Specialty insurance company HCC International has confirmed it will take up headline sponsorship of the SailEAST 2010 race season. HCC is a provider of niche commercial insurance with offices in the UK, Ireland and Spain.
Established in 1998, the SailEAST series has become an extremely popular event attracting over 80 boats each year.
Richard Webb of HCC said: “We are delighted to be sponsoring SailEAST again for 2010. We share many of the same values as the competitors – teamwork, excellence and a desire to be the very best, so working with Martin and the rest of the team makes sense on so many levels for us”.
SailEAST chairman Martin Wiggins said: “I am delighted that HCC has announced it will be supporting SailEAST for the 2010 season. The event is now very well established and well regarded, as is HCC, so there is an obvious synergy there that continues to work well. We are already looking forward to next year’s event and with HCC on board things are shaping up for another great series in 2010.”
HCC has strong sailing connections and has previously sponsored the Optimist Dinghy fleet in local regattas. Getting involved in SailEAST is a natural and progressive move for raising the profile of the company and increasing brand awareness within the sailing community.
