ÿþ<html> <head> <title>OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER - August</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 August 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/24August/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><td style="background:#000"><p align="center" style="color:#666;margin:0px;padding:0px;"> <font face="arial" size="-2" color="#666666"> <a style="color:#666;" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/24 - August.html">If you cannot view this email then click here to view it as a webpage</a> </font> </p></td></tr> <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;"><a style="color:#CCC;" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/24 - August.html">Issue #24</a></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 August 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"> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com"><img border="0" width="100%" alt="Open Sailing" title="Open Sailing" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/SailFlow.gif"/></a> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" colspan="2"><h2>High Sierra Regatta Video</h2></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <center> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H_zoT2DkXA&hd=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="450" alt="Cal Race Week" title="High Sierra Video" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/HSR.jpg"/></a> </center> <p align="justify"> The High Sierra Regatta stands out as one of the more unique events on the Open 5.70 racing calendar. This year the Open Sailing Team put together this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H_zoT2DkXA&hd=1" target="_blank">awesome video</a> from their trip. <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95%3Ahigh-sierra-regatta&catid=61%3Asouthern-california-fleet&Itemid=88&lang=en" target="_blank">Read more...</a> </p> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <center> <img border="0" hspace="10" alt="Pogo 2 Under Construction" title="Pogo 2 Under Construction" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/SailingAnarchy.png"/> </center> </td> <td valign="top"><h2>Mini Anarchy</h2> <p align="justify"> Open Sailing has sponsored a new forum on the popular sailing news website <a href="http://www.sailinganarchy.com/">Sailing Anarchy</a>. The forum is called <a href="http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showforum=67">Mini Anarchy</a> and is  All about the Mini s . Current topics include <a href="http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=108056">Mini 6.5 Pogo 2</a>, <a href="http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=111137">beer can racing with a mini</a>, <a href="http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=75224">Just a MINI thread</a>, <a href="http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=103159">Alessandro Di Benedetto</a>, and many more& </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" colspan="2"><h2>Videos from Sailing on the Pogo 2</h2></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <center> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScWvyB03Gjo" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="450" alt="Pogo 2 Videos" title="Pogo 2 Videos" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/Pogo2Sailing.png"/></a> </center> <p align="justify"> Open Sailing recently spent some time in France getting to know the Pogo 2 check out a couple of videos from their trip <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScWvyB03Gjo" target="_blank">Open Sailing and Pogo 2 - Brittany, France</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6UHTXXhB8" target="_blank">Open Sailing practicing on Pogo 2 FRA 774</a>. </p> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Store/index.php/accessories/spokiz.html"><img border="0" width="100%" alt="Open Sailing" title="Open Sailing" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/Spokiz.png"/></a> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OpenSailing/"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/facebook.jpg" border="none" hspace="10"></a> </td> <td valign="middle"><h2>Facebook Milestone</h2> <p align="justify"> Just after our July Newsletter was published we reached a milestone on Facebook - 500 fans! As of today we have 584 and have been growing at a rate of 3 fans per day! <br/><a href="http://www.facebook.com/OpenSailing">Become a fan of Open Sailing now!</a></p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OpenSailing/"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/ProductionManager.jpg" border="none" hspace="10"></a> </td> <td valign="middle"><h2>Open Sailing Team +1</h2> <p align="justify"> JT has joined the <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/">Open Sailing Team</a> as the Production Manager for the Pogo 2 project. He has an good background in boat building and plenty of experience. He's no stranger to Open Sailing and has done lots of work for us in the past. Welcome to the team! </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OpenSailing/"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/24August/Luca.jpg" border="none" hspace="10"></a> </td> <td valign="middle"><h2>Open Sailing Team + 6lbs 11oz</h2> <p align="justify"> Jerome (President of Open Sailing) and his wife Alisha just welcomed their first child to their family - Luca Sammarcelli was born July 30th 2010 @ 3:37pm. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/OpenSailing/"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Facebook.gif" border="none" height="36" hspace="10"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/OpenSailingUSA"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/youtube.png" border="none" height="36" hspace="10"></a></div> </td> <td style="background:#CCC;color:#DDD;" width="225" bgcolor="#CCC" valign="top"> <center> <table align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="225" style="background-image:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/CABackground225.jpg');"> <tr> <td colspan=3 align="center" bgcolor="red"> <a style="color:White;text-decoration:none" href="http://www.open570usa.com/"><font color="#FFF" face="Helvetica, Arial"><b>Open 5.70 Class Association</b></font></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 align="center" style="background:#555; 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