In recognition of the launch of their newest timepiece, Rolex presented international yachtsman Paul Cayard with a Rolex watch at a ceremony held on May 23rd at the Real Club Nautico Valencia, Spain.
Paul Cayard is a seven-time sailing world champion (including the Star Worlds in 1988), a five-time America's Cup veteran and two-times Olympian. Cayard surprised some when he switched gears to offshore racing and skippered the Swedish entry, EF Language in the grueling 1997/98 Whitbread Round the World Race. He won three of the nine legs on his way to becoming the first American skipper to win the race. Following that prestigious victory, he was honored the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Award in 1998. He was elected to the Sailing World Hall of Fame in 2002. Paul skippered the Disney entry, Pirates of the Caribbean in the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race, winning the final leg into Gothenburg (Sweden) and placing a commanding second overall.
