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Luke Patience and Stu Bithell qualify for the 2012 Olympics

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After their silver medal in the recent 470 Worlds in Australia Patience and Bithell have been announced as the selection for the 470 in Weymouth and the 2012 Olympics.

A massive congratulations to Luke and Stuart, it's been a long hard battle to get there but as it all gets closer everything seems to be falling into place.

Good luck for 2012 boys, everyone here is behind you.

Terrible news from Perth for Ben... but great news for Giles

The RYA has released an official press release about the press boat incident in Perth with Ben. In which they stress that there was no physical part to the "conversation" between Ben and the press boat driver.

Ainslie disqualified from two races after press boat incident
Ben Ainslie’s campaign for a sixth Finn World Championship title came to an end on Saturday (10 December) after he was disqualified for both of the day’s two races after an incident with a media boat driver on his course.

Build up to Perth 2011 ISAF Worlds

As we get ready for he first races from Perth many of the sailors and coaches are giving us a flavour of the atmosphere and venue through Facebook and Twitter.

We had to share Ian percy's latest Tweet which had us all laughing:

Slightly worrying we are having to sign a disclaimer against being killed by "marine predators"

It was the question on most men’s lips (pun intended) 3 weeks ago...

To Movember or not to Movember?


During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. Read more.

FREE POSTAGE

We all love free stuff!

We're constantly trying to offer you the best deals on all your sailing equipment. The best prices, the best products and the best service.

And now SailingFast has gone a step further with FREE Postage for all orders in the UK over £100.

And, it doesn't end there. We've also reduced all of our postage costs, So even if you're not spending £100 our postage is still the cheapest around. We'll post up-to 10Kg of sailing equipment to you for just £4.95!

Dawn of the Aura - New Ovington Skiff

Ovington are looking forwards to the new Olympic classes and have launched their new Aura in a bid to win selection for 2016. We think the design looks amazing and are really looking forward to seeing her on the water.

18th October, Ovington press release:

10% Off all North Sails!

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At SailingFast we're all looking forward to the last couple of sails this year, wanting to make the most of the chances before it gets too cold. We hope you're enjoying the end of the season too and so are really happy to bring you this great deal now to make the most of those end of season sails and get you in the mood for the New Year.

Prestwick Sailing Club September Regatta

Full Results

29er Fleet

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 7, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet SailNo Club HelmName CrewName Rating R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st 29er 1905 Arran Junior SC Rory Hunter Neil Hunter

Winners of the draw at the Topper Nationals



Congratulations to the following sailors who all won great prizes available at the Topper National Registration draw.

Daniel Bull, Won SIS PSP 22 energy drink Go bars a weeks supply and a water bottles.

WIN at the Topper Nationals

Would you like all new ropes or all new blocks for your boat? What about some Neil Pryde sailing gear or Animal clothing?

If you are going to th Topper Nationals you could able to win all of this and more.

SailingFast have arranged for a massive prize fund to be awarded at random to everyone sailors at the Topper Nationals. So what could you win?

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