#Star - Sail World reports on the death of Japanese sailing legend Masayuki Ishii from pneumonia at the age of 82 last month.

Known to his friends around the world as Masa, his long career in the paper industry honed skills easily transferable to the finer details of hull and sail design.

No wonder then that he garnered acclaim as a judge and umpire for the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) at countless world championships, the Whitbread Round the World Race (now the Volvo Ocean Race) and the Olympic Games.

But he was also a sailor of some renown himself, competing for Japan in the Star Class at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Sail World has much more on the story HERE.