Ideal Stelrad F28 Racing

The Ideal Stelrad F28 Racing Team

	Ross Hobson Senior Lecturer / Consultant in Orthodontics at Newcastle Dental School, he has been sailing since boyhood and racing offshore competitively since being a teenager. He has written a number of articles for the specialized sailing press. Multiple race wins and records including: Henri-lloyd trophy 1993 Round Britain and Ireland 2 Handed race. Scottish 3 Peaks monohull record 1994. 1st Grand Prix Multihull Hoya Round the Island race 1996. 1st Scottish Islands Peaks Race 2000, new overall, new sailing and new passage records World Record Plymouth to La Rochelle 2001 Outright winner Round Britain and Ireland 2 handed race 2002 1st Round the Isle of Wight 2 handed race 2003 1st Multihull Rolex Fastnet Race 2003 1st 50ft Multihull Transat Jacques Vabre 2003 World Transatlantic Record Bermuda to Plymouth 2004
	Dave Boatman Dave has been supporting Ross with his campaigns for years. An invaluable member of the team on and off the water Dave is the logistics specialist but is also bringing his sailing skills to some of the races this season.
TBA	Will Michell Will Mitchell has raced many different types of monohulls and dinghies. The F28 is his first step into multihull sailing, bringing a new perspective and many fresh ideas from the mono's. Will's trade in the car body business has also proved very useful, adding another practically minded member to the team.
	Peter Hobson Peter has raced various high performance dinghies on the youth circuit. After racing a Hobie 16 beach catamaran for two years he hopes to bring these 'small catamaran' skills to the boat. Studying Marine Technology, small craft design he is also involved in the design and implementation of modifications to the boat.
	Martin Boatman Martin Boatman has been sailing his whole life, his experience lies at the top end of both high performance dinghies and sportsboat's fleets. Martin brings a wealth of racing experience and tactic's to the team.