ÿþÿþ<html> <head> <title>OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER - September</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 September 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/35September/Newsletter35.png" /> <meta property="og:tag name" content="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/Newsletter35.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/35 - September.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/35 - September.html">Issue #35</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 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>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"> <img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/Sarcoma.gif" border="none" width="490"><br/><font size="2pt;" color="#777">&copy;2011 Stephen Buckingham</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="center"> <p align="justify" style="margin:2px;"> The <b>Sarcoma Cup</b> regatta in San Francisco is THE regatta for the Open 5.70 on the Northern California One Design Calendar. This year the event was also the <b>Open 5.70 Pacific Coast Championship</b>. </p> <p align="justify">The Open 5.70 fleet went above and beyond simply participating in the charity regatta and hosted their own <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=2122">charity auction</a> to raise additional money for <a href="http://www.beatsarcoma.org/">BeatSarcoma</a>.</p> <p style="margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:3px;"> <table cellspacing="5" bgcolor="#DDD"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="100"><a href="http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=4416&preview=1"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/icon_Results.png"/><br/>Results</a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="100"><a href="http://kws.kattack.com/player/regatta.aspx?YachtClubID=57f5bd9c-a5eb-47f5-874c-51a6f7ed2362"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/icon_Kattack.png"/><br/>Kattack</a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="100"><a href="http://www.norcalsailing.com/entries/2011/08/28/sarcomacup/sarcomacup.html"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/icon_Account.png"/><br/>Race Report<br/><font size="2pt;" color="#777">(norcalsailing)</font></a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="100"><a href="http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?1741-The-Sarcoma-Cup-on-Boracic-Open-5.70"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/icon_Account.png"/><br/>Race Report<br/><font size="2pt;" color="#777">(Pressure Drop)</font></a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="100"><a href="http://beatsarcoma.smugmug.com/SarcomaCup2011/"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/icon_Photos.png"/><br/>Photos</a></td> </tr> </table> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p align="justify" style="margin:2px;"> Check out this video mashup from onboard the winning boat 'boracic' as they take a bullet in the 2nd race on Saturday. The video combines the <a href="http://kws.kattack.com/player/regatta.aspx?YachtClubID=57f5bd9c-a5eb-47f5-874c-51a6f7ed2362">Kattack Replay</a> with live action shot from a head mounted <a href="http://gopro.com/">GoPRO camera</a>. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=2147"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/SarcomaVideo.jpg" border="none" width="490"></a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p align="justify" style="margin:2px;"> Coming straight from a win at the Golden Gate Yacht Club Open 5.70 Invitational regatta to make it back to back wins two weekends in a row, the new Open 5.70 Pacific Coast Champion is Michael Gough racing on 'boracic' with Tyler Gough and Nik Vale as crew. </p> <img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/Sarcoma4.jpg" border="none" width="490"><br/><font size="2pt;" color="#777">&copy;2011 Stephen Buckingham</font> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=118%3Aggyc-invitational&amp;catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&amp;Itemid=89&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/GGYC.jpg" border="none" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="232" ></a> </td> <td valign="middle"> <p align="justify" style="margin:2px;"> The <b>Golden Gate Yacht Club Open 5.70 Invitational</b> is the second of its format on the fleet s 2011 spring/summer racing calendar. The  intimate gathering of the fast-growing fleet allows for great fun and camaraderie on  and off  the water.</p> <p align="right" style="margin:2px;"> <a style="font-size:9pt;" href="http://www.open570usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=118%3Aggyc-invitational&amp;catid=62%3Anorthern-california-fleet&amp;Itemid=89&amp;lang=en">Read more...</a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <table> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=2100"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/35September/MiniTransat.jpg" border="none" width="490"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" colspan="2"> <p align="justify"> The <b>2011 Mini Transat</b> is coming fast. With a start on September 25th from La Rochelle in France, the 84 single handed racers are getting ready to face the worse! Open Sailing will be in La Rochelle before the start to give you some unique and inside news from the racers! 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