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WASZP March Update - European Championships

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WINNER! Harry Mighell

It is getting to that time of year, where the transition happens from southern hemisphere seasons to northern hemisphere seasons.

Though for some in the UK it seems a long way away with the ‘beast from the east’ reminding us winter is very much still around.

However, before we know it, racing all over Europe will commence and we can not wait for the WASZP to set the northern hemisphere alight with some fantastic events!

WASZP EVENTS PAGE

European Championships

We have now annouced the dates of the European Championships on to be held at Malcesine Yacht Club in Italy from the 28th June to the 1st of July. This is going to be a huge event and an opportunity to see how much the fleet has grown since the WASZP Games in August 2017. It will be exciting to see a fleet of 60-70 racing around Lake Garda, with a number of countries showing fantastic growth in the period since the last WASZP Games in Italy.

Prior to this event there from the 25th -27th a coaching clinic will be available as well as clinics on boat preperation and maintenance. There will also be an owners meeting, an agents meeting and a presentation on the up-coming WASZP Games in Perth 2019. With the formats being refined all the time, the Championship Racing will be fantastic and other events such as the Slalom have been re-invented to suit the WASZP and create a fun atmosphere.

There are plenty of things to do in Malcesine so if you are looking for a holiday in Europe look no further than these dates.

Click HERE for the 2018 Europeans Event Page

This includes:

Race documents
Accomodation
Social activities

Pacific Championships

The Pacific Championships held at the Manly Sailing Club on Auckland’s North Shore was a fantastic event with a wide range of conditions.

Again a solid fleet assembled with Tom Trotman from Australia making the journey over to test the New Zealand waters it gave an international flavour.

With Tom finishing 3rd at the Australian nationals it would give both fleets a solid understanding of where they are at leading into the 2019 WASZP Games in Perth.

The kiwis were battle hardened after a 3 day national championships 2 weeks earlier and it showed.

The 1st day of racing was held in nuclear conditions up around 25 knots, to everyone’s credit and testament to the WASZP itself 2/3’s of the fleet made it around the course in both races.

Predict Wind put on the beer and soft drinks after the racing with the Predict Wind ‘chilly bin’ proving popular once again. Andrew McDougall was also on hand to provide assistance in tuning and set-up through the regatta. This is something the fleet certainly benefitted from.

Day 2 and more moderate conditions greeted the fleet, this allowed some of the lighter sailors to gain some points back on the leaders. Particularly impressive was young Mattias Coutts at 12 years of age recording a 2nd place in heat 5! The future is very bright in New Zealand WASZP sailing.

Unfortunately Day 3 the wind evaporated and the overnight results stayed unchanged. This left the kiwis on top in the first instalment of this trans-tasman rivalry.

1st Scott Kennedy
2nd Jon Bilger
3rd Bruce Curson

Chile National Championships

The Chile National Championships were held on the same weekend as the Pacific Championships 3,4,5th of March 2018. Some of the images coming out of this event were simply breath-taking.

There are over 30 WASZPs now sailing in South America meaning this will be a top class event and one we are thoroughly looking forward to. There is a lot of training happening down in Chile at the moment and you can keep up with all the action and RESULTS via their FACEBOOK PAGE

UK Nationals

The innaugural UK Nationals will be held from the 10th-13th of May at Rutland. With another container of 15 boats landing in the UK just after christmas and over 50 boats now sold in the UK, we are looking at a fantastic fleet in attendance. With the weather starting to warm up it is an exciting time to be a WASZP Sailor. If you are interested in buying a WASZP in the UK please contact Duncan Hepplewhite at Sailing Fast as he still has limited stock available before the season starts!

Atlantic Coast Championships

After the UK we then move to the USA where the Atlantic Coast Championships take place on the 17th-18th of May at Toms River Sailing Club. Andrew McDougall will be on-site assisting with the fleet and running some boat preperation clinics on the 15th and 16th of May prior to the event.

Make sure you visit the event website and enter the EVENT

We are expecting a fleet of around 30 boats making it another high quality event. With the WASZP brand now gathering momentum around the World and the different regatta style and culture building excitement, it is the ideal time to get into a boat. Our USA agent Clay Johnson still has just brought some more boats in stock for summer and they won’t last long, if you are in the USA and keen to get your hands on a boat please contact clay HERE

WASZP Games 2019

In November we welcomed the news that Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth will host the 2019 WASZP Games. This will be a spectacular event with early indications of 120+ boats with a number of countries comitting to containers. The Swan River is the perfect place for WASZP sailing, with 15-20knot seabreezes coming in like clockwork and flat water with minimal traffic. The fleet in Perth now has 10+ boats sailing since the first boats were delivered in October. We expect 25 local Perth boats will be on the water before the Games, early expectations are for 70+ Aussie boats in attendance.

EVENT PAGE

The market and the future

With Australia leading the way over the last 4 months a total of 43 boats have been sold into the Australian market making it the hottest market in the world. We have also had a container land in the UK and good sales in France and Germany as the Northern Hemisphere starts to warm up.

With a lot of countries now containing over 30 boats events are starting to create great enthusiasm, the one design aspect is proving popular and now the race formats have been refined it is easy for any club to run events.

We are expecting a big end to the Southern Hemisphere summer and an even bigger European Summer. Current lead times are around 2-3 weeks for new boats, we are currently working around containers of boats heading to Norway, USA and Italy. So to avoid disappointment place your order early.

If you are interested in a boat, check for your local agent HERE or go straight to BUY A WASZP

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16th Mar 2018