Louise Morton is one of the Solent’s superstars – known on and off the water. Many will know her as a skilled international regatta manager, as well as the organising force behind several class associations.
On the water, she’s a talented sailor with a long list of titles to prove it, including four wins of the Quarter Ton Cup, and Gold Roman Bowl winner (racing with her husband, a three times winner) in the Round the Island Race. Noted for sailing with an all-female crew, just this summer Louise was invited to enter the first all-female crew in the RC44 World Championships. She has won the Women’s Open Keelboat Championship four times, along with numerous other first female prizes, and received the Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week in recognition of her outstanding contribution.
Away from the Solent, Louise has raced extensively in RORC and EAORA Series, as well as completing the ARC and the Fastnet several times; she has competed in top regattas in the Caribbean and Asia, and cruised across the Pacific.
Last year, Louise switched into the 5.5 Metre Class. As we speak, she’s not long back from the 5.5 Metre Worlds in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, where she was thrilled
