2012 World Championship website is now live

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Tim Chapman awarded Life membership of the MPSCA.

Tim was one for the forming members of the class association in 1999 and has been the class "money man" ever since ... that is a 13 year shift and counting. As a member of the class association for such a long period Tim has provided crucial guidance as the class has grown from nothing to a large international class that it is today. Read more >>>

2012 UK Nationals at Stone SC The first day of the Musto Skiff Nationals dawned with chilly conditions in a usually gloriously sunny Essex. Winter kit which has not yet quite been put away for the summer got dusted off for one last outing. 42 boats entered this early event as a prelude to the World Championships which is to be hosted by WPNSA; the worlds looks like it will be an epic event with 89 entries on the board so a 100 boat fleet looks likely. read more >>>

Gala Dinner on the Friday 29th - You must book in advance for WAGS The worlds will be a big event and we will be entertaining some sponsor guests at the dinner. Spaces are limited so please let me know if you would like an extra ticket for the dinner (it is a sit down affair). Additional tickets ar £22.50. Competitors of course get a ticket included in their entry. Book a ticket >>>

Pre-Worlds Coaching :: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 The coaching sessions are now confirmed; you MUST book in advance if your wish to participate. Find out more and book a slot >>>

Musto Performance Skiff Regatta in Dongo (Lake Como, Italy) 21th-22th April Last week-end 13 Musto Skiffs coming from 4 different countries (Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Great Britain) gathered at the Skiffsailing Club in Dongo (Lake of Como) for the usual regatta, which is now part of the Euro Cup Series. This year we were forced to move this event to the very beginning of the season (while usually it takes place at the end of June) because we didn’t want it to overlap the MPS World Championship in Weymouth which is going to be one of the top events in the history of our class. However, the winter scenery (with most of the mountains still covered in snow) and the cold water didn’t discourage the MPS sailors from joining the regatta. Read more >>>

Black Rock Musto Skiff Regatta Black Rock once again hosted the Musto fleet for the last event on the 2011-12 season calendar. We shared the course with I14s, B14s and Moths in the annual skiff get together. Saturday turned out to be a much nicer day than forecast with a fairly steady 10knt south-easterly and 25 degrees – not bad for winter sailing. The first race got underway with a big wind shift 5 minutes after the gun, half the fleet tacked onto it, but it never went back, so the race quickly turned into 2 divisions. Not that it mattered all that much, the little guys all finished up the lead group, and setting the trend for the weekend no-one could catch Jon Newman, who led home Tim Hill and an excellent race from Chris Piele. Read more >>>

Musto Performance Skiffs at Ullswater Easter Regatta The 3 day regatta had a mixed fleet of 17 skiffs made up of 49ers, 29ers, foiling moth, RS800 and Mustoskiff’s , on a different course there where 15 Mirrors, 5 Toppers and 17 handicap classes. The lake sparkled with colourful sails. Read more >>>

Stokes Bay Mustoskiff Open 14th and 15th April 2012 Local sailor Bruce Keen was on good form in the first 2 races and convincingly got 2 bullets, in a shifting north easterly off shore breeze at Stokes Bay. Race 3 was won by Ian Martin from Datchet Water who was putting a good series together. Kit Stenhouse had a port tack flyer in Race 4, the race win went to Jamie Hilton who came off the starboard end of the line immediately tacking on to port and footed fast to the starboard shift at the top of the beat. read more >>>

Free ACO Worlds Polo Shirts Every competitor to enter the 2012 Worlds by 30/4/12 will receive a freeMusto Polo Shirt with the worlds logo printed front and back courtesy of ACO. For those attending the UK Nationals they can collect their Polo Shirts there; if you are not on this list you have not entered. List of Entries Find out more >>>

The UK national championships 5th – 7th May at Stone Sailing Club is fast approaching, and we would appreciate everyone who has not yet entered take 5 minutes to send their entry form and arrange payment by either one of the two options as soon as convenient. The club are looking forward to hosting this event and club management team have been in regular contact to ensure everything is prepared. If you are planning tom camp, there is a field in the club grounds. Please enter here >>>

Musto Skiffs at TROPHEE BREIZHSKIFF étape N°1 lac du Der 2012 The French Skiff Open 2011 was a great event, even if there was no wind on the water. That’s only because the Breizhskiff team made a perfect job around the sailing. Food, drinks, accommodation and ambiance were superb! The French Skiff Open 2012, same event but with wind :-) and many more boats. This made this years event nearly perfect read more & see the results >>>

Compass Bracket
(Gav Brewer GBR097)
I thought I would send you my pimp to show you can have a compass but not pay an arm and a leg. More >>>

Want to try a Musto Skiff? Head for Royal Akarana - NZL Royal Akarana YC has two demonstrator Musto Performance Skiff (MPS) boats available for competent sailors that would like to have a go. There is an increasing number of skiffs sailed at RAYC and there are six single handed skiffs that are regularly sailed and raced at the weekends Read more >>>

Update from the German Musto Skiff Class Association e.V.
The new season is coming up and how you can take your many emails is, you have all of the starting line. To start to the year we would like an overview of some current issues, where your help is needed and give you one that will appeal. Read more >>>

Musto Skiff Open - 24 & 25 March 2012 Rutland Water Sailing Club 18 boats assembled for round 2 of the circuit, with only Bruce Keen and Nigel Walbank travelling up from the South coast given the very light forecast. The PRO was optimistic the races would run and sure enough the fog burnt off around 11:30 to reveal a light 4-5kts SE and brilliant sunshine. Racing got underway about 12:30 and from the gun the pack tacked off and headed right up the first beat with better pressure appearing off the shore. Dave Poston picked the layline and lead round the windward mark but the finish Sten had pulled through to take the bullet with Dave in 2nd and a good result for Luke Draper in 3rd. Read more >>>

Forestay cover (John Colgrave GBR363) Fed up with massy loads of tape on the bow rig adjuster? Looking for a better solution than a bit of bike inner tube. Use a thin bit of plastic tube combined with 2 shroud covers that can just slide up & down, no tape needed. Plus this makes the sheets roll round the forestay on a gybe much easier. More >>>

Musto Performance Skiff Black Rock Open Weekend 2012 11 Mustos gathered for a hastily reconvened Open Meeting at Black Rock, having been moved on from the scheduled Sail Sandy resail. First time out was super Sabre sailor, Wayne Bates in the demo boat, and returning newlywed (a thousand women sigh) Marcus Hamilton sailing Mario Kart, Jon Newman revving up for the upcoming Worlds at Weymouth and Tim Hill launching his new boat, again named Jet. read more >>>

Sailor Profile: Kev Anderson. 2004 UK National Champion Blast from the past finally fills in his sailor profile questionaire, take a look at what he's up to now and his thoughts on winning Read more >>>>

Musto Skiffs at RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2012 Our class was well attended over the weekend, with helpers Tim Chapman, Chris Henderson, Dave Poston and Ben Schooling ably supported by UK class chairman Jon Simpson, class marketing man Rick Perkins and international secretary Paul Manning being kept busy by interested sailors and class members popping in for a chat from as far afield as Norway! The new class demo boat was on the stand and loads of kids were helping themselves to the car stickers, no doubt to put on their parents cars as a reminder of what they want when they grow up. We also had a number of sailors who have requested a demo, and we’ll be hoping to get them out as soon as is convenient! Read more >>>

ACO to sponsor the 2012 Musto Skiff World Championships The World Championships are to be held at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Centre from 23-30 June 2012. ACO is working with the MPSCA to develop the biggest event ever held for singled-handed asymmetric trapeze dinghies. The support from ACO will enable a fantastic event programme for the competitors both on and off the water.
The Musto Skiff World Championships is the last international regatta to be held at Weymouth prior to the site being used for the Olympic Games. Read more >>>

UK Nationals : Entry form now available Click for form >>>

Breizhskiff's France Open Skiff 2012 at Lac du Der - Pre-registration is open In less than 50 days from now will be held the France Open Skiff 2012 edition at Lac du Der, the first event of the Breizhskiff.com Trophy. Having had the joy to have you with us last year, we hope to see you again this year for this friendly way to spend the Easter week-end, where skiff sailors from many northern Europe countries meet. Read more >>>

Musto Skiff Social Media Give away at the Dinghy Show During the UK Dinghy Show the Musto Skiff class will be giving away a free Musto Hoodie or T Shirt every 20 minutes via our Facebook and Twitter feeds. To collect your free Musto T Shirt or Hoodie all you need to do is follow the class on our Twitter Feed @mustoskiff or become a fan of the Facebook Fan Page. Find our more >>>

Musto Skiffs at The John Merricks Tiger Trophy 2012 Seven Musto skiffs braved the elements for this years JM Tiger Trophy at Rutland. With 150 boats racing keeping clear of traffic was the name of the game. The moths did this best with Ricky Tagg leading overall with 2 firsts at the end of Saturdays racing. In the MPS fleet Richard Stenhouse lead the way round the trapezoid course followed by Tom Wright and Andy Rice. Read more >>>

2012 class rules update Following feedback from the annual class survey, we have updated the class rules to include an amendment to rule C.7.1(b) permitting the re-gripping of the existing non-slip surface of the deck. The new class rules can be viewed on the ISAF website at and these rules are effective as of 2nd February 2012.

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Simon Hiscocks diary from the Musto Skiff Gold Cup
Double Olympic 49er medallist Simon Hiscocks recently joint the Musto Skiff fleet to compete in the Gold Cup at Lake Garda as part of his post Olympic relaxation. During the event he maintained a diary of his experiences which were recently published in the UK sailing magazine Yachts and Yachting . For those of you who missed the magazine here is the article, for those of you who did read it - here is the unedited version.

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