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North Sails Weekly Debrief: Caribbean comeback, Offshore Tips, Šime Fantela joins North Sails
by North Sails 2 Feb 2019 04:00 PST
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Caribbean Comeback
Andrew Dove and Mike Toppa are both excited about the 2019 racing season in the islands, which Andrew calls “one of the ideal places in the world to sail."
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Groundhog Day: Offshore Tips
We're replaying offshore tips from the archive: Casey Smith, two-time Volvo Ocean Race veteran talks about maintaining focus on long distance races.
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Šime Fantela Joins North Sails
This gold medalist brings a wealth of experience and raw talent. ime will work with the design and product development teams to quantify their ongoing innovations.
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Dragon Class Leader
Theis Palm has been named our new Dragon Class Leader. He has 42 years of sailmaking experience and enough Dragon class victories to fill a trophy case.
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