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 - December</title> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/OpenSailing.png" /> <link rev="made" href="mailto:info@opensailingusa.com"/> <meta name="keywords" content="Open 570, Open 650"/> <meta name="description" content="Jerome &amp; Nik would like to welcome you to the December issue of the OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER, bringing you the latest and greatest news from the world of the Open 5.00, the Open 5.70, the Open 6.50, the Prowler Flying Moth and more..."/> <meta name="author" content="Open Sailing"/> <link rel="image_src" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/Newsletter.png" /> </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 style="height:50px"> <td style="background:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Header.png');" valign="bottom"><p style="color:#CCC; margin:0px; text-align:right; font-size:10pt;">Issue #16</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:justify;color:#FFF;background:#000" bgcolor="#000"> Jerome &amp; Nik would like to welcome you to the December 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... </td> </tr> </table> <table width="750" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" frame="box"> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF;" width="500" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFF"> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="480" alt="Cover Shot" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/CoverShot.jpg"/> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p align="justify"> Check out <strike>Open Sailing</strike> Santa and his Elf on the cover of the <a href="http://www.marinermagazine.com">Mariner Magazine</a> this month!! See <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=827">more pictures</a> from the photo shoot. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>Holiday Gift Guide</h2> <p align="justify"> Have a look at what Open Sailing has to offer in the way of Holiday Gifts for the sailor on your list. Not only are we offering discounts on brand name gear and electronics but we have some unique holiday items including a 2010 Open 5.70 Calendar and the Open 5.70 USB 2GB Thumbdrive. Feel free to print the <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/GiftGuide.pdf">flyer</a> and leave it somewhere obvious for those people in your life that might be buying you gifts this season. Or head over to our <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/eshop/">online store</a>. </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Holiday Gift Guide" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/GiftGuide.png"/> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="ASA Certification" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/ASACertification.jpg"/> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>ASA Certification</h2> <p align="justify"> Jerome and Nik are now both certified to teach keelboat sailing and award students with an ASA Basic Keelboat Certifcation (ASA 101). In January next year Open Sailing will be opening a High Performance Sailing School in Marina del Rey, CA. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=822">Read more...</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>Tophies</h2> <p align="justify"> We would just like to thanks everyone that took the time to attend the End of Season Celebration either in person or via telephone. Overall the meeting went well and we are looking good for 2010. Congratulations to all the 2009 trophy winners. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=819">Read more...</a> </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Trophies" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/Trophies.jpg"/> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Winter Delivery Special" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/WinterDeliverySpecial.jpg"/> </center> </td> <td style="text-align:justify;" valign="top"><h2 style="text-align:left;">5.70 Winter Special</h2> For many of us winter is upon us and the 2009 sailing season is a distant memory. Of course for others the season never ends. Here in Southern California we are lucky enough to be able to sail year round. However, we re not selfish and we want to share some of that season with you. Check out Open Sailings special <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=246">Winter Delivery Program</a>. </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>Preowned Deals</h2> <p align="justify"> There are currently a few pre-owned boats for sale giving everyone an opportunity to pick up a well equiped boat for less. Check out USA 209 which is in great condition with a lot of extras which is being offered for only $26,950. For a complete list of preowned boats currently available <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Boats/Preowned/">click here.</a> </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="PreownedDeals" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/PreownedDeals.jpg"/> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="NewBoat" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/NewBoat.png"/> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>New Boat Ordered</h2> <p align="justify"> The latest boat to be ordered is a little special. With a faux carbon fibre cabin roof, black sails, and custom orange keel, foil and rudders it is definitely going to stand out in a crowd. More pictures are available <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=849">here.</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="background:#CCC;" width="225" bgcolor="#CCC" valign="top"> <center> <table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="225"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png');" align="left"> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.open570usa.com/"><font color="#FFF" face="Comic Sans MS">Open 5.70 Class Association</font></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-image:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png');" align="left"> <font color="#FFF" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>2010 Officers</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-image:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png');" align="center"> <font size="-1"> <img border="0" width="180" alt="Rich Festa" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/RichFesta.jpg"/><br/><font style="color:White" >President</font><br/><i>Rich Festa</i> <img border="0" width="180" alt="Matchless Match Racing" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/MichaelGough.jpg"/><br/><font style="color:White">Vice-President</font><br/><i>Michael Gough</i> <img border="0" width="180" alt="Matchless Match Racing" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/16 - December/MarcFinot.jpg"/><br/><font style="color:White">Northern California Fleet Captain</font><br/><i>Marc Finot</i> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr/> <center> <table style="background:#000; 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