We wish you a fantastic new year, good
health and lots of sunshine and great sailing!
The start of a new year is a great moment
to look back to the past year. For us it was a great sailing season with lots
of racing and great results for the Falcon F16.
Some of the highlights
The start of the season traditionally is
Carnac, France. At the buoyracing the first Falcon finished 4th in tough
conditions. The last day the raid was sailed, there youth team Hendrickx/Bols
finished 3rd overall!
At the Open Belgian Championships at
Oostduinkerke there were 3 days of racing to decide on the Belgian Champion
long distance and buoy racing. Also there we were topranked with gold and
bronze in the buoy racing and a first place for us in the raid!
Not only in Belgium we had great achievements.
In Switzerland and Italy Falcons won the Bol d'Or and took 2nd place at the
Italian championship F16. In Florida Falcon youth sailors Jeremy & Sam
qualified for ISAF youth worlds. Also there was the battle for the US F16
Nationals. Matt & Gina McDonald took second place and Sarah Newberry and
John Casey convincinly took 1st! They are now training for their 2016 Olympic
campaign. Support them here:
http://www.usamultihull2016.com
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| Canadian Olympic team training on the Falcon |
Launch of the new Falcon F18
Ofcourse we are looking forward to the
next season when the newest in the Falcon family will be introduced in Europe:
the Falcon F18. Matt McDonald inroduced with the Falcon the only US built F18
and clearly sets a new benchmark in quality for the F18 class. The US debute
was in California were 2 Falcon F18's raced in the F18 worlds in Long Beach.
Everyone was impressed with both the new features and the built quality! In
sneak preview below already some pictures of the F18 in action! More
information to come second half of January on our new website!
Winter promotions at TheBoatShop.be
Eventhough we are not sailing in Belgium,
we're full force preparing the new sailing season. If you place your order for
a new boat before end of January 2013 you take advantage of our special winter
promotions for both the F16 and the F18! Call or mail us for more information!