Formula News

9 Nov 2007

Formula Welcomes Experienced Designer

Formula Yacht Spars welcomes Simon Eatwell to the company. An experienced designer, Simon joins Formula as Design Engineering Manager based at its Lymington headquarters.

Simon will head up Formula’s design function and will lead its designers and engineers based around the world.

Simon Eatwell

Simon has extensive design and engineering experience, having worked for Sparcraft/Southern Spars in Cape
Town for six years as the company’s head designer and lead designer on all custom projects. This was followed by a year working for the South African America’s Cup Team,Team Shosholoza, where he ran and maintained the rig programme.

A keen yachtsman, Simon’s previous designs include Skip Novak’s Pelagic ii;the 05-06 Clipper round the world fleet; and the new generation Farr 40’ rigs. Simon is currently working on the Artemis II IMOCA 60.