ÿþÿþÿþ<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER - September</title> </head> <body style="background:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/carbonfiber.jpg');background-attachment:fixed;"> <table width=750 align=center cellpadding=5 cellspacing="0" frame=box> <tr height=50> <td colspan=2 background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Header.png" valign="bottom"><p style="color:#CCC; margin:0px; text-align:right; font-size:10pt;">Issue #13</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2 bgcolor=#000000> <font color=#FFFFFF> <p align=justify>Jerome & Nik would like to welcome you to the SEPTEMBER issue of the OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER, bringing you the latest and greatest news from the world of the <b>Open 5.00</b>, the <b>Open 5.70</b>, the <b>Open 6.50</b>, the <b>Prowler Flying Moth</b> and more...</p> </td> </tr> <tr><td width="500" bgcolor=#FFFFFF valign="top"> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Long Beach Boat Show" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/LBBS.jpg"> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>Long Beach Boat Show</h2> <p align=Justify> Open Sailing will be at the Long Beach Boat Show from September 10th until September 13th. Come by and check out the Open 5.70. We're also offering the opportunity to go for a sail! <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=227">Read more</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>Newport International Boat Show</h2> <p align=justify> Open Sailing will be at the Newport International Boat in Rhode Island. The show start on Thursday September 17th through Sunday September 20th. The Open 5.70 will be on display next to TENT A. You'll be able to check out the boat and there will also be an opportunity to schedule a demo after the show. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=577">Read more</a> </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Go Sailing" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/NRIBS.jpg"></a> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Sarcoma Cup" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/SarcomaCup.png"> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>Sarcoma Cup</h2> <p align=Justify> The Open 5.70s showed up in force at the Sarcoma Cup with 5 boats racing on San Francisco Bay. With challenging conditions for both the buoy racing and the pursuit race the boats and the crew were put through their paces. "boracic" put on a good show by winning every race. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=536">Read more</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>Last Sunset</h2> <p align=justify> Most people associate the end of summer with Labor Day& Sailors in Marina del Rey associate the end of summer with the last Wednesday night Sunset Series Race. On September 2nd there was a good turn out of 74 boats including TWO Open 6.50s. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=587">Read more</a> </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Last Sunset" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/LastSunset.jpg"></a> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Sarcoma Cup" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/DownTheCoast.png"> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>Down The Coast</h2> <p align=Justify> The Marina del Rey to Seal Beach race is 30 miles of downwind sailing which takes the racers through some of the windiest places Southern California has to offer. This is a great race for the Open boats, plenty of wind, plenty of waves and spinnaker up the whole way. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=591">Read more</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>Women at the Helm</h2> <p align=justify> The WOW/WAH regatta has two divisions: Women on Water (WOW) - composed of all female teams and Women at the Helm (WAH) - composed of co-ed teams with a female driver. This year the Open 5.70 fleet will be racing in the WAH division and we're hoping to get at least 6 boats out on the race course. <a href="http://www.wsasmb.org/wow-wah.html">Read more</a> </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="WOW / WAH" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/WOW_WAH.png"></a> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width=225 bgcolor=#CCCCCC valign="top"> <center> <table align=center cellpadding=2 cellspacing="0" width=225> <tr> <td background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png" align="left"> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.open570usa.com/"><font color=#FFFFFF face="Comic Sans MS"> Open 5.70 Class Association</font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png" align="left"> <font color=#FFFFFF face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Race Results</b></font> </td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png" align=center> <font size=-1> <img border="0" width="180" alt="Sarcoma Cup" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/CA01.png"><br><a style="color:White" href="http://open570usa.com/eventdetails.php?id=36">Sarcoma Cup</a><br><i>San Francisco, CA</i> <img border="0" width="180" alt="Harris Regatta" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/CA02.jpg"><br><a style="color:White" href="http://open570usa.com/eventdetails.php?id=37">Harris Regatta</a><br><i>Marina del Rey, CA</i> <img border="0" width="180" alt="Jazz Cup" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/13 - September/CA03.jpg"><br><a style="color:White" href="http://open570usa.com/eventdetails.php?id=38">Jazz Cup</a><br><i>San Francisco, CA</i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png" align="left"> <font color=#FFFFFF face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Upcoming Races</b></font> </td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png" align=center> <font size=-1> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.wsasmb.org/wow-wah.html">September 19-20 - Women at the Helm</a><br><i>Marina del Rey, CA</i><br> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/SA%20sportboat%20regatta.htm">September 26-27 - International Sportboat Anarchy Festival</a><br><i>San Diego, CA</i><br> </td> </tr> <!-- <tr><td background="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png" align="left"> <a style="color:White; 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