The plans for the Gold Cup in Denia in 2005 are coming together and details can be found in this newsletter about the trailers taking boats out to Spain and the flights to and from the event for the sailors and supporters. Pablo and the team at the sailing club in Denia are working hard to make sure the event is a huge success and I am looking forward to sailing in warmer conditions again.

You may have seen Simon Hiscocks' diary of the Gold Cup week at Lake Garda in Yachts and Yachting recently. We are grateful to Simon for letting us have his uncut version for this newsletter. It was great to have Simon sailing with us in Italy, will he decide to make the trip to Spain in 2005?

Have a great Christmas and good luck to all those sailing at events over the holiday period.

See you on the water. Paul Clarke GBR 176 - It's Not A Van!

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 (the magazine also featured a "how to tack wire-to-wire article using a photo sequence of Sten). 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. Read the diary >>>

The Musto Performance Clothing 2004 Prize List

As you are all no doubt aware Musto Performance Clothing are our title sponsor and provide a great deal of support to the class - thanks Musto.

This year part of that support was to provide Musto vouchers for the top 4 places in key events across Europe. Now the final event has run its course the "money list" can be announced.

£90 Richard Stenhouse
£60 Kev Anderson
£30 Ian Trotter, Ian Turnbull, Roger Oswald
£20 Richard Smith, Dieter Brunner
£15 Martin Boatman
£10 Beat Blasi
£5 Simon Reynolds, Carl Silver, Gabriel Wicke, Frédéric Duvoisin

Please Contact Ovington Boats to claim your Musto Performance Clothing voucher (please note vouchers can only be used to purchase discount Musto products via Devoti so it is a double win).

2005 Fixture List Finalised

After a much discussion over the feedback from the on-line survey the 2005 Fixture list has been agreed and published.

The general consensus was to run fewer high quality events so as not to "spread ourselves too thin". This has meant that we have declined the offer of some clubs to runs MPS Opens -sorry. But the events we do have should all be well supported.

The highlight of the year will of course be the Gold Cup at Denia. The Europeans will be combined with the UK Nationals so we hope to see even more overseas visitors in 2005. This event is combined with the B14's and the fist half of the week will be the 29er/49er UK Nationals so you have the option of the MPS training camp or borrowing a boat and doing two championships in a week!!!

2005 Fixture List

Transport to the Gold Cup in Denia

Multi Boat Trailers At present we have booked 3 multi boat trailers to transport boats from the UK & Europe to Denia allowing you all to avoid the drive and arrive fresh by air to Alicante.

The intention is for the 3 trailers to be UK North, UK South and Germany/Switzerland. Spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis - deposits must be paid to guarantee your spot. The Swiss/German trailer would pick up in Basel. Dates and locations will be confirmed nearer the time.

Book direct with Tony Ainsworth - 0191 488 2000 ant hony.ainsworth@btinternet.com also please let Ovington Boats know if you book so we can update the web page.

Flight Details If we all book the same flights we can share transport to Denia. Currently these options are available. These are the options - lets discuss the best for all on the Yahoogroup.

Gatwick - Alicante Sat, 09 Jul 05 flight BA6966 07:30 dep: London Gatwick 11:00 arr: Alicante Sun, 17 Jul 05 flight BA6969 22:55 dep: Alicante 00:15 the next day arr: London Gatwick £104 + Taxes http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en _gb

Luton - Alicante Sat, 09 Jul 05 flight ZB 24 08:30 dep: London Luton 11:55 arr: Alicante Sun, 17 Jul 05 flight ZB 27 20:25 dep: Alicante 21:50 arr: London Luton This flight is £67 + taxes at present - Bargin. http://www.bookflymonarch.com/skylights/cgi- bin/skylights.cgi

Newcastle - Alicante Sunday 10th July 2005: Flight 6417, Dept:06.30 Arrive:10.30 £57.99 + taxes Sunday 17th July 2005: Flight 6414, Dept:18.15 Arrive:20.10 £53.49 + taxes http://www.easyjet.com/en/book/step1.asp

Stanstead - Alicante EasyJet flights from Luton & Stanstead are not published until March 26th 2005. The team at Denia will review the racing programme to fit with the times we need to pack-up and leave on Sunday. This may mean the event starts on the Wednesday.

See who has booked so far ...

The perfect Christmas present

Stuck for that perfect Christmas present, or perhaps think that your better half won't quite stretch to a new spinnaker for Christmas?

How about a Musto Skiff watch.

The watches are available from Roger Oswald - contact roger.osw ald@swissonline.ch or +41 (1) 482 75 87

See more detail

Another ex-Olympic Sailor joins the fleet

Welcome to the Musto Skiff fleet to Lukas Erni who is now the proud owner of SUI173.

Lukas has recently competed in the 470 for Switzerland and will no doubt enjoy the challenge of the Musto Skiff.

Find out more about Lukas' 470 campaign at http://ww w.thunersee470team.ch/

Visit Lukas' site