ÿþÿþ<?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 - February</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="Happy New Year! Jerome &amp; Nik would like to welcome you to the February 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/18 - February/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 #18</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:justify;color:#FFF;background:#000" bgcolor="#000"> Happy New Year!! Jerome &amp; Nik would like to welcome you to the February 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>Pogo 2</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 valign="top"><h2>We have moved</h2> <p align="justify"> Open Sailing has moved into a new location! It s right down the street from our old building. We have plenty of office space and lots of boats on display. There are a lot of exciting changes coming in the next few months... stay tuned... <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=306">Read more</a>. </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="New Location" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/NewLocation.jpg"/> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Pogo 2" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/Pogo2.jpg"/> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>Pogo 2</h2> <p align="justify"> Open Sailing is proud to announce that the famous Pogo 2 Mini Transat will now be built in the USA! For almost a decade, the Pogo 2 has proven to be the best mini TransAt out there. Open Sailing is very excited to finally introduce this wonderful boat in North America. <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=958">Read more</a>. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><h2>New Boats!</h2> <p align="justify"> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=927">USA 286</a> came out of the factory this month and has been turning a lot of heads. USA 209 also has a new owner and will be back on the race course in February. The Open 5.70 fleet in <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=72&lang=en">Southern California</a> has now grown to 10 boats! </p> </td> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="New Boats" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/NewBoats.jpg"/> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" width="250" alt="Class Website" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/ClassWebsite.jpg"/> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>5.70 Class Website</h2> <p align="justify"> The Open 5.70 Class Association has a new website and it looks great. There's information about the <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=53&lang=en">Open 5.70</a>, <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=categoriesdetailed&Itemid=62&lang=en">upcoming events</a>, <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=55&lang=en">latest news</a>, <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=66&lang=en">pictures</a>, <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=67&lang=en">videos</a>, <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=61&func=showcat&catid=9&lang=en">classifieds</a>, <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=61&lang=en">forums</a>, and <a href="http://www.open570usa.com">more.</a>. <a href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_user&view=register&Itemid=96&lang=en">Create a login</a> and if you're a member of the Class Association you can post pictures and articles as well as gain access to the Members Only section. </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" style="background-image:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/ClassAssociationBackground250.png');"> <tr> <td colspan=3 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 colspan=3 align="left"> <font color="#FFF" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Race Results</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"> <font size="-1"> <img border="0" width="180" alt="The Champagne Series" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/CA01.jpg"/><br/><a style="color:White" href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=84%3Athe-insane-day-1-of-the-champagne-series&amp;catid=61%3Asouthern-california-fleet&amp;Itemid=88&amp;lang=en">The Champagne Series</a><br/><i>Marina del Rey, CA</i> <img border="0" width="180" alt="3BF" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/CA02.jpg"/><br/><a style="color:White" href="http://open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85%3Athree-bridge-fiasco&amp;catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&amp;Itemid=89&amp;lang=en">Three Bridge Fiasco</a><br/><i>San Francisco, CA</i> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 align="left"> <font color="#FFF" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Upcoming Races</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <font size="-1"> <td><a href="http://www.sbyrc.org/club/"><img border="0" width="50" alt="Flyer" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/ChampagneFlyer.jpg"/></a></td> <td><font style="color:White" >Champagne Series #2</font><br/><i>February 6th, 2010</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <font size="-1"> <td><a href="http://midwinters.scyaweb.org/2010mwr/"><img border="0" width="50" alt="Flyer" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/MidwintersFlyer.png"/></a></td> <td><font style="color:White" >SCYA Midwinters</font><br/><i>February 20th &amp; 21st, 2010</i></td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr/> <center> <table style="background:#000; color:#F00;" width="225"> <tr> <td align="center"><b>Recent Blog Entries</b></td> </tr> </table> <table style="background:#000; color:#F00;" width="225"> <tr> <td width="50"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/Blog01.jpg" width="50" align="middle" alt="Blog 01"/></td> <td valign="middle"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#DDD" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=921" target="_blank">NHYC Luncheon</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/Blog02.jpg" width="50" align="middle" alt="Blog 02"/></td> <td valign="middle"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#DDD" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Blog/?p=927" target="_blank">Stunner</a></td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr/> <center> <a href="mailto:info@opensailingusa.com?subject=Financing Special" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/18 - February/Financing Special.jpg" width="225" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5" alt="Financing Special"/></a> <hr/> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/eshop/index.php?cPath=22&amp;osCsid=162515b359d1377e15a5933a27126f5a" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/nauteek.jpg" width="190" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5" alt="Nauteek"/></a> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Services/Kattack.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Kattack.png" width="190" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="5" alt="Kattack"/></a> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/eshop/index.php?cPath=3&amp;osCsid=162515b359d1377e15a5933a27126f5a" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/tacktick.jpg" width="190" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5" alt="TackTick"/></a> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/eshop/index.php?cPath=31&amp;osCsid=162515b359d1377e15a5933a27126f5a" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/gill.jpg" width="190" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5" alt="Gill"/></a> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/eshop/index.php?cPath=21&amp;osCsid=162515b359d1377e15a5933a27126f5a" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/velocitek.jpg" width="190" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5" alt="Velocitek"/></a> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Boats/Prowler/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/fastacraft.gif" width="190" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5" alt="Fastacraft"/></a> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="750" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" frame="box"> <tr> <td style="background:#000;" bgcolor="#000"> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td><img width="100" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Open Sailing Logo Only.png" alt="Logo"/></td> <td><p align = "center"><font face="arial" color="#FFF">Open Sailing USA | www.OPEN<font color="#FF0000">SAILING</font>USA.com | 310-928-6570</font><br/><font face="arial" size="-2" color="#666">If you wish to unsubscribe send an email containing UNSUBSCRIBE to info@opensailingusa.com</font></p></td> <td><img width="100" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Open Sailing Logo Only.png" alt="Logo"/></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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