The Finn European Championships brought more impressive results for North in Athens, with Giles Scott winning gold marking his third European Finn title. North powered boats won gold, silver and bronze medals, taking nine places out of the top ten. This great result follows gold, silver and bronze in last months’ Princess Sophia regatta, where North Sails took every top ten spot.
This European Championships acted as a qualification event for Tokyo 2020 were four more nations secured a spot. Qualified so far are Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Turkey and the USA.
There are now only six spaces remaining which will be decided at the continental qualification events:
1 x Asian – World Cup Series (Enoshima, Japan) August 2019
1 x Oceania – World Championships (Melbourne, Australia) December 2019
1 x South American – Copa Brazil 2019 (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) November 2019
1 x North American – Miami OCR (Miami, USA) Jan 2020
1 x Europe – Genoa World Cup (Genoa, Italy) April 2020
1 x Africa – TBC
The off-season is the ideal time to give your sails the TLC they deserve. Keeping your sails on an annual maintenance schedule will aid in extending the lifespan of your sails and maintaining peak performance.
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CARNET DE VOYAGE : DE RETOUR DANS LES EAUX DE TARIFA
Tarifa se trouve au point le plus méridional de la Péninsule ibérique, précisément là où la Méditerranée rencontre l'Atlantique, où l'Europe touche presque l'Afrique et où le vent souffle plus de 300 jours par an. Destination européenne par excellence des adeptes des sports nautiques, c’est aussi le lieu de naissance du foil surfeur professionnel nord-américain Fabian Muhmenthaler.
Nous l'avons rejoint le temps d’un week-end à la découverte des meilleurs spots pour le foil surfeur professionnel et les sorties à Tarifa. Nous comprenons désormais pourquoi il est si fier d'habiter cette ville.
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