It’s a pleasure for me to welcome you to the 10th edition of the Alumni Sailing Cup.
This 10th edition will be organised for the fifth year by the Solvay Business School Alumni Association (SBSA) after having been organised for two years by Hans Mariën and a number of alumni from Brussels based Vlekho.
Yet, the initiative is a 100% Solvay in collaboration with Sail & Sun Cruises and our new Event Sponsor Ebbinge & Company. I want to thank Stany Deruyver for his great work over the past years, and for his help again in the preparation of this year's edition and for taking the responsibility over the Racing Committee.

I would like to stress the importance of respecting the rules and to be fair play. Stany, Marc and Philippe are in charge of organizing the races and have full authority to stop races if necessary or disqualify participants. I count on all of you to avoid damage to the boats, and even more important, to ensure safety of all participants (on your boat as well as on other boats).
In order to encourage fair play, we introduce a parallel ranking based on sympathy. This ranking is only influenced by the respect for others. On Sunday afternoon we will award both the winning team on points and the one on sympathy / fair play.

For this 10th edition of the Alumni Sailing Cup we intend to increase the number of participants and will work on a broader European participation. We hope the sailing team of Warocqué (F) who won in 2003 and 2004, is going to take part this year, as it is a unique opportunity for other talents to reveal themselves.
I wish all of you good luck in the race! Enjoy the 10th edition.

On behalf of the Organizing Team,
Dave De Graeve.