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This is the website for International Musto Performance Skiff Class Association.

This is the owners membership organisation for all MPS owners world wide and we hope
you will support your class through joining (note: GER & SUI nationals should join their
local association)

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2012 World Championship website is now live

Please get your entries in ...

Entries can be taken online through the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy event site >>>

Our class webpage also has additional information regarding accommodation.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in asking them via the class forum ... check this thread first in case your question has already been addressed :-)

Sail Number Positioning It's easy to do this correctly ... and it's easy to do it wrong, which is then a royal pain to correct in the dinghy park just before a big event. So why not do it right first time Pimps this way >>>

Pre-Worlds Coaching :: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 Coach : Ian Turnbull, Venue : Weymouth and Portland Sailing Centre, Price : TBA I am planning to run some coaching before the worlds begin. The options for these coaching session are the following, the weekend of the 16th/17th of June (the weekend before the pre-worlds)
or Thurs 21st - Mon 25th of June Book your slot >>>

Jürg Kühni is a well known Swiss cartoonist. He sketched the following “HAPPY MUSTO SAILOR” picture. The picture can be ordered by Heinz Wyss. Find out more>>>

 

Sport Phillip Marine Harken Australian Championships 2012 16 entries from Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, and one traveler from the UK made up the fleet for the Aussie MPS Nationals at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron at the southern end of Port Phillip, Victoria. The club had just hosted a 130 strong Sabre Nationals, so they were superbly organized and well equipped for supporting the skiffs. Read more >>>

2012 MPSCA Subs Please support your class by paying your class association subs promptly. Pay on-line here >>>

MUSTO SKIFF JANUARY TRAINING - RESCHEDULED
VENUE: Rutland Sailing Club
DATE: 28-29nd Jan 2012
COACH: Ian Turnbull
COST: approx £25 per person per day (depending on numbers)
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Worlds Accomodation Offer We have been working with one of the operators and have secured a deal for some of the accomodation to be used during the Olympics. This wing is part of a bigger complex and during the Olympics this will be home to a top European team. Read more >>

2011 Musto Skiff Survey, 9th Year Running The 2011 MPS Survey is now closed and the results indicate that we have a great future ahead. Thank you to all those who took the time to complete the survey. This is the 9th year we have conducted the survey. Read the results >>>

UK Training 2012 If you were at the Grafham inlands this year in November then you could tell how good the training for 2011 must have been, the racing just keeps getting closer with the standard improving all the time. I went to the Stokes Bay training this year that was headed by Russ Clark so I know it would be hard to improve on that. Read more >>>

Musto Skiff Open at Blairgowrie (AUS) Gentlemen, coming third I have the responsibility of writing up the weekend report. Firstly, thanks to Ritchie and Richard for getting us down to Blairgowrie for the weekend. I think it has truly proven itself as an awesome place to go for a musto.Read more >>>

Bruce Keen does the UK double Congratulations to Bruce who has won both the North & South UK travelers circuit for 2011. Great consistent sailing through the year. One can't help but wonder if the Northern Circuit may feature a few more proper Northern/Scottish events for 2012 :-) ... View the results >>>

2011 Musto Skiff Survey, 9th Year Running The MPSCA Class survey is now entering its 9th consecutive year. This survey is key to assist the class understand the need to the sailors and the views of the non-owners. This survey also seeks to gather some information about trends in the sport as a whole, the use of social media by sailors and the imapct of the current economic squeeze on the sport are covered in this survey. Survey closed now, thanks for the feedback. Analysis now in progress ...

Ovington BoatsUK Inland Nationals sponsored by Ovington 33 Musto sailors were treated to relatively warm conditions on the first day of the Ovington Inlands. Notable absences were the Essex boys. Some said that they were drafted in as extras in the next season of "The Only Way Is Essex" (http://www.itv.com/channels/itv2/itv2shows/theonlywayisessex/), while others thought that they may have recently been evicted from their homes in a well publicised eviction process...

Read the full report >>>

 

 

2012 Fixtures List now published Well done to all those who have worked to bring the 2012 fixtures to this point. It is a huge effort to work with all the various clubs around the world. We are now using a Google Calendar to allow the various fixtures secretaries around the world to collaboratively publish a world wide list. Take a look >>>

SPONSORS SOUGHT ... The 2012 Musto Skiff Worlds are to be hosted in the UK at Weymouth; the sailing venue for the 2012 Olympic Games. The event is to be held just weeks prior to the games. The class is now seeking sponsors for the event and has put together a range of affordable sponsorhship packages ranging from title sponsor to social event sponsor. Find out more >>>

61st Trofeo Ciutat de Palma The 61st running of the Trofeo Ciutat de Palma run by Real Club Nautico de Palma on the 3rd – 6th December will have the Musto Performance Skiff class competing for the first time. The Balearic fleet would like to invite sailors to join them in the beautiful Bay of Palma for some winter sunshine, racing and socialising. The Notice of Race can be found here - If you would like more information, please contact class sailor Javier Lapresa on elgusarapo2002@yahoo.es Or, go directly to the event co-ordinator Vivi Mainemare on oficinaderegatas@rcnp.es
Race Office 61 Ciutat de Palma Trophy
telephone: 971 726 848 (ext. 403)
Muelle de San Pedro, nº 1
07012 - Palma de Mallorca
Baleares - España

NOR for the Australian Champs at Blairgowrie this January Follow this link to download the full NOR >>>

 

Ovington Inlands at Grafham Water Sailing Club - NEXT WEEK The Ovington Inlands are once again returning to Grafham Water SC. Ovington Classes invited this year are the 29er, 49er, Musto Skiff, and for the first time the Flying Fifteen and Solution. Generous prizes have been provided for the event by Ovington Boats, Harken, Musto and Orange Mountain Bikes, these will be awarded by Ovington MD, 2011 Flying 15 World Champion. Saturday night entertainment once again features the 'Dirty Purples' playing live and a Firework display. Pre-entry is encouraged, but entry is open right up to day, camping/motorhome spaces are available by advanced booking direct with the club. The Notice of Race is published and available here. Ovington Boats can offer free delivery on all spares ordered before lunchtime on Thursday 3 November, please phone Ovington Boats on 0191 2576011 to place your order.

New Treasurer Required After holding the post almost continuously since the inception of the class in 2001, our International and UK class treasurer decided that he would like to hand over the rains finishing with the Worlds in Weymouth. With an original membership of 22 the class has grown to hundreds and the turnover of the association has gone from a few hundred pounds to thousands. The time has come for a more qualified incumbent who can put in place suitable controls and process to ensure that members moneys are as protected as they can be. The position of the UK and International treasurer need to be filled, and would be most suitable for a member who holds suitable accountancy qualifications. The work does not require a large time commitment, and will involve you extensively in all aspects of the class association committee. Please contact the Secretary Paul Manning if you would be interested.

Limburg Falling Leaves Regatta run by Skiff Benelux The last important sail racing event, happend to be last weekend. This of course had all the intentions in it to make a good and interesting race. There were 6 competitors who had possibilities to win the Eurocup, 4 of them were present including Roger(sui 309), Iver(ger370) Nicolas(sui109) and me(ned076). Saterday was a day of a good breeze, 8 to 15 knots, this meant Roger, Iver and me were going to determine the wins of that day, after 5 races the standings were: Read more >>>

Roger Oswald takes double win Roger Oswald from Switzerland has won the final round of the EuroCup series in Belgium and with that the 2011 EuroCup title. The Limburg Falling Leaves regatta run by Skiff Benelux was a very close regatta. After the first race, Paul Dijkstra from Holland, sailing one of the oldest boats in the fleet, looked like he might overtake Roger, but the Swiss sailor’s consistency paid off to take the title for the second year in a row. German international class chairman, Iver Ahlmann, secured second place overall in the 103 boat series by coming runner up to Roger in Belgium. Nicolas Duchoud from Switzerland was a well deserved 3rd overall just ahead of Paul Dijkstra, with Austrian Martin Mayrhofer in 5th. See the full results >>>

Congratulations Alastair Conn :: Alistair has won the Scottish Skiff Circuit by a mere 2 points from John Evans. 22 MPS sailors participated in the series showing the good health of the class north of the boarder in the UK You can view the full results via the results page >>>

SCOTTSIH SKIFF TRAVELLERS :: STONEHAVEN 24/25 Sept 2011 Conditions were expected to be fairly good over the weekend, and not to mention with ample sunshine! Saturday provided a moderately gusty wind and a fairly challenging sea. Race 1 left few competitors without at least one capsize. The conditions were testing for most. Positions were changing considerably during the race. Waves on the downwind leg were doing their best to pull boats under. After a few laps the distance between competitors was considerable. J. Evans finished with a first place. Read more >>>

Winter training with Ian Turnbull 29th & 30th October Venue Datchet. The cost will depend on the number of people taking part. Last chance for training before the inlands. Please get in touch if interested. Ian Turnbull 07739430661 ianturnbullmarine@gmail.com

MUSTO PERFORMANCE SKIFF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
Sailors from 7 different nations fill the top 12. The Go Sailing Musto Performance Skiff European Championships from Portoroz has been won by local Slovenian sailor, Dylan Tidd. 17 year old Dylan put together a consistent series in the spotlight of national TV and press and joins World Champion, Daniel Henderson, as another hugely talented young sailor emerging from the class. The regatta started with the opening ceremony by the swimming pool at Restaurant LAGUNA in Marina Portoroz on a warm sunny evening. Read more >>>

EuroCup 2011 Update With 104 entrants to date and one EuroCup event left to run in Belgium on 8th – 9th October the overall standings are very close! Class chairman, Iver Ahlmann, holds a very small lead over Swiss rival Roger Oswald. There are currently 6 different nations in the top 10, and everything is to play for going into the last regatta. Paul Dijkstra (NED 076), Nicolas Duchoud (SUI 109), Moritz Zieher (AUT 395), James McIntosh (GBR 246) and newly crowned European Champion Dylan Tidd (SLO 271) can also still win as they have all won a regatta…

European Updates will follow via the Twitter feed below and full reports on the event website >>>

GPS & Heart Rate Data from UK Nationals by Chris Wright I have some information on fitness using a GPS and heart rate watch; the picture of my heart rate for Race 9 on the Thursday at the nationals shows just how much effort is put into sailing the boat in a 12-15 knots breeze. Read more >>>

Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Icicle Race - Saturday 10th December Due to popular demand from the Musto Performance Skiff Class and enthusiasm from the club, we are pleased to announce that the Icicle Race will be run on Saturday 10th December at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. The Icicle Trophy was originally presented as the UK’s premier dinghy winter trophy and has been kindly offered to the class by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club for this event. Read more >>>

Travelers series have been update. Following the Nationals results. See the results page >>>

Musto Performance Skiff UK National Championships - Final Report The 2011 Musto Skiff National Championships were hosted by Mounts Bay Sailing Club and were blessed with a good range of conditions which allowed the full race programme to be completed. The class has already enjoyed a very successful World Championships in Melbourne at the start of the year and is looking forward to the European Championships being held in September; as a result of this the entries were down from 74 last year to 41 this year as sailors struggled to juggle their family and work commitments. Racing was extremely tight through the fleet but it would soon become clear that this was a two horse race between James MacIntosh and Bruce Keen. That said there were 6different race winners and 3rd to 10th were separated by just 17 points. Read more >>>

Musto Skiff Austrian Nationals 2011 (AUT) On July 29th until 31st we had our Nationals at Union Yacht club at Lake Attersee which is also the location and hosting club for our European Championship in 2013. Our Nationals was held during one of biggest events called Austro Rent Cup, a big sailing venue with over 100 boats and a big party on Saturday evening. This year we had all kinds of wind conditions, from stable thermal wind to westerly gusty conditions. Read more >>>

Team GoSailing congratulate James McIntosh for his impressive UK Nationals win; now it is time to focus on the Europeans. From our side, please enjoy reading of the "freshly squeezed" Newsletter ( www.gosailing.si/?p=1104 ) that brings Site map, some more info on the conditions in Piran's bay and the good things that our sponsors and partners will bring to the Event. On www.gosailing.si you can find also latest extra offer for accomodation "on site". See you all soon! Team GoSailing

Day 4 of the Musto Performance Skiff National Championships. Following a short delay the fleet set off into a sunny south westerly Force 2-3. Today was a showdow between defending champion Bruce Keen and former 49er National Champion James McIntosh; James held a slim 4 point lead. After a general recall the fleet got away and at the first mark Keen was leading from Rick Perkins and Matt Hollis; MacIntosh was in 4th. The racing was very tight and at the finish Keen wone from Perkins and McIntosh had pulled through to 3rd, Read more >>>

Day 3 of the Musto Performance Skiff National Championships. Following a 1 hour postponement the fleet started race 7 in an oscillating 8 knots from 015 degrees. Matt Hollis finally pulled off his port tack start and rounded ahead of the fleet. The breeze continued to build to 10-12 knots. Tom Wright pulled through to take the win from James McIntosh. Race 8 started in 10-15 knots and was led to the finish by Tom Wright. Bruce Kean kept the pressure on the overal leader by taking second place ahead of McIntosh. Read more >>>

Day 2 of the Musto Performance Skiff National Championships. Day 2 racing started in a shifting south westerly with large pressure changes across the course. The breeze stayed like this for the whole day, but swung to a more southerly direction in the afternoon. Mike Palfreman took race 4 chased hard by Dave Poston and Ian Martin, with all three holding the lead at some point. Matt Hollis, Dan Vincent and Andy Peake finishing close to the leaders.. Read more >>>

Day 1 of the Musto Performance Skiff National Championships. Race 1 was postponed to allow the forecast breeze to settle at 220 degrees. After two general recalls racing got away at the third attempt. The fleet initially split pretty evenly, the right side appeared to have more pressure and boats from this side of the course led at the windward mark. This was to be a feature of the day's racing in picturesque Mounts Bay. Read more >>>

Mainsail Promotion; £130 off; 6 sails only Treat yourself to a new mainsail ready for the UK Nationals. The deal is; first come first served, online orders only for immediate shipping. There are only 6 sails available at this price so order now >>> Please enter ‘Nationals deal price’ in the comments box when ordering.

Win a £100 Harken Voucher Throughout August, September & October we are running a competition to win £100 voucher (one winner per month). To enter the competition participants need to join our mailing list via our landing page. Our mailing list is run as Opt-in and the reader can easily Opt Out if they have had enough. We work very hard to keep information informative and useful, we do not share this information with anyone and we send a maximum of 6 mail shots per year. As a class that we have worked closely with this year, we would like to offer this competition to your members. This is not an exclusive offer to you but it is limited to a few classes that we have a very close relationship with. Join to win >>>

Europeans - Portorož (SLO) - DEADLINE!!!
Let us kindly remind you, that all entries for the MPS Europeans received AFTER July 31, 2011 will be considered Late Entries:
Entry Fee until July 31: 220 EUR,
Entry Fee after July 31: 270 EUR.

We are accepting the Entry Forms on:
FAX: +386-5-677-41-23
e-mail: info@gosailing.si.


Chris Turner, Managing Director of Ovington Boats Ltd and occasional Musto sailor (when he finds time between the other classes he builds) has won the Flying Fifteen World Championships
at Hayling Island this week. Chris was sailing with helm Graham Vials in an Ovington built boat and won the event from past Star Olympic Gold medallist Mike McIntyre sailing with his daughter Gemma who was a regular on the 29er circuit. Congratulations to all, and we hope to see Chris back in a Musto soon.

Mounts Bay Musto Skiff Nationals – Sailors Guide
The venue

Mounts Bay is one of the iconic sailing venues in the U.K. With the backdrop of St Michael’s Mount and a large open bay it makes a picturesque venue with a range of potential conditions. The launching area is a wide long sandy beach. The only hidden dangers to watch out for are some rocks to your right that extend out a fair way and the odd lobster pot.
The beach slopes at a gradual angle so you will have to keep your foils up a fair way when launching and landing.
Read more >>>

Revised UK nationals NOR. Please note the additional text permitting the use of a GPS system Read more >>>

Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club Scottish Skiff Event - 25/25 July 2011 The weekend of the 23rd and 24th July, saw 19 skiffs taking part in the fourth round of the Scottish Skiff series at Derwent Reservoir Sailing club. A wide range of skiffs took part ranging from a foiling Moth, to 49er’s. The biggest single class was the Musto Skiff wth eight skiffs taking part, with two skiffs travelling down from Aberdeen. Read more >>>

Europeans - Portorož (SLO) The European Championships early entry fee of 220 EUR (240) ends on the 31st July. After this entries will be 270 EUR (300). The ( ) fee is for both events (Performance/Euro Cup + Europeans). Read newsletter #3 >>>

IF WE DONT GET ENOUGH BOOKINGS ... the PRE-NATIONALS and NATIONALS COACHING will not happen Ian Turnbull is booked in to run the coaching and this was very well received last year. Ian needs at least 10 people booked on to this to make it financially viable; so ... if you want to receive coaching before and during the nationals you must book before 22nd July. To gain a place pleasse BOOK now >>>

 

 

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