Celebrating 10 years of the MUSTO Performance Skiff

Happy 10th Birthday Musto Performance Skiff!

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"The only true singlehanded skiff available. With spinnaker, wings and trapeze the MPS is the best performing sinlehanded trapeze boat." Ovington Boats.

"The Musto Performance Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4.55m. It features a trapeze, asymmetrical spinnaker, wings and low weight and achieves speeds of over twenty knots which makes it one of the fastest single-handed sailing boats.

It was designed for the 2000 Olympic Class trials in Quiberon by Joachim Harpprecht where it won every race in the single-handed dinghy competition. Since then, the class has grown mainly in the UK and Europe. The racing circuit had up to seven nations participating at regattas in 2004.
It is a demanding boat for experienced dinghy sailors. At the time of the design, the concept of a single-handed skiff was first met with scepticism by many observers, very similar to the initial reaction after the introduction of the 49er in 1996. Since then other single-handed skiff classes such as the RS700 have developed, bringing this kind of boat closer to mainstream dinghy sailing."

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Check out the Ovington Boats website and the special limited editon anniversary boats, or visit their stand at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2010 which is on at Alexandra Palace, London Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 March 2010.


Musto Performance Skiff class and Ovington Boats are celebrating the 10th birthday of the class by offering 10 limited edition Musto Performance Skiffs

February Sale on MUSTO Jackets - Great Discounts!

Fantastic February MUSTO Clothing Discounts at the Roan Star Sailing Outlet

We only have limited stock, so if you want to make some great savings on Musto jackets, then check out these terrific offers today:

New MUSTO Lite Jacket Gore-Tex Waterproof MJ0461 Medium Now only £115! Save £65
New MUSTO Lite Jacket Gore-Tex Waterproof MJ0461 Large Now only £115! Save £65

Check out our Musto Clearance items:

New Light Blue MUSTO Snug Blouson Jacket - 3 sizes available. Large, Medium or Small. Now just £65! Save 35% 
New MUSTO Waterproof Snug Jacket XL Also just £65! Great value for a top quality Musto Snug Jacket.


Check out our eBay Feedback and Buy with Confidence. Visit the Roan Star Sailing Outlet to see all of our MUSTO clothing range. Free fully insured and fully trackable delivery included within the UK. We have everything on sale at a discount price and if you are looking for any particular MUSTO item from their sailing or casual clothing ranges, then we are always happy to assist.

BMW ORACLE Racing Wins the 33rd America's Cup

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Taken from YouTube BMWORACLERacingTeam's Channel.

The second race of the 33rd America's Cup was a terrific spectacle, full of suspense and exciting sailing.
Alinghi 5 picked up a penalty just before the starting gun, and looked as if they were already beaten, but then the Alinghi boat went to the right hand side of the race course and gained when the wind shifted to the right. Despite the disastrous start,  Alinghi were leading for most of the upwind leg of the race, gaining 600 metres on the challengers. In this second race of the cup, experienced racing helmsman Loick Peyron taking control of Alinghi 5 instead of owner Ernesto Bertarelli.  It was very close for most of the race with leaders Alinghi 5 trying to escape from the chasing BMW Oracle boat, all the while knowing that they would still have the penalty to complete. However after a disasterous tack at the top mark, BMW Oracle Racing then took the lead for the downwind leg and from then on the race was won. BMW Oracle Oracle rapidly gaining speed, reaching up to 33 knots!, and finishing 5 minutes 26 seconds ahead to take the 33rd America's Cup with a 2-0 victory.

33rd America's Cup Finally Starts

After being delayed from starting on Monday and Wednesday, due to unfavourable wind conditons, yesterday saw challenger US team BMW Oracle Racing's monster trimaran emphatically beating the defender Alinghi 5 catamaran in the first race of the 33rd America's Cup. It's the best of three races, and if everything goes in the same way that race 1 did,  the ultimate victory could be decided tomorrow.

BMW Oracle is equipped with a revolutionary and incredibly powerful 68 metre long wing sail, and the trimaran was 1-3 knots faster on any point of sail, sailing higher upwind and lower downwind ultimately reaching speeds of up to 28 knots. BMW Oracle finished more than 3 kilometres ahead of Alinghi 5, who also incurred a right of way penalty. The finishing time margin was over 15 minutes.


Follow the 2nd race live from Valencia on the official America's Cup website tomorrow. The live video stream coverage and expert commentary is excellent.

http://www.americascup.com/en/index.html

MUSTO Evolution Fleece Sailing Jackets (SE0050) on Sale Now

Brand new arrivals today at our eBay shop. These jackets are just £73.50! With free UK delivery included. These fleeces are £85 in the shops.

We have fantastic black EVOLUTION fleeces from MUSTO. These full zip fleece jackets are smart, sporty and exactly what you expect from the very popular MUSTO EVOLUTION sailing range.

• Recycled Polartec® Classic 200™
• Centre front zip with rollover chin guard
• Lycra trim to hem & cuffs
• Cover stitch detail throughout
• Under arm panels for articulation
• New Evolution external branding

We have 3 sizes available, Large, XL & XXL.

We offer international shipping to Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America.


Please visit our eBay shop the Roan Star Sailing Outlet to see all of our great deals on MUSTO clothing.