ÿþÿþ<html> <head> <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="The Open Sailing Team 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/29February/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/29 - February.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/29 - February.html">Issue #29</a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:justify;color:#FFF;background:#000" bgcolor="#000"> The Open Sailing Team 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 colspan="2" align="center"> <h2>Pogo 2 x 2</h2> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=1758"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/Pogo2806Launch.jpg" border="none" hspace="10" width="450"></a><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;"><i>Photo by <a href="http://www.marinermagazine.com">Pat Reynolds</a></i></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="center"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top:10px;"> This week the <b>second</b> US built Pogo 2, USA 806, was launched in Marina del Rey, CA (see <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=268410&l=267ca0121c&id=132033541948">gallery of photos</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bj7EVHeKtw&hd=1">teaser video</a>). This boat will belong to Team Open Sailing. It will be campaigned on West Coast in the Berger Series, Whitney/Times/Bogart Series, PSSA Singlehanded Dan Byrne Series and more (see all <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Events/">Pogo 2 events</a>). It will also be available for demo sails - if you are interested in the boat don't hesitate to <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Contact.html">contact us</a> and schedule your sail today! </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <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/29February/SailFlow.gif"/></a> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td valign="middle"><h2>Champagne x 10</h2> <p align="justify"> The Southern California Fleet turned out in force at the first One Design High Point Regatta of the 2011 Season. The Champagne Series is a two weekend event run by SBYRC in Marina del Rey, CA. There were 11 Open 5.70s registered for the event - 10 boats sailed on the first weekend and 9 boats sailed on the second weekend. We were by far the largest fleet and the one design perpetual trophy for the event went to David Brown on USA 274 "KOA". <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107%3Achampagne-series&catid=61%3Asouthern-california-fleet&Itemid=88&lang=en">Read more...</a> </p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107%3Achampagne-series&catid=61%3Asouthern-california-fleet&Itemid=88&lang=en"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/11_ChampagneSeries_01.jpg" border="none" hspace="10" width="200"><br/><img vspace=10 src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/11_ChampagneSeries_02.jpg" border="none" hspace="10" width="200"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Boatshows.html"><img border="0" width="100%" alt="Open Sailing" title="Open Sailing" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/StrictlySailPacific2011.jpg"/></a> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/VolvoV60.jpg" border="none" hspace="10" width="200"> </td> <td valign="middle"><h2>The Volvo V60 x 5.70</h2> <p align="justify"> The brochure for the all-new 2011 Volvo V60 (which is a car, not a boat) includes pictures of the Open 5.70 to promote the available accessories when you purchase your new car! The V60 is currently only available in Europe but you can see one of the pictures in the <a href="http://www.volvoebrochures.co.uk/v60/">online brochure</a>. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=1748"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/NorCalx10.png" border="none" hspace="10" width="450"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="center"><h2>Open 5.70 x 10</h2> <p align="justify"> The fleet in <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=73&lang=en">Northern California</a> has just gained it s 10th Open 5.70. Open Sailing would like to welcome Frank Ross to the fleet. The boat will be delivered in February 2011 and Frank will be racing in the <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=1751">SCYA Midwinters</a> out of Marina del Rey before trailering his new boat back to San Francisco. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <center><a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Store/index.php/accessories/spokiz.html"><img border="0" width="450" alt="Spokiz Sunglasses" title="Spokiz Sunglasses" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/Spokiz.png"/></a></center> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=1748"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/SCYA570.jpg" border="none" hspace="10" width="200"></a> </td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><h2>SCYA x 186</h2> <p align="justify"> The artwork for the <a href="http://midwinters.scyaweb.org/2011mwr/">SCYA Midwinters Regatta</a> features a cool sketch of an Open 5.70 representing the winner from last years event  Michael Gough, on USA 186  boracic . <br/>The 2011 Midwinters are being hosted by California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey and are due to take place on February 19th &amp; 20th. With a local fleet of 11 boats as well as some visiting boats from San Francisco there is going to be a lot of competition on the starting line! </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <center><a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Store/index.php/safety/navi-light-red-green.html"><img border="0" width="450" alt="Navisafe" title="Navisafe" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/Navisafe.png"/></a></center> <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"> <font size="-1"> <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105%3Acyc-midwinters-2011&catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&Itemid=89&lang=en"><img border="0" width="175" alt="CYC Midwinters" title="CYC Midwinters" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/11_CYCMidwinters_01.png"/></a> <br/> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105%3Acyc-midwinters-2011&catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&Itemid=89&lang=en">CYC Midwinters</a> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"> <font size="-1"> <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108%3A2011-three-bridge-fiasco&catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&Itemid=89&lang=en"><img border="0" width="175" alt="CYC Midwinters" title="CYC Midwinters" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/11_ThreeBridgeFiasco_01.jpg"/></a> <br/> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108%3A2011-three-bridge-fiasco&catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&Itemid=89&lang=en">Three Bridge Fiasco</a> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 align="center" style="background:#555;border-top: 1px solid #AAA;"> <font color="#FFF" face="Helvetica, Arial">Upcoming Regattas</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <font size="-1"> <td><a href="http://midwinters.scyaweb.org/2011mwr/"><img border="0" width="50" alt="SCYA Midwinters" src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/29February/SCYAMidwintersFlyer.png"/></a></td> <td><a href="http://midwinters.scyaweb.org/2011mwr/" style="color:White">SCYA Midwinters</a><br/><i style="color:#AAA;">February 19-20 2011</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 align="center" style="background:#555;border-top: 1px solid #AAA;"> <font color="#FFF" face="Helvetica, Arial">2011 One Design Calendar</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"> <font size="-1"> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104%3A2011-southern-california-one-design-calendar&catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&Itemid=89&lang=en">Northern California</a> <br/> <a style="color:White" href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103%3A2011-southern-california-one-design-calendar&catid=61%3Asouthern-california-fleet&Itemid=88&lang=en">Southern California</a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr/> <center> <table style="background:#000; 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