After a titanic, trans-Atlantic duel against race-favorite Maserati, a professionally-crewed fully foiling trimaran, Craig Sutherland, managing director of Sutherland Multidisciplinary Engineers, skippered LoveWater, a huge French-designed and built, 80ft trimaran, to a thrilling victory for South Africa in the Cape to Rio race in January this year.

Focused and decisive leadership must be aligned with a sound overall race strategy which incorporates well-considered and efficiently executed shorter-term tactics relative to the ever-changing weather systems and competitors’ movements. In fact, running a successful business is not that different.