The new team, led by skipper Scott Shawyer, will compete in the fully-crewed race, connecting European cities from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic, in August/September 2025. The Be Water Positive Sailing Team is a new squad on the IMOCA scene, led by Shawyer, a businessman turned sailor, who is determined to grow offshore sailing in […]
The new team, led by skipper Scott Shawyer, will compete in the fully-crewed race, connecting European cities from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic, in August/September 2025.
The Be Water Positive Sailing Team is a new squad on the IMOCA scene, led by Shawyer, a businessman turned sailor, who is determined to grow offshore sailing in his native Canada.
“I’ve always been an avid sailor. I grew up sailing dinghies on Georgian Bay in Canada,” Shawyer explains. “Fast forward through to COVID and I was in lockdown – couldn’t leave the house – and I saw the Vendée Globe sailors walking down the dock, jumping on their boats and racing around the world. It was such a sense of freedom… I thought I’m doing something wrong here being strapped to a desk!!”
Fast forward a few years and Shawyer has a plan and a team in place to race around the world.
