numerous countries racing from Spain to Tenerife to Bermuda, and on to the United States and Canada, before coming back across the Atlantic to Belfast.