News from Devoti Sailing

Karel Samsula from Devoti Sailing updates us on their plans for European event support in 2008 and on the latest sales news from the company.

As in recent seasons, Devoti Sailing is organising service support with parts available for some of the key European Melges 24 events in 2008. Races attended up to the Worlds will be the Volvo Cup 1 in Scarlino, SNIM in Marseilles, Volvo Cup 2 in Argentario and the Italian Championship in Cagliari. The ranking races in Germany, Switzerland and Austria will be served by Petr Goeckel, races in the U.K. by John Pollard and in Norway by Jens Wathne. This puts Devoti Sailing closer to their customers.

The highlight of this M24 season is the Worlds held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. A service team, including a technician who can carry out small repairs on site, will be in attendance at this event. For spare parts ordered by May 12th Devoti offers free delivery to the venue. Parts sold during the regatta will be subject to a 10 percent service/delivery charge to cover availability at the event.

It is now four seasons since Devoti Sailing was established as a contractual builder of the Melges 24 boats for the European market and the class is enjoying further success. The number of active sailing boats and number of sailors at main European regattas is growing. This is good news.

And what is behind this? Devoti Sailing supports existing national classes and sailors with technical assistance, spare parts and new boat deliveries. The other part of this success is the taking of this class spirit into new regions and the attracting of new sailors to this exciting class. This has already come about in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine and will soon follow this year in Bulgaria and Poland. Melges 24 is one of the strongest one design classes in the world and this new market launch can only make it even stronger in the long run.

To find out more about Devoti Sailing and the Melges 24 in Europe please contact

Devoti Sailing s.r.o.
Príkop 27/2a
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Tel/Fax +420 546 210 285
Mobile: +420 602 160 562
Skype: devoti.sailing.s.r.o
Office Opening hours: 8am to 4pm CET
E-mail: info@devotisailing.cz
Web: WWW.DEVOTISAILING.COM